The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-14
Archbishop keane Delivers Instruc-
tions to Catholics of State as to
Their Duties During the
Holy Season.
LENT BEGAN YESTERDAY
For Six Weeks There viii be Season
of Fasting and Praying for
Those OF This
Faith.

the lenten rules to De followed Dy
the Catholics Of the city as issued by
Archbishop Keane of Dubuque, show
but little change over the rules of
former years. Lent began yesterday.
The orders issued are as follows:
! The holy season of Lent begins this
year on Wednesday, February 18th.
! Ali week days Of Lent are fast days
Of obligation.
From this obligation many are ex-
cused by reason of youth, old age, in
trinity, exhausting labor and other
conditions Of life, as will be explained
by each pastor.
| Persons excused from fasting are
not thereby excused from abstinence
from flesh meat.
BY papal dispensation the following
privileges are accorded:
The use of flesh meat Is allowed at
all meals on Sundays and at the prin-
cipal meal on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Except Ash Wednesday
and the Wednesday In Ember week.
Thursdays and in the afternoon of Sat
urday in Holy Week. The use OF fish
and flesh is allowed at the same meal.
The Lenten fast ceases at noon on
Holy Saturday.
BY a special indult of the holy see
renewed June 8. 1915. working people,
H. e., those engaged in exhaustive Ia
Dor either mental or physical, and
their families, are allowed flesh meat
once a day on all days OF abstinence
throughout the year except Fridays,
Ash Wednesday, the forenoon OF holy
Saturday and Christmas eve.
Those who are exempted from fast
inf by virtue of this indult may use
flesh meat at all meals on the day on
which it is allowed at the principal
meal
The Paschal time, during which all
are strictly Obliged to receive noly
communion, extends from the fourth !
Sunday of Lent till Trinity Sunday |
Pastors will provide their parishioners
of the various nationalities with con-
fessors of their own tongue" at some |!
period during the Paschal time.
The decree, "Quam Singulari,' OF
the Sacred CONGREGATION of the Dlsci- i
pline of the Sacraments as to the age |
of those to be admitted to First Holy
Communion has been duly promulgat-
ed. and a copy of said decree has been
furnished to every pastor. This de-
cree is to be strictly enforced. All
pastors will read this decree yearly /
at Easter time in the vernacular Ian
guage and explain it's full significance.
Add to the meritorious exercises or
prayer and modification, an aims for
the propagation of the faith among
the heather. The annual collection
will be taken up on Sunday, February
II. and if anyone-men, women and
chiIdren-gave even little, the total
would be large.
Finally, I exhort you, brethren, to
conserve food, Let there be absolute
iy no waste. The millions of starv-
ing poor in Europe would, we are credi-
bly, informed, exchange their supply
for what we waste. Get on as far as
possible without the articles of food
which are most easily exported
wheat flour. fats and beef. Without
any possible injury to health and with
out much inconvenience. we can get
on with much less of these foods than
we have been using. The hungry chill
dren and women and old men Of the
old countries are crying to us to save
that they may have even little.
Praying God to bless you all. l am
in Christ. |
JAMES J. KEANE.
Archbishop of Dubuque.