The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-03-01
THE LENTEN REGULATIONS

meats on all days Of Lent, with the
exception Of Fridays, Ash Wednes-
day, the Wednesday and forenoon of
the Saturday of Holy Week.
This dispensation from abstinence
extends to all three repasts in the
day.
Where the Wage-earner, in virtue Of
the Indult, uses meat, all the mem
bers OF the household may likewise
use it. The Church does not wish to
impose upon the household the incon-
venience of double cooking. But in
cases of this kind, those members of
the household who may be bound by
the precept of fasting are allowed the
use of meat only at their principal re-
past.
The Sovereign Pontiff exhorts all
who may make use of the privileges
Cf the Indult to be still mindful Of
their duty to practice self-denial, and
he counsels that instead Of the absti-
nence from meat some other sacrifice
OF bodily comfort be practiced, the
Sovereign Pontiff himself suggesting
as such sacrifice abstinence from in
tOEicating drinks.
the Lenten Season.
Other days of fast and abstinence
occurring during the year are the En-
Der days and the Vigils of certain fes-
tivals. The Ember days are: Wednes-
day, Friday and Saturday, March 18th,
14th and 18th; Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday, June 11th, 18th and
18th; Wednesday, Friday and Satur-
day, September 18th, 18th and Goth;
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, De-
cember 18th, 18th and goth. The
Vigils are: The Vigil Of Pentecost,
June 7th: that Of the Assumption, Au-
gust 18th; that CT All Saints, Octo-
Der 31st; and that Of Christmas, De-
cember oath.
All Fridays are of course, days Of
abstinence. The abstinence which
formerly was obligatory on Saturdays
has been dispensed with by Apostolic
favor to the faithful of the United
States.
The Pontifcal Indult, of which we
have spoken, eXempts working peO-
ple'' from the abstinence on Vigils
and Ember days, except when such
Tigils and Ember days fall On Friday.
Pastors will make to their fiocks, n
the usual terms, due announcements
Of approaching Ember days and Vigils,
adding to such announcements a state
ment of the privileges given by the
Indult to working people,
General Remarks.
When doubt exists as to whether
ones condition or circumstances al
| low exemption from the precepts of
fasting and abstinence, counsel should
| be asked from confessors or pastors,
who are the authoritative interpreters
of the law, and who even are empoW-
cred in special cases, for good and
sufficient reasons, indicated Or sug-
gested in Catholic theology, to com
mute the precepts of fasting and alb
stinence to other penitential works.
During Lent pastors will hold spe-
F, cial exercises OF devotion in their sew
eral churches at appointed times. In
structions Of practical character
upon the Christian duties, the nature
Of the sacramerts and the prepara.
tion for their reception, should be
given on those occasions.
The devotion of the Way Of the
| Cross will be observed if at all pos.
| sible, in all churches and chapels On
the Friday evenings throughout Lent
Whatever collection is taken up in
churches on Good Friday is, as usual
according to a letter Of the Holy Fa
ther, to be applied in aid Of the mis-
sion Of Palestine.
St. Paul, February 25, 1919.
JAMES c. BYRNE.
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