REGULATION'S FOR LENT.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 8, 21 February 1901, Page 5

REGULATION'S FOR LENT.

The following are the regulations for Lent in the Archdiocese of Wellington, and in the Dioceses of Christchurch and Dunedin : ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON. Ist. — We grant permission for tho use of flesh meat, at dinner only, on all Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thurbdays, and also on all Saturdays except one, that is the second Saturday during Lent and Monday in Holy Week. 2nd. — Lard and dripping may be used after the manner of butter, at dinner, on days of fast and abstinence during Lent, and also throughout the year, with the exception of the first and last Wednesdays of Lent and Good Friday. 3rd. — White meats — such as butter, milk, cheese, and eggs are allowed on all days at dinner and collation, with the exception of Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. A little milk is always allowed in tea, coffee, or other beverage. 4th. — For those who, though not bound to fast, are bound to abstain : the kinds of food which are Allowed at their chief meal to those who are bound to fast are allowed at all times to those who are not so bound. sth. — Fish and fleoh are not allowed at the same meal during Lent, There is neither fast nor abstinence on Sunday in Lent. His Holiness Pope Leo XIII. has caused St. Patrick's Day to be no longer a fast day in Australasia, or a day of abstinence, unless it happens to fall on a Friday or during the Quatuor Tense. All who have completed their 21st year are bound to fast and abstain— unless excused by the state of their health or the nature of their employment — according to the regulations stated above ; and all who have arrived at the use of reason, though not bound to fast before the completion of their 21st year, are nevertheless bound to abstain from the use of flesh meats on the days appointed unless exempted for a legitimate cause, of which the respective pastors are the judges. All who have arrived at the years of discretion are bound to go to Communion within Easter time, which, in this diocese, commences on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Octave of Saints Peter and Paul. The collection for the Holy Father will take place on Good Friday. The collection for the Seminary Fund will be held on Whit Sunday, or on the Sunday or Sundays following, when there are two or more churches in the district.

The collection for the Holy Places in Palestine will take place on the fir^t Sunday in October, or on the Sunday or Sundays following, when there are two or more churches in the district. The clergy are requested to read these regulations from the Beveral altars as soon as possible, and to cause a copy of them to be placed in a connpicuous place in their respective churches and chapels. ►p. FRANCIS, Archbishop of Wellington. Wellington, February loth, 1901.