DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 8, 21 February 1901, Page 6

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH.

In virtue of special faculties received from the Holy See, we hereby grant the following dispensations :—: — Ist, — Permission for the m-e of flesh meat, at dinner only, on all Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, and also on all Saturdays except one, that is the second Saturday during Lent and Monday in Holy Week. 2nd. — Lard and dripping may bo 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 fo^d 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. s tht h. — Fish and flesh are not allowed at the same meal during Lent. There is neither fast nor abstinence on Sunday in Lent. All who have completed their 21st year are bound to fast and abstain— unless excuse 1 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 wnhin Easter time, which, in this diocese, commences on A^h Wednesday and ends on the Octave of SS. I'eter and The collection for the Holy Places will take place on Gocd The collection for the Seminary Fund will be held on Whit Sunday, or on the Sunday or Sundays following, when there aro two or more churches in the district. The collection for the Diocesan Charities will take place on the first Sunday in October, or on the Sunday or Sundays following, when there are two or more churches in the district. The colle-tion for Peter's Pence on the Sunday within the Octave of the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul. The clergy are requested to read the«c regulations from the several altars as soon aa possible, and to cause a copy of them to be placed in a conspicuous place in their respective churchen and Chapelß< * JOHN JOSEPH, Bishop of Chrifitchurch. Christchurch, Eve of Quinquagesima Sunday, February Hi. 1001.