DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 7, 14 February 1907, Page 23

DUNEDIN

Whilst the law of 'the Lenten Fast remains in full vigor, the. fallowing ' regulations are made- in^. virtue of powers received from the Apostolic See/aißl by special indult granted to all the Bishops of New Zealand on' the 15th March, 1898, for ten years :— 1. Flesfli mead is allowed at dinner on all 'days in Lent, except Wednesdays and Fridays, the Satutrday in Ember Week, and the Monday in Holy Week. 2 On fasting days a little refection is alldwed in the morning and a collation in the evening, at whichl(except on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday) butter, cheese, an-d milk in moderation may ,be used. 3. -Eggs may be used at dinner on all days except Ash Wednesday' and Good Friday. ' " 4. Lard and dripping may be used -as a condiment instead of butter on all days except Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. " . : 5. Fish and flesh meat, cannot be used at the same meal during Lent. - ,j - L _ 6. Persons who are not bound 'to fast may take ,at all meals the kinds of food that are allowed at "the chief, meal. 7. There is neither fast nor abstinence on St. Patrick's Day (17th March). 8,. We hereby authorise confessors, and priests having care of souls, to grant to the faithful such' further dispensations as. may be deemed necessary according to the circumstances of each case. • : '■ •--"-- 9. Persons not twenty-one years old, as well as those advanced in old age, and all persons who are unable to fast on account of sickness or hard labor, etc.', •are exempted 1 from the general obligation of fas-tfing. - All who have arrived at the yea~s of discretion are bound to go to Holy Communion within Easter time, which in this diocese commences on Ash Wednesday and elfds on the octave of the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul. A collection for the Seminary Fund will be made on the second Sunday in Lent in every church where a priest , officiates, and in all "other churches on some Sunday during Lent., The faithful are earnestly solicited to contribute generously to this fund. The collection for the Pope will be made - in 'each church on some Sunday before the end of September next, and for the Aborigines and Holy Places on some convenient day. . *fr MICHAEL VERD.ON, , Bishop of Dunedini - Dimedin, February 2, 1907.