LENTEN REGULATIONS

New Zealand Tablet, 18 February 1915, Page 35

LENTEN REGULATIONS

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

Whilst the law of the Lenten fast remains in full vigor, the following regulations are made in virtue of powers received from the Apostolic See, and by special indult granted to all the Bishops of New Zealand in March, 1908, for ten years: 1. Flesh meat is allowed at dinner on all days in Lent except Wednesdays and Fridays and the Monday in Holy Week. 2. On fasting days a refection is ' allowed in ' the morning and a collation in the evening, at which (except on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday) butter, cheese, and 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.

O' \ . 6. Persons who are not bound to fast may take flesh meat at all meals on those days on which flesh meat is allowed at the chief meal. 1

7. There is neither fast' nor abstinence on Sundays in •Lent.

8. There is neither fast nor abstinence on St. Patrick’s Dav (March 17).

9. We hereby authorise priests having care of souls and confessors to grant to the faithful such further dispensations as may be deemed necessary according to the circumstances of each case.

10. Persons under 21 years of age or over 60 and all persons who are unable to fast on account of sickness or hard labor, etc., are exempted from the general obligation of fasting. • ..

All persons who have arrived at the years of discretion are bound to receive Holy Communion within Easter time, which in this diocese commences on Ash Wednesday and ends on the octave of the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul.

A collection for the Seminary Fund shall 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 shall be made in' each church on some Sunday before the end of September next, and for the Aborigines on some Sunday before the end of November.

❖ MICHAEL VERDON,

Bishop of Dunedin.

Dunedin, January’ 23, 1915.