THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LENTEN AND OTHER REGULATIONS :

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVII, Issue 44, 21 February 1890, Page 15

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LENTEN AND OTHER REGULATIONS :

In virtue of faculties received from the Apostolic See :— Ist. Flesh meat is allowed at the chief meal on all days except Wednesdays and Fridays and Ember Saturday, which falls this year the second Saturday in Lent, and Monday in Holy week. 2nd. Ihe use of dripping and lard is permitted at dinner on all days of fast and abstinence during Lent, and also throughout the year, except on Ash Wednesday and the Wednesday and Friday in Holy Week.

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.

6th. Fish and flesh are not allowed at the same meal during Lent. 6th. There is neither fast nor abstinence on Sundays in Lent. A'l who have complete i their twenty-first year are bound to fast and abstain, unless excuse! by the state of their health or the nature of their employments, 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 twenty-first year, are nevertheless bound to abstain from the use of flesh meat on the days appointed, unless exempted for a legitimate cause, of which the respective Pastors are to be the judges.

All who have arnvod at the years of discretion are bound to go to communion within Easter time, which in this diocese, commences on A6h Wednesday and ends on the Octave of the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul.