DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 7, 13 February 1902, Page 6

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH.

Nx, - T ,. h ? fo " owiD & are t Q e regulations for Lent in the Diocese of bnristcnurch :—: — In virtue of special faculties received from the Holy See we hereby grant the following Dispensations : ii *l stl 7" Permission for tfl e use of flesh meat, at dinner only, on all Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, and also on all Saturdays except one that is the second Saturday duri D g Lent and Monday in Holy Week. J 2nd.— Lard and dripping may be used a'ter 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 V* ednesdays of Lent and Good Friday. 3rd.— White meats—such as butter, milk, cheese, and eggs— are a ? ™ , on days at dinner aa d collation, with the exception of Aeh Wednesday and Good Friday. A little milk is always allowed in tea, cone? 1 , 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 fatt are allowed at all times to those who are not so bound. sth.— Fihh and fle^h are not allowed at the same meal duriDc Lent. * There in neither Fa*t nor Abstinence on Sunday in Lent. 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 fctated aboveand 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 fle3h 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 enda on the Octave of Saints Peter and Paul. The collection for the Holy Flaces will take place on Good Friday. The collection for the Seminiry Fund will be held oa Whit Sunday, or on the Sunday or Sundays following, when there are two or more churches in the district. The collection for the Diocesan Charities will take place on the hrst Suniay in October, or on the Sunday or Sundays following, when there are two or more churches in the district. The collection for Peter's Pence on the Sunday within the Octave of the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul. The clergy are requested to read these regulations from the several altars as soon as possible, and to cause a copy of them to be placed in a conspicuous place in their respective churches and chapels. ►£ JOHN JOSEPH, Bishop of Christchurch. Chnstchurch, Eve of Quinquagesima Sunday, February Hi, 1902.