LENTEN REGULATIONS

New Zealand Tablet, 10 February 1910, Page 222

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 December, 1908, for ten years: 1. Flesh meat is allowed at dinner on all days in Lent, except Wednesdays and Fridays, the Saturday in Ember week, and the Monday in Holy Week. 2. On fasting days a little 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. - - 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). 1 8. We hereby authorise confessors, and priests having care of souls, to grant to the faithful such further dis-

pensations 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 from the general obligation of fasting. All who have arrived at the years of discretion are bound to go to 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. s 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 arc 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. * MICHAEL VERDON, Bishop of Dunedin. Dunedin, 2nd February, 1910. DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH The following are the Lenten and other regulations to be observed in the diocese of Christchurch ; In virtue of Special Faculties -received from the Holy See, we hereby grant the following dispensations: Ist. Permission for the 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 during Lent, and Monday in Holy Week. 2nd. Lard and dripping may be used 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. 4th. Fish and flesh arc not allowed at the same meal during Lent. There is neither fast nor abstinence on Sundays in Lent nor on the feast of St. Patrick, March the 17th. All who have completed their twenty-first 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 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 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 ends on the Octave of Saints Peter and Paul. The collection for the Holy Places will take place on Good Friday. The collection of the Seminary Fund will be held on 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 first Sunday in October, or on the Sunday or Sundays following, when there are tw r o or more churches in the district. The collection for Peter’s Pence on the Sunday within the Octave of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul. N.B. —According to instructions recently received from Rome, the special collection for the Holy Places should be made on Good Friday, or the first available occasion afterwards, in every church or chapel where the Holy Sacrifice is offered in presence of the faithful, and the whole proceeds be immediately forwarded to us. Given at Christchurch, the Feast of the Purification of our Blessed Lady, and appointed to be read, and afterwards to be placed conspicuously inside all the churches, chapels, and convents of the diocese. * JOHN JOSEPH GRIMES, S.M., Bishop of Christchurch.