Fasting and abstinence are church-imposed penitential practices of self-denial that dispose us to free ourselves from worldly distractions, to express our longing for Jesus, and to somehow imitate his suffering.
Fasting and abstinence: More than laws of the church
Bishop grants dispensation for St. Patrick’s Day
Bishop Patrick Neary has granted Catholics in the diocese a dispensation from the obligation to abstain from meat on Friday, March 17.
2023 Lenten penitential regulations
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. That is, limited to a single, full meal and abstinence from meat.
Lenten penitential regulations
Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence. The other Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat.
Bishop Kettler grants St. Patrick’s Day dispensation
The dispensation, which applies to all Catholics in the Diocese of St. Cloud, was announced March 2 in a note sent to pastors of the diocese.
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