Lenten Regulations

• It is to be noted first of all that it is by Divine Law that the faithful are bound to do penance and, as a specification of this obligation by the Church, some form of mortification by those 14 years of age and older is to be observed on all Fridays throughout the year. This obligation is itself a serious one.
  

• Everyone 14 years of age and older is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and on all Fridays of Lent.
  

• Everyone who is at least 18 years of age and not yet 60 is bound also to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
  

        a. On these two days of fast, only one full meal is allowed. Two other

                    meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken, but together

                    they should not equal another full meal. Eating between meals on

                    these days is not permitted, but liquids are allowed.

        b. Where health or ability to work would be seriously affected, the

                    law does not oblige.