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Show Diocese of Relena HELENA. Right Reverend John 3. Brondel Receives Re-ceives a Papal Message. Helena, Mont., Feb. 22. The Right Reverend Jhn B. Brondel, bishop of Helena, has received the blessing of the pope in a message sent to him through Cardinal Rampolla, the head of the college of cardinal:-;. Bishop Brondel, Thursday, cabled to Rome the following message to the Pope at Rome in honor of the twenty-lifth twenty-lifth anniversary of his reign as the head of the Catholic church: "To Leo XIII, nonagenarian supreme pontiff, gloriously reigning, on the occasion oc-casion of his jubilee, the bishop, clergy and people of the Rocky mountains present their best wishes and ask a blessing." To this Cardinal Rampolla replied: "To the bishop, clergy and faithful who present their best wishes to the pontiff, His Holiness sends his blessing." bless-ing." A local branch of the United Irish League of America was organized at Hibernian hall by General Charles D. Curtis, a member of the executive committee of the main organization. The meeting was well attended by Irish-American citizens. General Curtis, Cur-tis, in a brief address, announced the object of the meeting. An address issued is-sued by John Finnerty of Chicago, president of the league, and various other officers, calling upon all loyal Irish-Americans to unite to further the interests of Ireland, was read. Judge X. W. McConnell made the principal address of the evening. Martin Mar-tin Lyden also spoke. The Helena branch was organized with the following officers: Andrew McConnell. president. Aleck McConnell. vice president. T. H. Larkin, secretary. James MoCormiek. treasurer. Other branches of the lodge will be organized throughout the state. Regulations For Lent. Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Helena. Hel-ena. Mont.. February, 1902. 1. The fast of Lent obliges all who have completed 21 years of age. Children Chil-dren over 7 years of age are bound by the law of abstinence. 2. Every day of Lent, except Sunday, is a fast day, on which but one full rr.fal is allowed, and the use of flesh meat is forbidden. 3. By an indult of Aug. R. 1SS7, the use of flesh meat, eggs and white meats is allowed at every meal on Sundays, as wei: as the principal meal on Mondays. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays Saturdays of the Ember days in Holy Wfok excepted. But the use of both fic-Bh meat and fish together at the same meal is forbidden during the whole of Lent the use of white meat and eggs is tolerated on all the days of Lent at the evening collation and at the principal meal on those days on which the use of flesh meat is forbidden. forbid-den. In the morning a small piece of bread is allowed with a cup of coffee, tea chocolate or some similar drink. When the principal meal cannot be taken at noon the order may be inverted in-verted and the collation taken in the morning and the dinner in the evening. Lard or grease, commonly called fat. may be used in preparing the lawful victuals. Those of the faithful who are exempt from fasting may eat flesh meat more than once a day the days on which the use of flesh meat is permitted. per-mitted. 4. The rule of fasting would he broken by taking the full meal any cr-tiFiderable time before noon without sufficient cause. 5. The following persons are dispensed dis-pensed from both fast and abstinence: The sick, the convalescent and delicate women who are pregnant or nursing. 1'nited States soldiers, by special concession con-cession of Pope Pius IX. of blessed memory, have only five days of abstinence, ab-stinence, to-wit: Ash Wednesday, the two last days of Ioly Week, the Vigils of the Assumption and Christmas. The following persons are dispensed ftom the fast: Those over 60 years of age, persons of delicate constitution, th se engaged in hard labor and all who by fasting would b rendered unable un-able to discharge the duties of their, employment. 6. The time of performing the Easter duty of confession and holy communion commences on the first Sunday of Lent and ends on Trinity Sunday. 7. On the first Sunday of Lent the church collection will be made for the Indian and colored missions, and on the second Sunday for the St. John society, so-ciety, established for the maintenance of sick priests, according to the decrees of the third Baltimore council. 8. By authority of the Holy See. granted Jan. 20. 1SS6. we dispensed the faithful from the obligation of the law of abstinence on all the Saturdays of this year which are not fast days. By letters from Rome dated March 15, 1S35. we received the faculties to dispense from the law of abstinence in favor of workingmen and their families where there is difficulty to observe the common com-mon law. This dispensation does not include Fridays. Ash Wednesday, the Holy Week and th Vigil of Christmas. These who are obliged to fast can use this dispensation only at the principal meal, and the use of flesh meat and fish at the same meal remains prohibited. prohib-ited. We grant this dispensation and I we exhort the faithful to supply by j other good works whenever they are dispensed from the general rule. To obtain priests imbued with the , s8tei dotal spirit we hereby order again as the imperata during Mass the "Ora-tio "Ora-tio pro Troelatis." Xo. 7. JOHN D. BROXDEL. Bishop of Helena. V. Day, Secretary. $ Rev. Father Aken of Phi lipshurg and Rev. Father Callahan ate quests at the vesidence of Bishop Broncel. Henry Sheehan has returned from an extended eastern and southern trip. During his absence Mr. Sheehan was at Arkansas Hot Springs, and while there saw A. D. Edgar of Helena, who is much improved in health and expects ex-pects to return to Helena in May. |