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 FASTING DAYS 



OBSERVED IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. 



1. The Forty Days of Lent. 2. The Ember Days, being 

 the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of the first Week in 

 Lent ; of Whitsun Week ; of the third Week in September ; 

 and of the third Week in Advent. 3. The Wednesdays and 

 Fridays of the Four Weeks in Advent. 4. The Vmh or 

 Eves of Whitsuntide ; of the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul; 

 of the Assumption of the B. Y.M. ; of All Saints; and of 

 Christmas Day. 



N. B. — When any Fasting Day falls upon a Sunday, it is 

 to be observed on the Saturday before. 



DAYS OF ABSTINENCE. 



1. The Sundays in Lent. 2. The Tliree Piogation Days, 

 being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Ascen- 

 sion Day. 3. St. Mark, April 25, unless it falls in Easter 

 Week. 4. The Fridays and Saturdays out of Lent, and the 

 Ember Weeks, or such as happen to be Vigils. But should 

 Christmas Day fall upon a Friday or Saturday, it is not 

 abstinence. 



N.B. — Observe that Fasting implies that only one meal 

 aday is to be taken ; whereas Abstinence merely indicates 

 the abstaining from animal food. 



