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#63633. lanfranco
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A large number of U.S. cardinals and bishops (but not the spoilsport bishop of my hometown in Ohio) felt it necessary to issue a special dispensation for this St. Patrick's Day. Why?
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GoodVibe
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During the Lenten season, Catholics are not allowed to eat meat on Fridays. Since St. Patrick's Day 2006 fell on a Friday, bishops in communities with large Irish-American populations granted the dispensations so they can enjoy their corned beef. However, they also asked those people to sacrifice something else to make up for being granted. It happened in cities like Green Bay, Boston (my diocesal area), and New York. This had last happened in 2000 and will not happen against until 2017.
Mar 17 06, 6:02 PM
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gfmk23
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Here in Ireland, the tradition of refraining from eating meat on a friday during lent has all but vanished, it is mostly only observed by some older people (like my 95 year old gran!)Its a little bit more common for someone to give up alcohol for lent, St Patricks Day being the only break from this during the lenten period. Unfortunately, this brief break from abstinance has been known to last for quite a few days, the gag being that if you don't fully sober up at all, its still technically St Patricks Day!!!!
Mar 17 06, 6:39 PM
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