St. Mary Church - Siloam Springs issued the following announcement on Mar. 13.
1. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and abstinence.
2. The law of fasting allows one full meal and two smaller ones. The law of fasting obliges all between the ages of 18-59.
3. The law of abstinence prohibits the eating of meat. The Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence in the United States. The obligation of abstinence begins at age 14.
4. The rule of abstinence from meat includes all flesh and organs from mammals and fowl.
This also includes soups and gravies made from them. For the practice in the Diocese of Little Rock, Bishop Anthony B. Taylor has interpreted the practice to include abstaining from soups and gravies made from meat. By-products such as eggs and cheese are permitted.
Fish and other cold-blooded animals have traditionally been the acceptable substitutes on days of abstinence.
Pastors and parents are to see to it that minors, though not bound by the law of fast and abstinence, are educated in the authentic sense of penance and encouraged to do acts of penance suitable to their age. See more at: http://www.dolr.org/lent/fasting
Original source can be found here.
Source: St. Mary Church - Siloam Springs
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