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END OP LONG JQUKNRV — Jimmy E, Curties (foreground) and John A. Davidson of Carlisle rtlstfififJlle kayuk in which they paddled »o Washington, D.C., from Astoria, Ore. The Mononga-tiela nod ChrM were flu their long river rimle. lt;ap wirrphot©)Friday Meat Permittedlt;Continuf(rnm r**« Una)million Catholics from mandatory Friday abstinence on most Fridays of the year.The change is effective Dee, 2 — tlic first Friday of Advent — ha I since in mosl dioceses the no*meal rule Is lifted on the day after .Thanksgiving, most U.S. Catholics may join fellow elwrehmcn in France, flnly andMonsignorGives ViewsOn ChangeFor ail Intents and purposes, yesterday was the last FridayI(except for Lent) on whlc Catholics of this district wehe forbidden to eat meat.U. S. bishops lifted the Frl-day-abatinence rule effective Dec. 2.But Catholics of the Greens-bur and Pittsburgh Dioceses, along with much of the rest of the nation, have been permitted to eat meal on the Friday after Thanksgiving for the past several years, by dispensation of their bishops, That day comes next Friday, Nov, 25.Msgr. Andrew J. Schneider,-pastor of St. John’s Church in Union town and dean of southernCanada in eating meat next Friday,French, Italian and Canadian bishops freed Catholics in those countries from the rule of abstinence earlier this year, Their action was authorized by Pope Paul VI and the Vatican Council.The U.S. bishops, winding up an extraordinary meeting of the national conference, made several exceptions to their decree.They said Catholics stfH must abstain and fast — limit I he consumption of food in general — on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, and on Good Friday. the Friday before Easter, and other Fridays In Lent.The bishops said in their pastoral statement that on Ash Wednesday and on the FridaysKayak Trip Ends In D.Clt;j*(Continued from Page O««).for portages in the Rocky Moun idduring Lent “the obligation to Inabstain and or. fast Is so substantial that 'no Catholic Christian will lightly excuse himself* from It,Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans, asked at a news conference whether a Catholic who eats meat on Friday during Lent would commit a sin, said “that would be amatter between him and his confessor.”The bishops said they Iffled I he ban to permit U.S. Catholics freedom of choice in observing personal penance, Rut they saidlt;4. Ilt;ll I *L ■ *fains and the Alleghenies.Their adventure started May 19 at Astoria, Ore., they paddled their liny Kayak up the Columbia, Snake, and Clearwater Risers to Kamiah, Idaho. They carried their gear over the Rockies to'the'Great Fails,-Mont., then paddled down the Missouri River to the Mississippi, up that river and Ohio and Monongahela. They portaged over the Alleghenies to the North Fork of the Potomac for the last lap to Washington.Curnes arid Davidson said they got the idea for their trip while they were serving with' the AtrForce in Germany.Although (hey reported they were once swept over a falls In the northwest,. caught in tornadoes and had lo live off the landfor three weeks while portaging the Rockies, they said their biggest challenge was paddling up the Ohio River.Curnes and Davidson estimated their trip cost them eachTbiIsciwnItwyuaiMeiiteuu:1Iabout $460, liiey hope to recoup their expenses and help pay for college by selling articles andpictures of the trip, Curnes said he will probably go to a schoolIn West Virginia while Davidson leans toward.Penn State,li!mHinthVtuaihea:etDPnlt;wmffi7C
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Uniontown Evening Standard
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Nov 19, 1966
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