The Catholic Laws of Fast & Abstinence

Ash Wednesday, March 2, 2022 and Good Friday, April 15, 2022 are days of abstinence from meat and also days of fasting, that is, limiting oneself to a single full meal (One full meal, and two smaller meals which do not add up to the full meal. No foods between meals.)

Beginning Friday, March 4, 2022 through Good Friday, April 15, 2022 Catholic are to abstain from eating meat on all Fridays in Lent. The law of abstinence binds all Catholics 14 years and older.

The law of fasting binds all Catholics from their 18th birthday until their 59th birthday.