DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-L Archives

Archiver > DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES > 2009-03 > 1236733048


From: Eileen Wilson <>
Subject: Re: [DVHH] Lent and Friday Fish among the DS
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:57:28 -0400
References: <6708b7530903101644t594919deif0b361f4c660e518@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <6708b7530903101644t594919deif0b361f4c660e518@mail.gmail.com>


Eve, having also been raised as a Lutheran by my mom who was from the Ruhr Valley, I can say that we also didn't eat meat on Good Friday. She still observes that tradition.



Eileen



> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:44:53 -0400
> From:
> To:
> Subject: [DVHH] Lent and Friday Fish among the DS
>
> I have a very strange subject/question. I know that traditionally Catholics
> didn't used to eat meat on Friday (I am not sure if this is still followed)
> - not sure if that only applied during Lent or all year. However, does
> anyone know of this religious tradition in the Lutheran/Evangelical
> community?
>
> Ever since I can remember (my family being Lutheran) mom has never allowed
> meat served on Good Friday. I have also followed this tradition, but
> noticed it wasn't observed by others at our church and I can remember being
> "gently" teased about being Catholic. When I asked mom about this her
> response was "Tati always said - Christ died for our sins on Good Friday,
> the least we can do is give up meat on that one day of the year". So I'm
> not sure if it was just observed in her home or others as well.
>
> Curious,
>
> Eve
>
> --
> Syrmia Regional Coordinator
> http://www.dvhh.org/syrmia
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Briefe lesen
> read letters.
> ---------------------------------------
> -------------------------------
> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

_________________________________________________________________
Reinvent how you stay in touch with the new Windows Live Messenger.
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9650731

This thread: