Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, and Good Friday, Mar. 30, 2018 are days of abstinence from meat and also days of fast, that is, limited to a single full meal. The other Fridays of the season of Lent are days of abstinence from meat. 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 (canons 97 and 1252).
People should seek to do more rather than less. Fast and abstinence on the days prescribed should be considered a minimum response to the Lord’s call to penance and conversion. The above information was published by the Archdiocese in their monthly clergy communication.