Lenten meal will not follow on March 17th Please see note for 3/17 feast of St. Patrick from the Office of Bishop Olsen: “Most Reverend Michael F. Olson, STD, MA, bishop of Fort Worth, has issued a decree to the faithful of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth that dispenses them from the Lenten obligation of abstaining from meat on the feast day of Saint Patrick, which is Friday, March 17.”