St. Patrick's Day Dispensation Granted by Bishop Michael F. Olson

From the website of the Diocese of Fort Worth, fwdioc.org:
"In recognition of the special relationship many Catholics in the Diocese of Fort Worth have with St. Patrick, a general dispensation is granted from the obligation from abstaining from meat on Friday, March 17, the feast of St. Patrick.

Of equal importance, those taking advantage of the dispensation are encouraged to undertake a work of charity, an exercise of piety, or an act of comparable penance."

Please see the official statement of the Diocese of Fort Worth on the penitential requirements of Lent: https://fwdioc.org/2017-requirements-of-lent.pdf