Q: Are chicken and fish considered meat?

A: Chicken yes, fish no. The Catholic Church's  abstinence  laws consider that meat comes only from animals such as  chickens,  cattle or pigs-all of which live on land. Birds are also  considered  meat. Fish are a different category of animal.

Q:What feasts are  celebrated during  Lent?

A: Though Lenten liturgies take precedence on most  weekdays,  the Church celebrates the feasts of St. Patrick on Mar. 17 and St.  Joseph on Mar. 19.

Q:What determines the date Easter  Sunday falls on or when Lent begins?

A: The Council of Nicaea, in 325 A.D., determined  that Easter  should be
celebrated the first Sunday after the first full moon of  spring.  To determine the beginning of Lent, count back six Sundays before  Easter. The Wednesday before the first of these Sundays is Ash Wednesday.

Q:What does the word  Lent mean?

A: It is from the Anglo-Saxon word lengten,  which  means spring. [From Modern Catholic Dictionary by John  Hardon, S.J.]