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 richly endowed with virtues, and an even sure pledge of everlasting happiness bestowed on the recipient, therefore parish priests, confessors, and preachers - in accordance with the approved teaching of the Roman Catechism (Part ii. cap. iv, q. 58) - are frequently, and with great zeal, to exhort the faithful to this devout and salutary practice.

7. Frequent and daily communion' is to be promoted especially in Religious Orders and Congregations of all kinds; with regard to which, however, the decree Quemadmodum, issued on December 17, 1890, by the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars is to remain in force. It is also to be promoted especially in ecclesiastical seminaries, where students are preparing for the service of the altar; as also in all Christian establishments of whatever kind, for the training of youth.

8. In the case of religious institutes, whether of solemn or simple religious vows, in whose Rules, or Constitutions, or calendars, communion is assigned to certain fixed days, such regulations are to be regarded as directive and not preceptive. In such cases the appointed number of communions should be regarded as a minimum, and not as setting a limit to the devotion of the Religious. Therefore, freedom of access to the eucharistic table, whether more frequently or daily, must always be allowed them, according to the principles above laid down in this decree. And in order that all Religious of both sexes may