Catholics may eat meat this Lenten Friday in good conscience, the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston announced.

St. Patrick’s Day falls on Lenten Friday this year, so Daniel Cardinal DiNardo is issuing dispensations from abstinence on March 17.

The dispensations are for, “allowing the faithful to enjoy the Irish American tradition of eating corned beef (or ham) and cabbage in good conscience,” the church wrote in a release.