Sacred Penitentiary, 27 March 1968, Prot. 1031/68/R
Infant Jesus of Prague Confraternity: enrollment and feasts
A perpetual membership grant applies to the Confraternity established in Discalced Carmelite churches.
Time required Private renewal: about 1–5 minutes (estimate); admission or other rites vary.
- When
- Enrollment; Christmas; its octave day (1 January); Holy Name of Jesus; Sacred Heart; Holy Family; Our Lady of Mount Carmel; first Sunday after the Christmas octave, or another designated confraternity feast day.
- Where
- No special location prescribed by this membership grant.
- Who
- Members of the Infant Jesus of Prague Confraternity established in OCD churches.
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Make or renew, at least privately, the promise to observe the Confraternity statutes.
- Fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions.
The work and its conditions
A plenary indulgence also requires complete detachment from every sin, sacramental confession, Holy Communion, and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, subject to the grant’s stated exceptions. The ordinary limit is one plenary indulgence per day.
Conditions common to every indulgence
The person gaining an indulgence must be baptized, not excommunicated, and in the state of grace at least when the prescribed works are completed. There must be at least a general intention to gain indulgences, and the prescribed work must be performed at the time and in the manner required by the grant.
Read the full conditions and norms. The cited grant and its specific provisions govern.
Time required
Read each branch with its own conditions. An editorial estimate is not a prescribed minimum.
Actual Infant Jesus confraternity enrollment and statutory promise
Complete the prescribed event
Full rite or event; duration varies
Complete the actual admission procedure, rite or event specified by this grant. The source sets no fixed duration; follow the organizer’s schedule.
Other listed occasions: private renewal
Editorial estimate
About 1–5 minutes for a simple private renewal (editorial estimate)
No fixed duration is prescribed. The 1–5 minute range is an editorial estimate for a simple private renewal. Any separately required enrollment or rite remains necessary.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Separate fulfillment of the usual plenary conditions, except prayers or Mass expressly included in the branch.
Occasion and source notes
Dates show customary Roman or proper religious-family celebrations. Follow lawful liturgical transfers and the grant’s own local calendar. Membership, place, frequency and other conditions remain necessary.
Source and exact reference
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.