Pray for priests and vocations at Monterrey’s Sacred Heart shrine

A perpetual local grant accompanies the shrine’s mission of prayer for the priesthood.

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Time required At least 5 minutes of prayer for priests and vocations, plus the required church-visit prayers.

When: Any day from 7 June 2024; ordinary one-plenary-per-day limit.
Where: Santuario Sacerdotal del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Who: All eligible faithful visiting the shrine.
Application: Self or the departed

The prescribed work

Devoutly visit the shrine.
Spend at least five minutes praying for an increase in priestly vocations and the holiness of priests.
During the visit, recite Our Father and the Creed under the general rule in Norm 19, unless the particular concession provides otherwise.
Fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions, including freedom from attachment to every sin.

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.

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Time required

Read each branch with its own conditions. An editorial estimate is not a prescribed minimum.

Devout shrine visit and prayer for priests and priestly vocations

Prescribed minimum

At least 5 minutes for the specified prayer; allow additional time for required visit prayers

Prescribed minimum: 5 minutes.

The five-minute minimum applies to the prayer for vocations and priests’ holiness. It is not a guarantee that the entire visit and all required prayers can be completed in five minutes. The usual plenary conditions remain separate.

Timing sources

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.

Stated start: 7 June 2024

Prayer texts and resources

Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.

Source and exact reference

Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.