Sacred Penitentiary, 27 March 1968, Prot. 1027/68/R and 1028/68/R
Discalced Carmelite friars and nuns: profession, feasts and community occasions
Two perpetual decrees provide identical opportunities for Discalced Carmelite friars and nuns.
Time required Private renewal: about 1–5 minutes (estimate); admission or other rites vary.
- When
- Novitiate entry; first and perpetual profession; 25th, 50th, 60th and 75th anniversaries of first profession; general chapter; conclusion of a canonical visitation. Annual feasts: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Elijah, Teresa of Jesus, John of the Cross, Thérèse, Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart, All Carmelite Saints; the house’s principal patron; saints or blesseds whose body or notable relic is kept there.
- Where
- No special location prescribed by this membership grant.
- Who
- Members of the Discalced Carmelite friars or nuns; house-specific occasions concern the respective house.
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Make or renew, even privately, the promise to fulfil the duties of your vocation.
- 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 novitiate entry, first or perpetual profession
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.
Qualifying feast, anniversary or community occasion: private renewal
Editorial estimate
About 1–5 minutes for a simple private renewal (editorial estimate)
No fixed duration is prescribed. About 1–5 minutes is an editorial estimate for the required private renewal. Where a chapter or visitation is a qualifying occasion, the grant does not separately require every member to attend the whole event.
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.