Trinitarian General Directory, Appendix II(a)
Trinitarian religious: profession, feasts and community occasions
The Curia’s current directory lists the Order’s membership opportunities.
Time required Actual personal rites vary; no separate timed exercise is specified for the other listed occasions.
- When
- Novitiate entry; first and solemn profession; 25th, 50th, 60th and 75th anniversaries of first profession; solemn reception of the crucifix before departure abroad; general chapter; house patron; saints or blesseds whose body or notable relic is preserved there; conclusion of regular visitation. Also: Holy Trinity; Most Holy Redeemer Jesus of Nazareth (23 October); St John de Matha (17 December); St Felix de Valois (4 November); St John Baptist of the Conception (14 February); St Michael of the Saints (8 June); St Agnes (28 January).
- Where
- No special location prescribed by this membership grant.
- Who
- Religious of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives; house occasions concern that house.
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Belong to the eligible religious community and observe its proper commitments.
- 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 solemn profession, or reception of the missionary crucifix
Complete the prescribed event
Full rite or event; duration varies
Complete the actual personal admission or rite and maintain the proper commitments of this member class. No fixed duration is prescribed; this source does not state a separate private-renewal requirement for every occasion.
Other qualifying feasts, anniversaries or community occasions
Duration varies
No fixed duration is prescribed
No separate timed exercise is stated for the applicable listed occasion. The source does not require every eligible member to attend the whole chapter or visitation. Follow all membership and usual plenary conditions.
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.
- Continuing commitments of the member’s proper state.
Occasion and source notes
Uses the Order’s proper calendar: St Agnes on 28 January and St Michael of the Saints on 8 June. Follow lawful transfers and the applicable community calendar.
Source and exact reference
- Trinitarian General Curia — Rule, Constitutions and General DirectoryGeneral Directory, Appendix II: Indulgenza plenaria nella nostra famiglia
- Trinitarian General Curia — proper liturgical calendarProper dates, including St Agnes 28 January and St Michael of the Saints 8 June
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.