Good Shepherd Institute twentieth-anniversary concession
Good Shepherd Institute: those prevented
Unite spiritually with an eligible anniversary celebration.
Time required No fixed duration; pious spiritual union with an eligible jubilee celebration.
- When
- During an eligible jubilee celebration, within 2026-09-01–2027-09-30
- Where
- Where the eligible person is prevented from attending
- Who
- Those prevented by illness or another serious reason
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Detach from sin, unite spiritually with the celebration, and fulfil the usual conditions as soon as possible.
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.
Spiritual union when legitimately impeded
Duration varies
Variable; no fixed number of minutes is prescribed.
No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. Unite piously and spiritually with an eligible jubilee celebration while detached from sin, and fulfil the usual conditions as soon as possible. The published provision does not prescribe an additional offering of suffering or a fixed prayer formula.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Separate confession, Communion and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, except where a branch expressly includes the prescribed celebration
- Stated start
- 1 September 2026
- Stated end
- 30 September 2027
Source and exact reference
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.