Hong Kong diocesan 80th anniversary, Chancery notice (22 September 2025)
Hong Kong: anniversary Mass and apostolic blessing
Participate in an appointed cathedral anniversary Mass and receive the apostolic blessing imparted by Cardinal Stephen Chow.
Time required Duration of the appointed cathedral Mass and apostolic blessing.
- When
- Opening: 8 December 2025, 6 p.m.; anniversary: 11 April 2026, 10 a.m.; closing: 8 December 2026, 6 p.m. (Hong Kong time)
- Where
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong
- Who
- Eligible faithful participating in an appointed cathedral celebration
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Participate in one of the three appointed anniversary celebrations at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and receive the apostolic blessing imparted by Cardinal Stephen Chow.
- Fulfil the usual plenary conditions, including complete detachment from sin. The Chancery specifically directs confession within three weeks before or after the work, Communion during Mass, and prayer for the Pope’s intentions (an Our Father and Hail Mary may fulfil that prayer).
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.
Anniversary Mass and apostolic blessing
Complete the prescribed event
Length of the prescribed celebration.
No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. Participate in the appointed Mass and receive the apostolic blessing. The published start time does not establish the ceremony’s length.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work; required procession or pilgrimage activity remains included
- Separate confession, Communion and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, except where a branch expressly includes the prescribed celebration
- Stated start
- 8 December 2025
- Stated end
- 8 December 2026
Source and exact reference
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.