Our Lady of the Head eighth-centenary jubilee (2026–2027)
Our Lady of the Head: spiritual union when unable to leave home
The jubilee decree includes elderly and sick people, their carers, and others gravely prevented from leaving home.
Time required No fixed duration for spiritual union and the prescribed offering.
- When
- 4 October 2026–8 December 2027
- Where
- Where the eligible person is prevented from leaving home
- Who
- Elderly or sick people, their carers, and all who cannot leave home for a grave reason
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- With detachment from every sin, intend to fulfil sacramental confession, Eucharistic Communion and prayer for the Pope’s intentions as soon as possible.
- Unite spiritually with the jubilee celebrations and offer prayers, suffering or the hardships of one’s life to the merciful God.
The work and its conditions
This grant has a special provision for the ordinary conditions. Follow the requirements above and the source closely.
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 and offering when legitimately impeded
Duration varies
Time for spiritual union and the prescribed offering.
No fixed number of minutes is stated. Unite spiritually with the jubilee and offer the prescribed prayers, suffering or life’s hardships. No period of suffering, broadcast or image is required by this provision.
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
- 4 October 2026
- Stated end
- 8 December 2027
Occasion and source notes
This is the impeded provision in decree 00780. It prescribes no image or broadcast. The separate papal-blessing decree and the bishop’s directions for receiving that blessing through media describe a different route.
Source and exact reference
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.