Saint John of the Cross centenary decree (2025)
Saint John of the Cross jubilee: Segovia and Úbeda
Pilgrimage to the saint’s tomb church or the jubilee oratory in Úbeda.
Time required Duration of the pilgrimage and scheduled liturgical jubilee celebration.
- When
- 2025-12-14–2026-12-27
- Where
- Discalced Carmelite church containing the saint’s tomb, Segovia; church-oratory of the Discalced Carmelites, Úbeda, Spain
- Who
- All eligible faithful
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Pilgrimage to an approved jubilee church and participate in a liturgical jubilee celebration.
- Pray the Our Father and Creed under the general norm for an indulgenced church visit.
- These are specifically designated sites; the grant does not automatically cover every Carmelite church.
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.
Pilgrimage and liturgical celebration
Complete the prescribed event
Length of the prescribed celebration.
No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. The stated grant requires an approved pilgrimage and a liturgical jubilee celebration. A short private visit is not an alternative in this record.
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
- 14 December 2025
- Stated end
- 27 December 2026
Occasion and source notes
Requires participation in a liturgical jubilee celebration at an approved site; consult the local schedule.
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Diocese of Segovia: five approved jubilee churchesPara vivir este Año Jubilar; church designations and participation
- Discalced Carmelites: jubilee indulgenceJubilee dates, approved places and provisions for the impeded
- Apostolic Penitentiary: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: Our Father and Creed for an indulgenced church or oratory visit unless otherwise prescribed
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.