Holy Family Kajang jubilee, Apostolic Penitentiary decree (15 December 2025)
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Make a pilgrimage to Holy Family Church in Kajang and participate in jubilee rites or suitable prayer and devotion.
Time required Variable: pilgrimage and rites or suitable prayer; the optional parish walk averages 2½ hours.
- When
- 28 December 2025–27 December 2026
- Where
- Church of the Holy Family, Kajang, Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; the specified alternative for eligible impeded faithful
- Who
- Eligible pilgrims; the elderly, sick or others gravely unable to leave home under the decree’s special provision
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- In a spirit of penance and charity, make a pilgrimage to Holy Family Church, Kajang; there, participate devoutly in jubilee activities, Mass or liturgy, or spend suitable time in reflection, prayer or another Christian devotion.
- The prayer alternative includes intercessions for peace and concord and against the errors of the present age, concluding with the Our Father, Creed and invocations of the Holy Family: Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Fulfil the usual plenary conditions, including detachment from sin.
- Eligible elderly or sick people and others unable to leave home for a grave reason may instead unite spiritually with the jubilee celebrations, offering their prayers, pains or sufferings to God, with detachment from every sin and the intention to fulfil the three usual conditions as soon as possible.
- The parish’s organized Pilgrim Walk, Stations of the Holy Family and heritage activities are practical options. The decree does not require every offered activity, a paid booking or a 150-minute stay.
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 with jubilee rites
Complete the prescribed event
Length of the prescribed celebration.
No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. Make the required pilgrimage and participate in the selected jubilee rites; allow for the actual liturgical schedule and any specific local directions. The parish publishes an average of 2½ hours for its optional organized Pilgrim Walk, not a minimum for the indulgence.
Timing sources
- Holy Family Kajang: jubilee decree and pilgrim directionsFull parish English transcription of decree of 15 December 2025; Pilgrim Walk section distinguishes organized and private pilgrimages
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: general Our Father and profession of faith for a plenary church or oratory visit, unless the particular concession prescribes otherwise
Pilgrimage with suitable prayer
Duration varies
Variable; no fixed number of minutes is prescribed.
No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. Complete the pilgrimage, suitable prayer or devotion and concluding intercessions. Private pilgrimages are expressly permitted. The optional 150-minute parish itinerary does not set a legal minimum.
Timing sources
- Holy Family Kajang: jubilee decree and pilgrim directionsFull parish English transcription of decree of 15 December 2025; Pilgrim Walk section distinguishes organized and private pilgrimages
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: general Our Father and profession of faith for a plenary church or oratory visit, unless the particular concession prescribes otherwise
Spiritual union when legitimately impeded
Duration varies
Variable; no fixed number of minutes is prescribed.
No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. Eligible impeded faithful spiritually unite with the jubilee celebrations and offer prayers, pains or sufferings; no numeric duration is imposed.
Timing sources
- Holy Family Kajang: jubilee decree and pilgrim directionsFull parish English transcription of decree of 15 December 2025; Pilgrim Walk section distinguishes organized and private pilgrimages
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: general Our Father and profession of faith for a plenary church or oratory visit, unless the particular concession prescribes otherwise
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
- 28 December 2025
- Stated end
- 27 December 2026
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Holy Family Kajang: jubilee decree and pilgrim directionsFull parish English transcription of decree of 15 December 2025; Pilgrim Walk section distinguishes organized and private pilgrimages
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: general Our Father and profession of faith for a plenary church or oratory visit, unless the particular concession prescribes otherwise
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.