Year of Saint Pio: local partial concession (2026–2027)
National Centre for Padre Pio: pilgrim visit
Visit the Centre as a pilgrim during its anniversary year.
Time required Variable: complete the required pilgrimage/visit and prayers.
- When
- 2026-06-16–2027-06-16
- Where
- National Centre for Padre Pio, Barto, Pennsylvania, USA
- Who
- All eligible faithful
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- The Centre announces a partial indulgence for pilgrims who visit during the year, under Bishop Alfred Schlert’s concession.
- Observe the general conditions for partial indulgences. The brief announcement refers to “usual conditions”; ask the Centre for any further terms of the local grant.
The work and its conditions
The general requirements include at least a general intention, the state of grace by the completion of the work, and a contrite heart. Complete the work as prescribed.
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 prayer
Duration varies
Variable; no fixed number of minutes is prescribed.
No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. The source prescribes a pilgrimage/visit, not a timed stay. Complete the work and any required prayers; short prayer-recitation time alone does not measure the whole visit.
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
- 16 June 2026
- Stated end
- 16 June 2027
Source and exact reference
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.