Portland cathedral centenary decree (2026)
Portland cathedral centenary pilgrimage
Visit Saint Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in pilgrimage.
Time required Variable: a complete visit and either the prescribed rites or prayer.
- When
- 14 February 2026–13 February 2027
- Where
- Saint Mary’s Cathedral, Portland, Oregon, USA
- Who
- All eligible faithful
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Make a pilgrimage to Saint Mary’s Cathedral; there, participate devoutly in jubilee rites or spend suitable time in reflection, prayer or Christian devotion.
- For the prayer alternative, intercede for peace, concord among peoples and protection against present errors; conclude with the Our Father, Creed and invocations to Mary, Queen of Peace and Mother of Mercy.
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/visit with jubilee rites
Complete the prescribed event
Length of the prescribed celebration.
No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. The complete prescribed visit and participation in the selected rites are required; the service schedule determines the duration.
Pilgrimage/visit with prayer
Duration varies
Variable; no fixed number of minutes is prescribed.
No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. Complete the prescribed visit, prayer or meditation and concluding prayers. No numeric duration is supplied by the source; do not treat recitation of the concluding prayers alone as the whole work.
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
- 14 February 2026
- Stated end
- 13 February 2027
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Archdiocese of Portland, full text of decreeApostolic Penitentiary decree, 14 February 2026
- Archdiocese of Portland: original Apostolic Penitentiary decreesPage 2: 14 February 2026, Prot. 00558/2026-1368/25/I; pilgrimage concession
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum: church-visit normNorm 19: Our Father and Creed for an indulgenced church or oratory visit
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.