San Ignacio de Loyola anniversary rescript (2026)
San Ignacio de Loyola: Gospel visit to the sick
A parish visitor proclaims the current Sunday’s Gospel to a sick parishioner.
Time required Length of the parish visit and Sunday Gospel proclamation.
- When
- Once a week, from the anniversary opening Mass until the solemn closing Mass on 12 October 2027
- Where
- Where the parish representative visits a sick member of San Ignacio de Loyola parish, Monterrey, Mexico
- Who
- Sick members of San Ignacio de Loyola parish unable to attend Mass
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Receive the visit of a parish representative, such as a missionary, extraordinary minister of Communion or catechist. The visitor proclaims the Gospel of the current Sunday.
- The recipient must be prevented from attending Mass by illness.
- This special concession is available once a week, from the anniversary opening Mass until the solemn closing Mass on 12 October 2027.
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.
Receive the parish Gospel visit
Duration varies
Variable; no fixed number of minutes is prescribed.
No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. The whole prescribed pastoral visit includes proclamation of that Sunday’s Gospel. The source gives no timed minimum; the Gospel length and visit circumstances vary.
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
- 12 October 2026
- Stated end
- 12 October 2027
Source and exact reference
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.