Thái Bình jubilee: elderly or seriously ill faithful

Unite spiritually with the diocesan jubilee when old age or serious illness prevents the pilgrimage.

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Time required No fixed numeric duration; allow for the full prescribed work.

When: During the diocesan jubilee celebrations and pilgrimages, 1 January–31 December 2026
Where: Where eligible faithful are prevented from attending
Who: Faithful prevented by old age or serious illness; no general carer or other-impediment extension is stated
Application: Self or the departed

The prescribed work

Be prevented from attending by old age or serious illness, repent of all sin and fulfil the usual conditions.
Unite spiritually with the jubilee celebrations or pilgrimages, offering prayers and sufferings to God’s mercy.
The published Vietnamese decree retains the three usual conditions. It does not expressly provide a special deferral of those conditions; consult a confessor about the ordinary provisions for those impeded.

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.

Spiritual union, prayer and offering of sufferings

Duration varies

Variable; spiritual union and the offering of prayers and sufferings

No fixed duration is stated. The work is spiritual union with the jubilee and an offering of prayer and suffering, not a timed substitute ceremony.

Timing sources

What the time estimate excludes

Sacramental confession, Holy Communion and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, when separate from the prescribed work
Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work; required procession or pilgrimage activity remains included

Stated start: 1 January 2026
Stated end: 31 December 2026

Source and exact reference

Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.