Apostolic Penitentiary, 14 December 1967, Prot. 301/67/R
Passionist religious: 2 August visit to a congregation church
Religious members have a distinct annual visit privilege under a perpetual rescript.
Time required Devout church visit and prayers: about 5–15 minutes (estimate).
- When
- Once on 2 August; with the Ordinary’s consent, the immediately preceding or following Sunday may replace that date.
- Where
- A church or oratory of the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ.
- Who
- Members of the Passionist Congregation named in Prot. 301/67/R; the text does not grant this route to every visitor or lay devotee.
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Devoutly visit a church or oratory of the Passionist Congregation and pray the Our Father and Creed.
- Fulfill the usual plenary conditions: sacramental confession, Communion, prayer for the Pope’s intentions, and complete detachment from every sin, including venial sin.
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.
Devout church visit and the prescribed prayers
Editorial estimate
About 5–15 minutes at the church (editorial estimate)
No fixed minimum is prescribed. About 5–15 minutes is an editorial estimate for the visit and short prayers; devotion, the complete prayers, and the specified place remain necessary.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Separate fulfillment of the usual plenary conditions, except prayers or Mass expressly included in the branch.
- Stated start
- 14 December 1967
Occasion and source notes
For the dated church or oratory visit, Norm 14 permits the visit from noon on the preceding day until midnight ending the observance. Follow the actual local observance and access hours; any required celebration, membership and frequency limits still apply.
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Passionist General Curia: Acta Congregationis, 31 January 1968Printed pp.181–184 (PDF pp.1–4): three perpetual rescripts dated 14 December 1967, expressly revising privileges under Indulgentiarum doctrina, norm 14.
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorms 13–14 and 17–19: transfer, preceding-noon visit window, prescribed work and frequency.
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.