Enchiridion · Grant 32

PlenaryUniversal

A sacred function during a pastoral visitation

During a pastoral visitation, attend a sacred function presided over by the visitator.

Time required Length of the sacred function

When
During the pastoral visitation; once
Where
The sacred function presided over by the visitator
Who
All eligible faithful
Application
Self or the departed

The prescribed work

  1. Attend a sacred function over which the visitator presides.
  2. The grant is available once during that pastoral visitation.

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.

Attend the qualifying sacred function

Complete the prescribed event

Length of the sacred function

No fixed minute minimum is prescribed. The work is devout participation in the qualifying sacred function; its form and actual schedule determine the duration.

Timing sources
What the time estimate excludes
  • Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
  • Preparation and the ordinary conditions for a plenary indulgence, unless they are themselves part of the prescribed work

Source and exact reference

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