Colle Don Bosco perpetual grant, no. 2
Colle Don Bosco on one freely chosen day each year
Once a year, choose a day to visit either of the two specified churches.
Time required About 3–5 minutes for the prayer alternative during the actual church visit; a sacred service follows its own schedule
- When
- One freely chosen day each year
- Where
- Basilica of Saint John Bosco or little Shrine of Mary Help of Christians, Colle Don Bosco, Italy
- Who
- All eligible faithful
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Visit the specified church and participate in a sacred service, or recite at least the Our Father and Creed.
- The shrine notice specifies sacramental confession and Communion within eight days, together with prayer for the pope’s intentions; consult the shrine or confessor about its application alongside current general Penitentiary guidance.
- Use the one freely chosen annual occasion specified in this concession.
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.
Annual chosen-day visit with the prayer alternative
Editorial estimate
About 3–5 minutes of prayer
Editorial estimate for the Our Father and Creed during the actual visit, not a legal minimum. The source states no fixed number of minutes. This route is available on one freely chosen day each year across the two named churches, not once per church or as a repeatable daily opportunity.
Annual chosen-day visit with a sacred service
Complete the prescribed event
Length of the sacred service
No fixed number of minutes is prescribed. Participate in the actual sacred service at one of the two named churches on the single freely chosen annual occasion; its schedule determines the duration.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Preparation and separately fulfilled sacramental conditions, except where the prescribed work itself includes Communion or a liturgical celebration
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.