Jasna Góra: perpetual pilgrimage grant

Pray at the sanctuary according to its special perpetual concession.

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Time required Time for the qualifying pilgrimage and suitable prayer

When: The shrine’s indulgence solemnity; any Marian liturgical solemnity; one personally chosen annual pilgrimage day; or each group pilgrimage
Where: Jasna Góra sanctuary, Częstochowa, Poland
Who: All eligible faithful
Application: Self or the departed

The prescribed work

Visit the shrine as a pilgrim on a qualifying occasion.
Spend suitable time praying the Our Father, Creed, and a chosen prayer to Mary for Poland’s fidelity to its Christian vocation, priestly and religious vocations, and the protection of the family.

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.

Each qualifying group pilgrimage

Duration varies

Time for the qualifying pilgrimage and suitable prayer

No fixed number of minutes is prescribed. Include the required pilgrimage activity and suitable time with the Our Father, Creed and a chosen Marian prayer for the specified intentions. This repeatable group-pilgrimage alternative is the route shown by the chosen-day filter.

Timing sources

Marian solemnities, shrine solemnity or one personally chosen annual pilgrimage

Duration varies

Time for the qualifying pilgrimage and suitable prayer

No fixed number of minutes is prescribed. Include the required pilgrimage activity and suitable time with the Our Father, Creed and a chosen Marian prayer for the specified intentions. The feast and once-yearly occasions remain limited as stated in the grant.

Timing sources

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.