Praszka: decree of 16 July 2020
Daily pilgrimage to Kalwaria Praszka
A seven-year grant permits a qualifying pilgrimage visit on any day.
Time required A pilgrimage with sacred rites, or suitable meditation ending with the prescribed prayers
- When
- 16 July 2020–16 July 2027
- Where
- Archdiocesan Marian and Passion Shrine, Kalwaria Praszka, Poland
- Who
- All eligible faithful
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Make a devout pilgrimage visit to the shrine.
- Participate devoutly in sacred rites, or spend suitable time in pious meditation before the publicly venerated image of Mary.
- For the meditation alternative, conclude with the Our Father, Creed, and invocations to Jesus Christ Crucified and Our Lady of Sorrows.
- Fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions.
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.
Pilgrimage with sacred rites
Complete the prescribed event
Length of the sacred rites
No fixed number of minutes is prescribed. Allow for the actual sacred rites and prescribed pilgrimage visit. The concluding prayers and named invocations belong to the separate meditation alternative.
Timing sources
- Apostolic Penitentiary, Praszka decree, 16 July 2020Prot. N. 1462/19/I; daily pilgrimage and impeded faithful; seven-year term
- Apostolic Penitentiary: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
Pilgrimage with meditation
Duration varies
Suitable time in pious meditation and concluding prayers
The decree specifies suitable time, not a numeric minimum; a brief recital alone must not silently replace the meditation.
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
- Stated start
- 16 July 2020
- Stated end
- 16 July 2027
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Apostolic Penitentiary, Praszka decree, 16 July 2020Prot. N. 1462/19/I; daily pilgrimage and impeded faithful; seven-year term
- Apostolic Penitentiary: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.