Apostolic Penitentiary, 30 March 2012, Prot.1282/11/I
Eucharistic Apostles of Divine Mercy: Founder’s feast
Members receive a plenary indulgence on the feast of St Stanislaus Papczyński under an express perpetual 2012 grant.
Time required May 18 promise renewal: about 1–5 minutes (editorial estimate).
- When
- 18 May, the liturgical celebration of St Stanislaus Papczyński.
- Where
- No particular shrine is specified.
- Who
- Members of the Eucharistic Apostles of Divine Mercy; this is not a general grant for every person praying the Chaplet.
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Be a member of the Eucharistic Apostles of Divine Mercy.
- Renew at least privately the pledge faithfully to observe the association’s statutes.
- Fulfill the usual plenary conditions, including confession, Communion, prayer for the Pope’s intentions, and complete detachment from 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.
18 May: private statutory-promise renewal
Editorial estimate
About 1–5 minutes for a simple private renewal (editorial estimate)
The source sets no fixed duration or compulsory timed formula. This is an editorial estimate for a simple private renewal; it does not replace any required rite or the usual conditions.
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
- 30 March 2012
Occasion and source notes
Follow the association’s lawful liturgical observance.
Source and exact reference
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.