Apostolic Penitentiary, 2 February 1968 and 30 March 2012, as confirmed by the General Superior
Marian religious: confirmed feasts and vocational occasions
The General Superior confirms perpetual grants for religious members, including a 2012 addition for the Founder’s feast.
Time required Actual religious events vary; May 18 renewal may take about 1–5 minutes (estimate).
- When
- 18 May, 8 December and 19 March; general chapter; house patron and saints/blesseds whose body or notable relic is kept there; canonical visitation; novitiate entry; first and perpetual profession; 25th, 50th, 60th and 75th anniversaries of first profession.
- Where
- The applicable institute, house or personal occasion.
- Who
- Religious members of the Marian Congregation, not automatically lay Marian Helpers or Blue Scapular wearers.
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Be a religious member of the Congregation of Marian Fathers.
- For 18 May, renew at least privately the pledge faithfully to fulfill the duties of one’s Marian vocation.
- 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.
Actual novitiate entry, first or perpetual profession
Complete the prescribed event
Full rite or event; duration varies
No fixed duration is prescribed. Complete actual novitiate entry or profession; the 2012 communiqué does not supply a uniform private-promise condition for all of its summarized 1968 occasions.
18 May: private renewal of Marian vocational duties
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.
Other qualifying Marian religious feasts, anniversaries or community occasions
Duration varies
No fixed duration is prescribed
No separate timed exercise is stated for these listed occasions. The communiqué does not separately require every member to attend an entire chapter or visitation. Follow all applicable membership and usual plenary 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.
Occasion and source notes
Follow the applicable proper calendar. This entry gives the occasions and conditions expressly specified in the 2012 communiqué; additional calendar-only notices are documented for further verification. Annunciation, St Joseph and Immaculate Conception use standard Roman transfer rules where listed. The applicable local or proper calendar, lawful external solemnity and any specific indult govern the actual observance.
Source and exact reference
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.