Archconfraternity of the Holy Agony: enrollment and member occasions

Actual members of the Vincentian Archconfraternity of the Holy Agony renew their intention to observe its statutes on an eligible occasion.

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Time required Renew the statutory intention on a qualifying member occasion; no timed minimum

When: Actual enrollment; the liturgical commemoration of Christ’s prayer in the Garden; Exaltation of the Holy Cross (14 September); Our Lady of Sorrows (15 September); St Vincent de Paul (27 September); St Camillus de Lellis (14 July in the General Roman Calendar); anniversary of the archconfraternity’s erection. Confirm the proper calendar and lawful transfers with the association.
Where: The decree prescribes no special location for the statutory intention. Membership must be established through the actual archconfraternity.
Who: Actual members of the Vincentian Archconfraternity of the Holy Agony named in the 1995 decree.
Application: Self or the departed

The prescribed work

Be an actual member of the Archconfraternity of the Agony of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Gethsemane named in Prot. 120/95/I. This is the Vincentian association founded at Valfleury and centered at the Lazarist motherhouse in Paris.
On the actual enrollment day or one of the named annual occasions, express or renew, at least interiorly, the intention to observe the archconfraternity’s statutes.
Fulfill the usual plenary conditions: sacramental confession, Holy Communion, prayer for the Pope’s intentions, and complete detachment from every 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.

Enrollment or a named member occasion

Duration varies

No fixed number of minutes is prescribed

The actual enrollment or eligible celebration is necessary. The statutory intention may be expressed or renewed interiorly; no invented prayer formula or timed exercise is added. Usual plenary conditions remain separate.

Timing sources

Vincentiana 39 (1995), no. 6: Apostolic Penitentiary decreesPDF pp.2–4: common terms and Prot. 120/95/I, 27 October 1995. Archived copy of the official Congregation of the Mission issue; the original mirror is now unavailable.

What the time estimate excludes

Separately fulfilled sacramental conditions and travel

Occasion and source notes

Documented availability in this library begins 27 October 1995. This marks the period supported by the reviewed evidence, not an independently established legal commencement date.

The decree names liturgical celebrations, so follow the lawful calendar applicable to the member. The displayed July 14 is the General Roman Calendar date for St Camillus; local calendars can differ. These membership occasions do not receive a preceding-noon church-visit window.

The official journal expressly renews the concession in perpetuity. Current Congregation of the Mission sources establish the continuing association identity; they are not represented as a new rescript. The exact proper celebration and erection-anniversary dates remain for confirmation with the association. This listing’s evidence begins on 27 October 1995, the date of the reviewed renewal; it does not establish the association’s original institution date or the first commencement of its earlier privileges.

The common decree requires the statutory intention on every eligible occasion, in addition to the usual plenary conditions. Membership is required; wearing a red scapular, attending a monthly devotion, or belonging to another Gethsemane group does not establish eligibility. The decree lists enrollment itself, not an annual anniversary of personal enrollment.

Source and exact reference

Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.