Holy See concession stated in Altötting’s current statutes, episcopally approved 2 April 1971
Altötting Marian congregation: reception and main gatherings
The congregation’s approved statutes specify ecclesiastical reception, its main feast, and its congregation assembly (Konvent).
Time required Actual reception, or participation in the applicable congregation gathering; duration varies.
- When
- Day of ecclesiastical reception; participation in the main feast or congregation assembly (Konvent). The two Hauptfeste are on the fourth Sunday of Lent and the third Sunday of September.
- Where
- At the actual ecclesiastical reception or congregation gathering; Hauptfeste take place in Altötting.
- Who
- Eligible Catholic sodalists of the Altötting Marian Men’s Congregation and its affiliated parish groups. This is not a blanket grant for every Marian sodality.
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Be a sodalist of the Marianische Männerkongregation Altötting, with actual ecclesiastical reception into its spiritual community.
- On admission, complete the ecclesiastical reception; alternatively, participate in the actual Hauptfest or Konvent of the congregation.
- Fulfill the usual plenary conditions, including 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.
Ecclesiastical reception into the Altötting congregation
Complete the prescribed event
Full rite or event; duration varies
The actual liturgical admission includes the specified promise, Creed, consecration and reception. No fixed numeric duration is prescribed.
Timing sources
- Marianische Männerkongregation Altötting: current statutes§§7–8 list the two Hauptfeste and member indulgence occasions; final paragraph records episcopal confirmation on 2 April 1971.
- Marianische Männerkongregation Altötting: ecclesiastical receptionCurrent procedure distinguishes actual ecclesiastical reception from external membership and includes liturgical reception, promise, profession of faith, consecration and registration.
Participation in a Hauptfest
Complete the prescribed event
Actual participation; duration varies
The approved statutes name actual participation in these gatherings. No minute minimum is prescribed; use the congregation’s timetable rather than a short-prayer estimate.
Timing sources
- Marianische Männerkongregation Altötting: current statutes§§7–8 list the two Hauptfeste and member indulgence occasions; final paragraph records episcopal confirmation on 2 April 1971.
- Marianische Männerkongregation Altötting: ecclesiastical receptionCurrent procedure distinguishes actual ecclesiastical reception from external membership and includes liturgical reception, promise, profession of faith, consecration and registration.
Participation in a scheduled congregation assembly (Konvent)
Complete the prescribed event
Actual participation; duration varies
The approved statutes name actual participation in these gatherings. No minute minimum is prescribed; use the congregation’s timetable rather than a short-prayer estimate. This repeatable assembly route still requires an actual congregation assembly; a private visit is not an alternative. The retrieved statutes do not impose a separate every-minute attendance threshold.
Timing sources
- Marianische Männerkongregation Altötting: current statutes§§7–8 list the two Hauptfeste and member indulgence occasions; final paragraph records episcopal confirmation on 2 April 1971.
- Marianische Männerkongregation Altötting: ecclesiastical receptionCurrent procedure distinguishes actual ecclesiastical reception from external membership and includes liturgical reception, promise, profession of faith, consecration and registration.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel and waiting; a pilgrimage itself remains part of the work where required.
- Separate fulfillment of the usual plenary conditions, except prayers or Mass expressly included in the branch.
Occasion and source notes
The fourth Sunday of Lent is three weeks before Easter. Actual participation in the qualifying event is required; a feast-date prayer alone is not the listed work.
The current congregation statutes explicitly confirm the indulgence and their post-reform episcopal approval. The underlying Holy See rescript itself was not recovered.
Source and exact reference
- Marianische Männerkongregation Altötting: current statutes§§7–8 list the two Hauptfeste and member indulgence occasions; final paragraph records episcopal confirmation on 2 April 1971.
- Marianische Männerkongregation Altötting: ecclesiastical receptionCurrent procedure distinguishes actual ecclesiastical reception from external membership and includes liturgical reception, promise, profession of faith, consecration and registration.
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.