2015 Apostolic Penitentiary concession, renewed through 31 August 2029
Santa Maria dell’Orto: Mass for a deceased member
Members may gain a plenary indulgence solely for a deceased fellow member by attending the specified Mass.
Time required Devout participation in the qualifying Mass; duration varies.
- When
- The deceased member’s day of death or burial, within the verified term.
- Where
- The Mass celebrated for the deceased fellow member.
- Who
- Members of the Roman Archconfraternity of Santa Maria dell’Orto.
- Application
- The departed only
The prescribed work
- Be a member of the Archconfraternity of Santa Maria dell’Orto.
- Devoutly attend Mass for a fellow member who died piously, on that person’s actual day of death or burial.
- Apply this indulgence only to that deceased member.
- Fulfill the usual plenary conditions: 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.
Mass for the deceased fellow member on the day of death or burial
Complete the prescribed event
Actual participation; duration varies
The prescribed work is devout participation in the specified Mass, for the deceased member only. Plan around the actual celebration. The institutional directions prescribe no numeric minimum or separate every-minute attendance rule.
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 end
- 31 August 2029
Occasion and source notes
The current institutional page expressly confirms renewal through 31 August 2029. The former Wix site ends at 2022 and is superseded on this point. The actual renewed rescript is not reproduced on the retrieved page.
Source and exact reference
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.