2015 Apostolic Penitentiary concession, renewed through 31 August 2029
Santa Maria dell’Orto: witness, mercy and penance
Members receive a partial indulgence for the listed communal witness or charitable and penitential works.
Time required Public witness with the archconfraternity or a qualifying statutory work; duration varies.
- When
- When performing one of the prescribed works; once a day under this particular concession.
- Where
- The public archconfraternity observance or place where the prescribed work is performed.
- Who
- Members of the Archconfraternity of Santa Maria dell’Orto, Rome.
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Be an archconfraternity member and act with a truly contrite heart.
- Either participate publicly with the archconfraternity in a religious celebration or gathering as a witness of faith; or devoutly perform a corporal/spiritual work of mercy, penance, or an evangelical purpose specified in its statutes.
- The special concession limits these partial indulgences to once a day.
The work and its conditions
The general requirements include at least a general intention, the state of grace by the completion of the work, and a contrite heart. Complete the work as prescribed.
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.
Public religious celebration or gathering as a witness of faith
Complete the prescribed event
Actual participation; duration varies
The prescribed work is public participation with the archconfraternity as a witness of faith. Its duration depends on the actual gathering; the source supplies no numeric minimum or separate every-minute attendance rule. The once-daily cap limits frequency.
Work of mercy, penance or statutory evangelical purpose
Duration varies
Time depends on the particular qualifying work
No fixed minimum is prescribed. Complete the concrete work with the required dispositions; no single minute estimate suits all works.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- 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.