Pauline Cooperators and six named associations

Seven feasts are specified for these enrolled Pauline groups.

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Time required Renew the intention of fidelity: about 1–5 minutes (editorial estimate).

When: Jesus Christ the Divine Master; Corpus Christi; St Paul the Apostle; Queen of Apostles; Immaculate Conception; Assumption; St Joseph.
Where: No additional visit is prescribed by the published membership provision.
Who: Pauline Cooperators and enrolled members of these specific Pauline associations: Società Biblica Cattolica Internazionale; Ut unum sint; Apostolato delle tecniche audiovisive; Preghiera, Sofferenza e Carità per tutte le vocazioni; Pia Opera Morti Improvvise; Unione delle Famiglie cristiane.
Application: Self or the departed

The prescribed work

Be an enrolled Pauline Cooperator or enrolled in one of the six associations expressly named in the grant.
Make or renew the intention of fidelity to the duties of the member’s proper state, as directed in the prayer book’s common conditions.
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.

Qualifying Pauline feast: intention of fidelity to the proper duties

Editorial estimate

About 1–5 minutes for a simple private renewal (editorial estimate)

The prayer book gives no fixed time or compulsory formula. About 1–5 minutes is an editorial estimate for making or renewing the required purpose of fidelity; it does not imply a private-rite dispensation or replace actual membership.

Timing sources

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

St Paul is 30 June in the Pauline proper calendar. Corpus Christi follows its locally observed Thursday or transferred Sunday. Queen of Apostles follows the local Ascension arrangement, not an assumed universal Saturday before Pentecost. 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.

The source’s common condition says fidelity to the duties of the religioso and follows the entire list, including these lay associations. Here that wording is understood as fidelity to the duties applicable to each member’s state; it does not impose religious vows on lay members. No compulsory formula or fixed prayer duration is specified.

Source and exact reference

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