Shalom convention pilgrimage: Apostolic Penitentiary concession announced 16 October 2026
Shalom convention pilgrimage, 15–21 November 2026
Take part in the actual Shalom convention pilgrimage with prayer, meditation and the required Eucharistic participation.
Time required Participate in the actual convention pilgrimage with its prayer, meditation and Eucharistic participation; duration varies.
- When
- During the actual convention pilgrimage, 15–21 November 2026.
- Where
- The Shalom convention pilgrimage in Rome, Italy, with its official Rome and Assisi program.
- Who
- Catholic faithful actually participating in this convention pilgrimage; the event welcomes Shalom members and friends.
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Participate in the actual Shalom convention pilgrimage to Rome, whose official program runs 15–21 November 2026 and also includes Assisi.
- Dedicate time to prayer and meditation; the announcement gives no numeric minimum.
- Participate in the Eucharist and receive Holy Communion during the pilgrimage, as the institutional directions specify.
- Make sacramental confession, reject attachment to every sin including venial sin, and pray for the Pope’s intentions. The announcement gives the Creed, Our Father and Hail Mary for this prayer.
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.
Actual Shalom convention pilgrimage
Complete the prescribed event
Actual convention pilgrimage and prescribed participation; duration varies
No numeric prayer duration is prescribed. The official convention runs 15–21 November 2026, but the published directions do not establish that every participant must complete a continuous seven-day course. Follow the actual qualifying pilgrimage program; a brief prayer alone does not replace the pilgrimage and Eucharistic participation.
Timing sources
- Shalom Community: announcement of the convention indulgence16 October 2026: international assistant announces a signed Apostolic Penitentiary decree; section Como obter a indulgência plenária supplies the specific pilgrimage and prayer directions.
- Shalom Community: official 2026 convention program15 July 2026: convention dates 15–21 November 2026 in Rome and Assisi; this gathering prepares for the 45th foundation anniversary in 2027.
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.
- Stated start
- 15 November 2026
- Stated end
- 21 November 2026
Occasion and source notes
The current community announcement identifies a signed Apostolic Penitentiary decree and gives these pilgrimage directions; the signed decree itself was not recovered. Dates are confined to the official convention program. No remote, homebound, broader anniversary-year or additional shrine-specific route is inferred. The 2026 convention prepares for the community’s 45th anniversary in 2027.
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Shalom Community: announcement of the convention indulgence16 October 2026: international assistant announces a signed Apostolic Penitentiary decree; section Como obter a indulgência plenária supplies the specific pilgrimage and prayer directions.
- Shalom Community: official 2026 convention program15 July 2026: convention dates 15–21 November 2026 in Rome and Assisi; this gathering prepares for the 45th foundation anniversary in 2027.
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.