Apostolic Penitentiary, 27 October 1995, Prot. 124/95/I
Missionary Confraternity of Saint Vincent de Paul: exact-association members
Actual members of the Missionary Confraternity of Saint Vincent de Paul named in the Vincentian decree renew their statutory intention on an eligible occasion. Present enrollment access remains unverified.
Time required Renew the statutory intention on a qualifying member occasion; no timed minimum
- When
- Actual enrollment; Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (15 August); Manifestation of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (27 November); St Vincent de Paul (27 September); St John of Ávila (10 May in the current General Roman Calendar); St Leonard of Port Maurice (26 November in the Franciscan calendar); the actual day the member receives the Mission Crucifix; and the anniversary of the confraternity’s institution. Follow the association’s applicable liturgical calendar and lawful transfers.
- Where
- No special place is prescribed for the statutory intention. Exact association membership and its applicable statutes must first be established.
- Who
- Actual members of the precise Missionary Confraternity of Saint Vincent de Paul named in Prot. 124/95/I; present institutional identification and enrollment access remain unverified.
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Be an actual member of the Missionary Confraternity of Saint Vincent de Paul named in Prot. 124/95/I, one of the Vincentian associations for which the Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission requested the renewal. Independently establish that your membership belongs to this exact association; a namesake does not suffice.
- On actual enrollment or one of the named eligible occasions, express or renew, at least interiorly, the intention to observe the association’s own statutes.
- Fulfill the usual plenary conditions: sacramental confession, Holy Communion, prayer for the Pope’s intentions, and complete detachment from every 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.
Enrollment, named celebration or actual Mission Crucifix reception
Duration varies
No fixed number of minutes is prescribed
Exact membership and an eligible occasion are required. The statutory intention may be expressed or renewed interiorly; no fixed formula, numeric duration or extra devotion is prescribed by the reviewed decree. The time or availability of enrollment cannot be estimated from the recovered evidence.
What the time estimate excludes
- Separately fulfilled sacramental conditions and travel
Occasion and source notes
Documented availability in this library begins 27 October 1995. This marks the period supported by the reviewed evidence, not an independently established legal commencement date.
The public dates identify the named celebrations in the usual calendars; the actual association’s lawful calendar controls, including any transfers. Personal enrollment and institutional dates are not guessed. These membership occasions have no preceding-noon church-visit window.
The official Congregation of the Mission journal reproduces the common operative terms and this association’s particular occasions, expressly renewed in perpetuity. Present identity/access uncertainty is not evidence that the grant expired. The display begins on 27 October 1995 as the evidence boundary for this reviewed renewal, not the association’s foundation or first privilege date.
This is a conditional listing for actual members of the exact association identified in the perpetual 1995 decree. Its present institutional identity, statutes and enrollment access have not yet been independently located. A shared name, devotion, missionary activity or membership in another Vincentian or religious body does not establish eligibility; this listing does not advertise enrollment as currently available.
Source and exact reference
- Vincentiana 39 (1995), no. 6: Apostolic Penitentiary decreesPDF pages 2–4: complete common terms and Prot. 124/95/I, 27 October 1995; the journal expressly renews the nine concessions in perpetuity. Archived official Congregation of the Mission issue.
- Congregation for Divine Worship: St John of Ávila in the General Roman Calendar25 January 2021 decree: current General Roman Calendar date of 10 May; used only to identify the saint’s celebration, not to establish this association’s identity or earlier proper calendar.
- Order of Friars Minor: St Leonard of Port MauriceOfficial Franciscan saint page identifies 26 November; the confraternity’s applicable proper calendar and lawful transfers still govern.
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.