Apostolic Penitentiary, 21 January 2026
Alcoy: Saint George jubilee for the seriously impeded
Unite spiritually with the jubilee celebrations when age, illness or a grave cause prevents leaving home, and make the prescribed offering.
Time required No fixed duration; time for spiritual union, prayer and offering
- When
- 23 April 2026 through 25 April 2027
- Where
- Where the impeded person is staying, in spiritual union with the Alcoy jubilee
- Who
- The elderly, sick and all who cannot leave home for a grave cause
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Because of the specified impediment, unite spiritually with the jubilee celebrations.
- Repent of every sin, with complete detachment, and intend to fulfil sacramental confession, Eucharistic Communion and prayer for the Pope’s intentions as soon as possible.
- Offer prayers and the sufferings or troubles of life to merciful God.
The work and its conditions
This grant has a special provision for the ordinary conditions. Follow the requirements above and the source closely.
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.
Spiritual union, prayer and offering
Duration varies
Variable: prayer and spiritual union with the jubilee
No fixed duration or named formula is prescribed for this alternative. No broadcast or devotional image is made obligatory by this paragraph.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Preparation and separately fulfilled sacramental conditions
- Stated start
- 23 April 2026
- Stated end
- 25 April 2027
Occasion and source notes
The official anniversary site republishes the complete decree. Its explicit closing date is 25 April 2027. This record does not turn the organizer’s museum stop, registration or advertised 10:30 pilgrimage time into conditions of the concession.
Source and exact reference
- Official Alcoy 750th-anniversary site: complete Apostolic Penitentiary decree translationDecreto: Concesión Indulgencia plenaria; 21 January 2026; complete text beneath the main page
- Asociación de San Jorge: the archdiocesan staff makes the jubilee pilgrimage15 June 2026; confirms official anniversary site and pilgrimage from Santa María to San Jorge
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.