Apostolic Penitentiary, 27 March 2025, Prot.221/224/25/I
Santaella: confraternity jubilee church visit
Visit this designated parish during its particular jubilee and join the sacred rites or spend a suitable time in meditation with the concluding prayers.
Time required Variable: jubilee rites, or a reasonable time of meditation and prayers
- When
- 2026-03-01 through 2026-12-20
- Where
- Parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Santaella, Spain
- Who
- All eligible faithful who make the prescribed visit
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Visit the specified parish church, individually or with others, during the granted period, intending to obtain the indulgence.
- There either participate devoutly in the jubilee rites, or spend a reasonable time in meditation, concluding the prayer alternative with the Our Father, Creed and a prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
- With sincere repentance and complete detachment from sin, fulfil the conditions specified by the bishop: sacramental confession, participation in the Eucharist and Communion, and prayer for the Pope’s intentions.
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.
Church visit and jubilee rites
Complete the prescribed event
Time for the jubilee rites and visit
No numeric minimum is prescribed. Allow for participation in the actual rites and the prescribed visit. The separately stated Eucharistic participation and Communion also take time if fulfilled separately.
Timing sources
- Diocese of Córdoba: complete episcopal implementation of the Apostolic Penitentiary concessionPrinted pp.427–429 (PDF pp.73–75), episcopal decree of 31 October 2025, Prot.S2025/10/281
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
Church visit and suitable meditation
Duration varies
A reasonable time of meditation and concluding prayers
The decree requires a reasonable period, without prescribing minutes. The Our Father, Creed and Marian prayer alone do not measure the whole work. The separately stated Eucharistic participation and Communion also take time if fulfilled separately.
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
- 1 March 2026
- Stated end
- 20 December 2026
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Diocese of Córdoba: complete episcopal implementation of the Apostolic Penitentiary concessionPrinted pp.427–429 (PDF pp.73–75), episcopal decree of 31 October 2025, Prot.S2025/10/281
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.