Notre-Dame de Pentecôte jubilee: Apostolic Penitentiary decree of 7 January 2026
La Défense jubilee: seriously impeded faithful
Join the jubilee spiritually before an image and offer prayers or sufferings when a serious cause prevents leaving home.
Time required No fixed duration
- When
- 7 January–22 November 2026
- Where
- At home or another place of serious confinement
- Who
- Older or sick faithful, and anyone otherwise unable to leave home for a serious cause
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Unite spiritually with the jubilee celebrations before an image, offering prayers, sufferings or life’s difficulties to the merciful God.
- Reject every sin and intend to fulfil the usual three conditions as soon as possible.
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 and offering
Duration varies
No fixed duration
No named formula or numerical minimum is stated. Spiritual union before an image remains required.
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
- 7 January 2026
- Stated end
- 22 November 2026
Source and exact reference
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.