Notre-Dame de Pentecôte jubilee: Apostolic Penitentiary decree of 7 January 2026
Notre-Dame de Pentecôte: La Défense jubilee pilgrimage
Visit the church as a pilgrim for jubilee worship or a suitable period of prayer, reflection or Christian piety.
Time required Pilgrimage with jubilee rites or a suitable time in prayer or reflection
- When
- 7 January–22 November 2026
- Where
- Notre-Dame de Pentecôte, Maison d’Église, La Défense, Puteaux, Diocese of Nanterre, France
- Who
- All eligible faithful
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions with true repentance and charity.
- Make the pilgrimage to Notre-Dame de Pentecôte and participate devoutly in jubilee rites, or spend suitable time in reflection, prayer or Christian piety for God’s glory.
- For the prayer alternative, pray for peace and harmony among peoples against present evils; conclude with the Our Father, Creed and invocations to Mary, Queen of Peace and Mother of Mercy.
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.
Pilgrimage and jubilee rites
Complete the prescribed event
Length of the pilgrimage and jubilee rites
No fixed numerical minimum is stated; the whole chosen work is required.
Timing sources
- Notre-Dame de Pentecôte: institutional French translation of the Apostolic Penitentiary decreeCahier d’espérance 1079, Holy Week 2026, PDF p. 2; complete decree of 7 January 2026
- Apostolic Penitentiary: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
Pilgrimage and prayer or reflection
Duration varies
A suitable time in prayer or reflection, including the prescribed pilgrimage
The source requires suitable time; it supplies no numerical minimum. The concluding prayers are components of the work.
Timing sources
- Notre-Dame de Pentecôte: institutional French translation of the Apostolic Penitentiary decreeCahier d’espérance 1079, Holy Week 2026, PDF p. 2; complete decree of 7 January 2026
- Apostolic Penitentiary: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
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
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Notre-Dame de Pentecôte: institutional French translation of the Apostolic Penitentiary decreeCahier d’espérance 1079, Holy Week 2026, PDF p. 2; complete decree of 7 January 2026
- Apostolic Penitentiary: 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.