Apostolic Penitentiary, 7 February 1968; institute summary of perpetual concession
Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart: August 2 chapel visit
Sisters of this institute may visit their own community chapel or oratory for the August 2 observance.
Time required About 3–5 minutes for the chapel visit and prayers
- When
- August 2 annually
- Where
- The community’s own chapel or oratory
- Who
- Sisters of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, in their respective communities
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Belong to a community of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart covered by its own concession.
- On August 2, devoutly visit that community’s own chapel or oratory and recite the Our Father and Creed.
- Fulfil the usual plenary conditions, including complete detachment from 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.
Own-community chapel visit
Editorial estimate
About 3–5 minutes
Editorial estimate for the devout visit, Our Father and Creed. No numerical minimum is prescribed in the institutional summary.
Timing sources
- Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart: Pace e Bene, Italian edition, 2007 no.1p.11, Sacre indulgenze: 7 February 1968 perpetual rescript, individual communities, 2 August in their own chapel-oratory
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: devout church-oratory visit with Our Father and Creed
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Preparation and separately fulfilled sacramental conditions
Occasion and source notes
For the dated church or oratory visit, Norm 14 permits the visit from noon on the preceding day until midnight ending the observance. Follow the actual local observance and access hours; any required celebration, membership and frequency limits still apply.
The institute’s Italian summary explicitly confirms a perpetual rescript and this own-chapel occasion. This is a narrow listing for the sisters’ community chapel/oratory; other institute occasions await fuller evidence of their required acts. The inconsistent French translation is not used.
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart: Pace e Bene, Italian edition, 2007 no.1p.11, Sacre indulgenze: 7 February 1968 perpetual rescript, individual communities, 2 August in their own chapel-oratory
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: devout church-oratory visit with Our Father and Creed; Norm 14 (preceding-noon window for dated church/oratory visits)
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.