Kielce Servants of Jesus chapel: Apostolic Penitentiary decree of 12 June 2020, Prot.1138/19/I
Kielce: pilgrimage in honour of God the Father
On the first Sunday of August within the authorized term, visit this chapel as a pilgrim and join solemn rites or spend a suitable time reflecting before its publicly venerated image of God the Father.
Time required Length of the solemn rites or a suitable time of reflection
- When
- First Sunday of August within the seven-year grant beginning 12 June 2020
- Where
- Servants of Jesus nursing-home chapel, 45 Wesoła Street, Kielce, Poland
- Who
- The sisters and all other eligible faithful fulfilling the prescribed pilgrimage
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions, with sincere repentance.
- On the designated Sunday, visit as a pilgrim the Servants of Jesus nursing-home chapel at 45 Wesoła Street, Kielce.
- Participate in solemn sacred rites, or spend a suitable time in pious reflection before the image of God the Father exposed for public veneration.
- For the reflection alternative, conclude with the Our Father, Creed and invocations to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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.
Solemn sacred rites
Complete the prescribed event
Length of the solemn sacred rites
No numerical duration is prescribed. Allow for devout participation in the actual rite during the prescribed pilgrimage visit.
Timing sources
- Apostolic Penitentiary: signed Latin decree for the Servants of Jesus chapel, KielceProt.1138/19/I, 12 June 2020; seven-year grant, first Sunday of August, visit and impeded clauses
- Servants of Jesus, Kielce: original decree and full Polish translationDEKRET PENITENCJARIA APOSTOLSKA z 12.VI.2020 r.: actual signed original and translated operative conditions
- Diocese of Kielce: Bishop Kaleta on the chapel’s seven-year indulgenceContemporary confirmation of the 12 June 2020 seven-year concession and its impeded alternative
- Apostolic Penitentiary: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
Pious reflection before the image
Duration varies
A suitable time of reflection, with the prescribed concluding prayers
The original requires a suitable period but gives no minimum in minutes.
Timing sources
- Apostolic Penitentiary: signed Latin decree for the Servants of Jesus chapel, KielceProt.1138/19/I, 12 June 2020; seven-year grant, first Sunday of August, visit and impeded clauses
- Servants of Jesus, Kielce: original decree and full Polish translationDEKRET PENITENCJARIA APOSTOLSKA z 12.VI.2020 r.: actual signed original and translated operative conditions
- Diocese of Kielce: Bishop Kaleta on the chapel’s seven-year indulgenceContemporary confirmation of the 12 June 2020 seven-year concession and its impeded alternative
- 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
- 12 June 2020
- Stated end
- 12 June 2027
Occasion and source notes
The known seven-year term remains legally current, but its last qualifying annual occasion was 2 August 2026. The next first Sunday of August falls after that term; no 2027 or later occasion is authorized here without verified renewal.
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Apostolic Penitentiary: signed Latin decree for the Servants of Jesus chapel, KielceProt.1138/19/I, 12 June 2020; seven-year grant, first Sunday of August, visit and impeded clauses
- Servants of Jesus, Kielce: original decree and full Polish translationDEKRET PENITENCJARIA APOSTOLSKA z 12.VI.2020 r.: actual signed original and translated operative conditions
- Diocese of Kielce: Bishop Kaleta on the chapel’s seven-year indulgenceContemporary confirmation of the 12 June 2020 seven-year concession and its impeded alternative
- 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.