Nuestra Señora de Luna, Escacena del Campo: Apostolic Penitentiary grant for the 2026 celebrations
Nuestra Señora de Luna: Escacena jubilee pilgrimage
Make a pilgrimage to the Divino Salvador parish church and take part in the liturgy or the prescribed prayer before the image of Our Lady of Luna.
Time required A liturgical celebration, or suitable prayer and meditation ending with the prescribed prayers
- When
- 5 August–8 December 2026
- Where
- Parish of the Divino Salvador, Escacena del Campo, Huelva, Spain
- Who
- All eligible faithful fulfilling the prescribed pilgrimage work
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Be truly repentant and moved by charity, and fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions.
- Make a pilgrimage to the Parish of the Divino Salvador in Escacena del Campo.
- Participate devoutly in the liturgical celebrations, or spend a suitable time in prayer and meditation before the image of Nuestra Señora de Luna exposed for the veneration of the faithful.
- For the prayer alternative, conclude with the Our Father, Creed and invocations to Mary as 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.
Liturgical celebration
Complete the prescribed event
Duration of the prescribed celebration
No numerical minimum is prescribed. Complete the chosen liturgical work.
Timing sources
- Diocese of Huelva: official explanation of the Apostolic Penitentiary grant for Nuestra Señora de Luna30 July 2026, Tiempo jubilar e Indulgencia Plenaria: term, work, prayers and impeded alternative
- Apostolic Penitentiary: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
Prayer and meditation before the image
Duration varies
A suitable time, with the prescribed concluding prayers
The diocesan explanation requires a suitable time but gives no numerical minimum.
Timing sources
- Diocese of Huelva: official explanation of the Apostolic Penitentiary grant for Nuestra Señora de Luna30 July 2026, Tiempo jubilar e Indulgencia Plenaria: term, work, prayers and 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
- 5 August 2026
- Stated end
- 8 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 Huelva: official explanation of the Apostolic Penitentiary grant for Nuestra Señora de Luna30 July 2026, Tiempo jubilar e Indulgencia Plenaria: term, work, prayers and 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.