Notre-Dame de La Peinière coronation centenary: papal concession announced by the Archbishop of Rennes
Notre-Dame de La Peinière: coronation centenary pilgrimage
Make a pilgrimage to La Peinière and participate in one of the shrine’s specified spiritual activities, with Eucharistic participation and the prescribed prayers.
Time required Duration of the Eucharist, chosen shrine activity and prescribed prayers
- When
- 22 February–8 December 2026
- Where
- Shrine of Notre-Dame de La Peinière, Saint-Didier, Archdiocese of Rennes, France
- Who
- All eligible faithful fulfilling the prescribed pilgrimage work
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Make a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Notre-Dame de La Peinière.
- Participate in the Eucharist and receive Communion; fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions, including sincere detachment from even venial sin.
- Profess the Church’s faith with the Creed, pray the Our Father, and pray for the Pope’s intentions.
- Participate in one of the shrine’s spiritual activities: Eucharistic adoration, the Rosary, the Stations of the Cross, the path of consolation, or the path of those who pray. Follow the shrine’s directions for the chosen activity.
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.
Eucharist, shrine spiritual activity and prayers
Complete the prescribed event
Duration of the Eucharist, chosen shrine activity and prescribed prayers
The complete work includes both Eucharistic participation and a shrine spiritual activity. No fixed minute minimum is stated, and the separate universal 30-minute adoration grant is not imported here.
Timing sources
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
- 22 February 2026
- Stated end
- 8 December 2026
Occasion and source notes
The term begins on the First Sunday of Lent, 22 February 2026. Participation in the Eucharist and a specified shrine spiritual activity remain required.
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Archbishop Pierre d’Ornellas: signed letter to Catholics in Ille-et-Vilaine18 February 2026, page 1: papal concession, authorized period and practical conditions
- Diocese of Rennes parish bulletin: centenary indulgence announcement1 March 2026, page 1: explicit 22 February–8 December 2026 dates
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.