Portuguese royal confraternities, Oureana Foundation and sacred-relics jubilee; Prot.N.02892/2025–1299/25/I
Portuguese confraternities jubilee: designated churches
Make the prescribed pilgrimage and prayers at a designated church during this special Portuguese jubilee.
Time required Suitable time in prayer, or participation in the authorized jubilee rites, with the prayers prescribed for the chosen alternative
- When
- 8 December 2025–6 November 2026
- Where
- Portugal: Our Lady of the Conception shrine, Vila Viçosa; Our Lady of Mercy parish church, Ourém; Santo Condestável church, Lisbon; Santa Maria de Alcobaça monastery; Regalis Lipsanotheca chapel of the Oureana Foundation in Ourém Castle; and other jubilee places designated by the Federation’s curia.
- Who
- Members of the named Portuguese royal confraternities/foundations and other eligible faithful who fulfil the same prescribed pilgrimage work
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Be truly penitent, moved by charity and united in heart with the spiritual purposes of the 2025 Ordinary Jubilee; fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions.
- Make a pilgrimage to a duly designated jubilee church. There participate devoutly in the jubilee rites or specified celebrations, or spend a suitable time in devout reflection, prayer or other Christian works of piety.
- For the prayer alternative, pray for God’s glory, peace and concord among peoples and against contemporary errors. Conclude with the Our Father, Creed, and invocations to Mary, Queen of Peace and Mother of Mercy; Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael; and Saint Nuno of Saint Mary Álvares Pereira.
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 with personal prayer
Duration varies
A suitable period of reflection and prayer, with the prescribed concluding prayers
No numerical minimum is prescribed; suitable time is required.
Timing sources
- Archdiocese of Évora: full Portuguese translation and designated jubilee placesProt.N.02892/2025–1299/25/I; term, designated places, full pilgrimage and impeded alternatives
- Apostolic Penitentiary: original signed Latin decree hosted by the Archdiocese of Évora8 December 2025; pilgrimage and prayers; impeded persons; VIII December MMXXV–VI November MMXXVI
Pilgrimage with jubilee rites
Complete the prescribed event
Time for participation in the jubilee rites
Allow for participation in the actual authorized celebration and the prescribed pilgrimage. The additional intercessions and concluding prayers belong to the separate personal-prayer alternative. No numerical minimum is prescribed.
Timing sources
- Archdiocese of Évora: full Portuguese translation and designated jubilee placesProt.N.02892/2025–1299/25/I; term, designated places, full pilgrimage and impeded alternatives
- Apostolic Penitentiary: original signed Latin decree hosted by the Archdiocese of Évora8 December 2025; pilgrimage and prayers; impeded persons; VIII December MMXXV–VI November MMXXVI
- 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
- Travel and waiting time outside the prescribed work
- Preparation and separately fulfilled sacramental conditions
- Stated start
- 8 December 2025
- Stated end
- 6 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
- Archdiocese of Évora: full Portuguese translation and designated jubilee placesProt.N.02892/2025–1299/25/I; term, designated places, full pilgrimage and impeded alternatives
- Apostolic Penitentiary: original signed Latin decree hosted by the Archdiocese of Évora8 December 2025; pilgrimage and prayers; impeded persons; VIII December MMXXV–VI November MMXXVI
- 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.