Holy Name Society membership grant
Holy Name Society induction and feasts
The National Holy Name Society publishes seven annual plenary opportunities in addition to induction.
Time required Actual induction rite varies; no separate timed exercise is prescribed on the listed feasts.
- When
- Induction; Holy Name of Jesus (3 January); Annunciation (25 March); St Joseph the Worker (1 May); Assumption (15 August); Christmas; Easter; Christ the King.
- Where
- The induction must satisfy the Society’s charter requirements. No additional location is prescribed for the annual membership feasts in the current national listing.
- Who
- Professed members of the Holy Name Society
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Be a professed member of the Confraternity of the Most Holy Names of God and Jesus.
- For professed membership, the National Association’s constitution requires official public induction and promise in a properly chartered society, followed by inscription in its official register. The induction church’s altar must be chartered with the Dominican Order for participation in the confraternity’s indulgences.
- Fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions.
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.
Official public induction and register inscription
Complete the prescribed event
Full rite or event; duration varies
Complete the chartered society’s actual public induction and promise, followed by proper inscription. No fixed duration is prescribed; these establish membership and are not repeated annually.
Timing sources
- National Holy Name Society — spiritual benefitsWhy Become a Member?; Sacred Penitentiary membership grant
- National Association of the Holy Name Society — ConstitutionEffective 26 September 2013; Article III §§3–7, printed pp.3–4. Membership prerequisites, not an additional work to repeat at each feast.
Qualifying membership feast
Duration varies
No fixed duration is prescribed
The source prescribes no separate timed exercise for this occasion. Follow all membership and usual plenary conditions; their practical time varies.
Timing sources
- National Holy Name Society — spiritual benefitsWhy Become a Member?; Sacred Penitentiary membership grant
- National Association of the Holy Name Society — ConstitutionEffective 26 September 2013; Article III §§3–7, printed pp.3–4. Membership prerequisites, not an additional work to repeat at each feast.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Separate fulfillment of the usual plenary conditions, except prayers or Mass expressly included in the branch.
- Continuing professed-membership duties.
Occasion and source notes
Dates show customary Roman or proper religious-family celebrations. Follow lawful liturgical transfers and the grant’s own local calendar. Membership, place, frequency and other conditions remain necessary. Annunciation, St Joseph and Immaculate Conception use standard Roman transfer rules where listed. The applicable local or proper calendar, lawful external solemnity and any specific indult govern the actual observance.
Source and exact reference
- National Holy Name Society — spiritual benefitsWhy Become a Member?; Sacred Penitentiary membership grant
- National Association of the Holy Name Society — ConstitutionEffective 26 September 2013; Article III §§3–7, printed pp.3–4. Membership prerequisites, not an additional work to repeat at each feast.
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.