Holy Family feast for eligible Opus Dei relatives

Specified relatives may gain this indulgence by penitently attending a sacred service.

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Time required Participate in the designated sacred service; duration follows the celebration.

When: Feast of the Holy Family.
Where: A sacred service on the feast.
Who: Parents and siblings of Opus Dei faithful or Priestly Society members; spouses and children of supernumerary faithful
Application: Self or the departed

The prescribed work

Participate in a sacred service on the feast.
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.

Family participation in the designated sacred service

Complete the prescribed event

Actual service; duration varies

Attend the actual qualifying service. No fixed duration is prescribed; consult its timetable.

Timing sources

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.

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.

Source and exact reference

Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.