Bishop John Jeremiah McRaith — local Marian shrine concession
Bowling Green: pray for the diocese at the Marian shrine
Visit the Diocesan Shrine of Mary and offer personal prayers before the Blessed Sacrament for the Diocese of Owensboro.
Time required No fixed duration for the visit and personal prayer.
- When
- Any day the shrine is accessible for prayer
- Where
- Diocesan Shrine of Mary, Saint Joseph Parish campus, Church Avenue, Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States
- Who
- All eligible faithful
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Visit the Diocesan Shrine of Mary at Saint Joseph Parish, Bowling Green.
- Offer personal prayers there before the Blessed Sacrament for the Diocese of Owensboro.
The work and its conditions
The general requirements include at least a general intention, the state of grace by the completion of the work, and a contrite heart. Complete the work as prescribed.
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.
Shrine visit and prayer for the diocese
Duration varies
No fixed duration; time spent in the visit and personal prayer
The concession requires personal prayer before the Blessed Sacrament for the diocese, without prescribing a formula or numerical duration.
Timing sources
- Saint Joseph Parish, Bowling Green — current Diocesan Shrine of Mary directions“To Foster Devotion”: entry and prayer carry a partial indulgence, separately from the 2025 Jubilee notice
- Diocese of Owensboro — The Western Kentucky Catholic, January 2010PDF p.38, “Lovers of Jesus and Mary Make Diocesan Marian Pilgrimage,” submitted by the Diocesan Archives: Bishop McRaith’s concession and exact work
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
Occasion and source notes
The current parish directions retain the partial concession. The diocesan newspaper’s fuller account identifies Bishop McRaith and the work of personal prayer before the Blessed Sacrament for the diocese; those details are retained here. The original signed concession has not been inspected, and its exact starting date is not supplied by these sources. No fixed prayer formula, numerical minimum or terminal date is stated.
Source and exact reference
- Saint Joseph Parish, Bowling Green — current Diocesan Shrine of Mary directions“To Foster Devotion”: entry and prayer carry a partial indulgence, separately from the 2025 Jubilee notice
- Diocese of Owensboro — The Western Kentucky Catholic, January 2010PDF p.38, “Lovers of Jesus and Mary Make Diocesan Marian Pilgrimage,” submitted by the Diocesan Archives: Bishop McRaith’s concession and exact work
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.