Giewartów Saint Roch jubilee: pilgrimage and prayer

Make a pilgrimage and spend a suitable period in reflection, prayer or another Christian devotion, with the prescribed intercessions.

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Time required A suitable period of reflection or devotion, with the prescribed intercessions and prayers

When: 16 August 2026–16 August 2027
Where: Diocesan Shrine of Saint Roch, Giewartów, Archdiocese of Gniezno, Poland
Who: All eligible faithful
Application: Self or the departed

The prescribed work

Make a pilgrimage, individually or in a group, to the Diocesan Shrine of Saint Roch in Giewartów during the granted period.
There spend a suitable period in pious reflection, prayers or other works of Christian devotion for the glory of God.
Pray for peace and concord among peoples and against the errors of the present time; conclude with the Our Father, Creed, and invocations to Mary, Queen of Peace and Mother of Mercy, and Saint Roch.
Be truly repentant and moved by charity, and 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.

Pilgrimage and prayer

Duration varies

A suitable period of reflection or devotion, with the prescribed intercessions and prayers

The decree requires a suitable period but sets no numeric minimum. A brief recitation alone is not substituted for that period.

Timing sources

What the time estimate excludes

Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work. Required pilgrimage activity remains included.
Sacramental confession, Communion and prayer for the Pope’s intentions under the ordinary conditions

Stated start: 16 August 2026
Stated end: 16 August 2027

Prayer texts and resources

Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.

Source and exact reference

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