Giewartów Saint Roch jubilee: pilgrimage and sacred rites

Make a pilgrimage to Saint Roch’s shrine and devoutly participate in its jubilee rites.

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Time required Duration of the pilgrimage and qualifying jubilee rite; no fixed minute minimum.

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 devoutly participate in the jubilee rites.
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.

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Time required

Read each branch with its own conditions. An editorial estimate is not a prescribed minimum.

Pilgrimage and sacred rites

Complete the prescribed event

Length of the pilgrimage and jubilee rite

No numerical duration is prescribed. Include the required pilgrimage activity and the actual qualifying jubilee rite. A rite must actually be celebrated within the recorded grant period; ordinary travel to reach the pilgrimage and waiting outside the work are separate.

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

Source and exact reference

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