Apostolic Penitentiary, 20 September 2013
Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Penha, Guimarães
The shrine’s perpetual grant covers specified occasions, including Marian solemnities, with solemn rites or a suitable period of contemplation.
Time required Duration of the required pilgrimage and solemn rites or suitable contemplation; no fixed minute minimum.
- When
- The shrine’s titular solemnity; liturgical solemnities of the Blessed Virgin Mary; one freely chosen day each year; and each qualifying group pilgrimage
- Where
- Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel of Penha, Guimarães, Archdiocese of Braga, Portugal
- Who
- All eligible faithful
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- On one of the granted occasions, devoutly visit the Sanctuary of Penha in the form of a pilgrimage.
- There attend solemn rites, or spend a suitable period in pious contemplation.
- Conclude the contemplation alternative with the Our Father, Creed and invocations of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
- Be truly repentant 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.
Feast-day or annual chosen-day pilgrimage: solemn rites
Complete the prescribed event
Length of the pilgrimage and solemn rite
No numerical minimum is prescribed. Include the required pilgrimage activity and the actual solemn rite. This branch is confined to a granted feast or the one personally chosen annual day.
Timing sources
- Sanctuary of Penha — complete decree and directionsPortuguese text of Apostolic Penitentiary decree of 20 September 2013; perpetual grant, four occasions and impeded-person provision
- Agência Ecclesia — Portuguese Church report of the grant22 January 2014; shrine rector confirms delivery of perpetual decree
Feast-day or annual chosen-day pilgrimage: contemplation
Duration varies
Length of the pilgrimage and suitable contemplation, concluding with the Our Father, Creed and Marian invocations
No numerical minimum is prescribed. Include the required pilgrimage activity and the suitable period of contemplation with its concluding prayers. This branch is confined to a granted feast or the one personally chosen annual day.
Timing sources
- Sanctuary of Penha — complete decree and directionsPortuguese text of Apostolic Penitentiary decree of 20 September 2013; perpetual grant, four occasions and impeded-person provision
- Agência Ecclesia — Portuguese Church report of the grant22 January 2014; shrine rector confirms delivery of perpetual decree
Group pilgrimage: solemn rites
Complete the prescribed event
Length of the group pilgrimage and solemn rite
No numerical minimum is prescribed. Include the required pilgrimage activity and the actual solemn rite. This branch requires an actual devotional group pilgrimage; no date is guaranteed to have one.
Timing sources
- Sanctuary of Penha — complete decree and directionsPortuguese text of Apostolic Penitentiary decree of 20 September 2013; perpetual grant, four occasions and impeded-person provision
- Agência Ecclesia — Portuguese Church report of the grant22 January 2014; shrine rector confirms delivery of perpetual decree
Group pilgrimage: contemplation
Duration varies
Length of the group pilgrimage and suitable contemplation, concluding with the Our Father, Creed and Marian invocations
No numerical minimum is prescribed. Include the required pilgrimage activity and the suitable period of contemplation with its concluding prayers. This branch requires an actual devotional group pilgrimage; no date is guaranteed to have one.
Timing sources
- Sanctuary of Penha — complete decree and directionsPortuguese text of Apostolic Penitentiary decree of 20 September 2013; perpetual grant, four occasions and impeded-person provision
- Agência Ecclesia — Portuguese Church report of the grant22 January 2014; shrine rector confirms delivery of perpetual decree
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
- 20 September 2013
Occasion and source notes
The shrine’s proper calendar determines its titular and Marian solemnities and any lawful transfers. A Marian memorial or feast is not automatically a solemnity under this concession.
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- Sanctuary of Penha — complete decree and directionsPortuguese text of Apostolic Penitentiary decree of 20 September 2013; perpetual grant, four occasions and impeded-person provision
- Agência Ecclesia — Portuguese Church report of the grant22 January 2014; shrine rector confirms delivery of perpetual decree
- Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth edition (1999)Norm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.