Plenary Indulgencies
For Secular Franciscans
The Church has granted to members of the Secular Franciscan Order (under the jurisdiction of the Order of Friars Minor) the following plenary indulgences:
May 16th St. Margaret of Cortona
Aug 25th St. Louis, King
Sept. 4th St. Rose of Viterbo
Oct. 4th St. Francis of Assisi
Nov. 19th St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Nov. 29th All Saints of the Franciscan Order
Dec. 8th Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M.
For Individual members on two occasions:
1. On the day of their admission or initiation.
2. On the day of their profession or commitment.
Ref. Source: (Cf. Franciscan Hearld, 1970, pp. 134-138, 182)
For Secular Franciscans
The Church has granted to members of the Secular Franciscan Order (under the jurisdiction of the Order of Friars Minor) the following plenary indulgences:
May 16th St. Margaret of Cortona
Aug 25th St. Louis, King
Sept. 4th St. Rose of Viterbo
Oct. 4th St. Francis of Assisi
Nov. 19th St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Nov. 29th All Saints of the Franciscan Order
Dec. 8th Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M.
For Individual members on two occasions:
1. On the day of their admission or initiation.
2. On the day of their profession or commitment.
Ref. Source: (Cf. Franciscan Hearld, 1970, pp. 134-138, 182)
General Conditions for Indulgences as defined by the Code of Canon Law (can. 992) and the Catechism of the Catholic Church # 1471!
1. Faithful must be in a state of Grace
2. Have interior disposition of complete detachment from sin, even venial sin
3. Have sacramentally confessed thier sins
4. Received Holy Eucharist
5. Pray for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff
Plenary indulgences can be gained only once a day.
1. Faithful must be in a state of Grace
2. Have interior disposition of complete detachment from sin, even venial sin
3. Have sacramentally confessed thier sins
4. Received Holy Eucharist
5. Pray for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff
Plenary indulgences can be gained only once a day.