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If you have made your way to this site, you may be having an experience that I've had myself. The experience of being interested in learning about Catholic Indulgences but not knowing where to turn to find information, or how to apply such information once you've learned it.

It is my hope that this blog can help you with that.

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After the 2025 Jubilee Year

A full summary is provided at the end of the article. It covers what Jubilee indulgences are available during the normal year and which indulgences have been altered or ended As of January 6, 2025 the Jubilee year has ended. With it’s ending, you would think that the indulgences offered would end to. Yes and No! Something you may have noticed right away, if you are familiar with usual indulgences we can gain, is that when the ‘Jubilee indulgences’ were announced, some of them

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Jan 2014 min read

Your Local Titulars

Making the most of your local titular feasts A plenary indulgence is offered, under grant 33, for those who go to a church on the feast of its titular. To paraphrase, the indulgence guidelines are as follows : ‘ A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who visit, and there devoutly recite an Our Father and the Creed, b. on the solemnity of its Titular; -a minor basilica -the cathedral church -a parish church -an international, national, or diocesan shrine established b

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Nov 6, 20253 min read

The Man and His Three Children

There was a man upon his death bed, who received a visit from his three grown children. These three children promised that once he passed, they would offer indulgences for him to eliminate his time in purgatory. In the middle of the night the man died and indeed entered purgatory, where the angels observed his case. The next morning, upon hearing of their fathers death, the children each hurried to obtain a Plenary indulgence for their father like they promised. Traveling tog

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Sep 6, 20253 min read

Scale of Certainty for a Titular Indulgences

Grant 33 outlines Visiting Sacred Places, and in that grant is instructions for visiting ecclesiastic buildings on the solemnity of its Titulars. What is a Titular? In the Church, a Titular can be seen as a categorical step above a ‘patron saint’. Titulars includes patron saints of course, but it also includes mysteries of the faith. This can usually be seen in how we name our Churches. For example, a Church named ‘St. Peter’s Catholic Church’ is considered to be under the pa

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Apr 27, 20256 min read

The Canonization of Carlo Acutis

This April 27 Pope Francis will raise to the altars, Carlo Acutis , the first millennial saint of the Catholic Church. (Pending the Pope's good health) Carlo was a British-born Italian website designer who documented Eucharistic miracles and approved Marian apparitions . He catalogued both on a website he designed before his death in 2006 from leukemia . His website can be found here: www.miracolieucaristici.org He was beatified by Pope Francis on 10 October 2020. After

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Mar 26, 20252 min read

Jubilee Indulgences of 2025, Printable

Indulgences of the Jubilee Year, 2025 Timeframe: Dec 24, 2024 to Jan 6, 2026 Theme: “Pilgrims of Hope.” Official Resource: “Decree on the Granting of Indulgence during the Ordinary Jubilee Year 2025 called by His Holiness Pope Francis, 13.05.2024”. “ All the faithful, who are truly repentant and free from any affection for sin (...), who are moved by a spirit of charity and who, during the Holy Year, purified through the sacrament of penance and refreshed by Holy Communion, p

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Jan 12, 20256 min read

Part 2: Indulgences of the Jubilee Year, 2025

In Part 1 we looked at the Jubilee indulgences offered within the Official Decree that has been provided by the Church. Now, in Part 2, we will examine the indulgences we defined for this Jubilee, and compare and contrast them to indulgences that are in effect all of the time (aka. during 'usual years'). I feel like this is especially important because of the large amount of indulgences that were previously mentioned. I noticed especially that, as I was writing Part 1, some

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Jan 12, 202525 min read

Part 1: Indulgences of the Jubilee Year, 2025

Spanning from Dec 24, 2024 to Jan 6, 2026, this 2025 Jubilee Year has been given the theme “Pilgrims of Hope.” In honor of this celebratory years, the Church has decided to open up unique opportunities to gain plenary indulgences. And, as we may expect, these special grants focus on faith-filled pilgrimages as well as cultivating hope. In this Part 1 we well be looking at the Jubilee indulgences offered within the official decree that has been provided by the Church. In this

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Jan 12, 202510 min read

Decree: Jubilee Year 2025

See this original document, put our by the Holy See, HERE Decree on the Granting of Indulgence during the Ordinary Jubilee Year 2025 called by His Holiness Pope Francis, 13.05.2024 DECREE ON THE GRANTING OF THE INDULGENCE DURING THE ORDINARY JUBILEE YEAR 2025 CALLED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS “Now the time has come for a new Jubilee, when once more the Holy Door will be flung open to invite everyone to an intense experience of the love of God” ( Spes non confundit, 6). In

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Jan 10, 202510 min read

The Precepts of the Catholic Church

Part 3: Life in Christ (1691 - 2557) Section 1: Man's Vocation — Life in the Spirit (1699 - 2051) Chapter 3: God's Salvation: Law and Grace (1949 - 2051) Article 3: The Church, Mother and Teacher (2030 - 2051) II. THE PRECEPTS OF THE CHURCH 2041 The precepts of the Church are set in the context of a moral life bound to and nourished by liturgical life. The obligatory character of these positive laws decreed by the pastoral authorities is meant to guarantee to the faithful

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Sep 5, 20243 min read

What is the Point of Trying for Multiple Indulgences?

According to the two (2) indulgence types we may gain a single (1) Plenary Indulgence per day and multiple Partial indulgences per day. But what reasons are there for us to want to attempt to gain multiple indulgences (plenary and partial)? For this question please consider the following reasons: 1. The works of an indulgence are edifying, even if no indulgence was attached at all. Presented in the Apostolic Constitution Indulgentiarum doctrina ( OF POPE PAUL VI) of 1968, the

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Jul 5, 20246 min read

Articles of Devotion 2024

A Reminder! The Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, which is on June 29th, is a significant day for indulgences! One Indulgence in which it is significant is in the use of Articles of Devotion (G14) . The Indulgence reads as follows: USE OF ARTICLES OF DEVOTION §1 A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who, on the Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, make prayerful use of an article of devotion, as defined by Norm 15, that has been blessed by t

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Jun 24, 20241 min read

Is Mass a Necessary Condition?

Is attending Mass a necessary condition to obtain a Plenary indulgence? Remember, the 3 conditions of gaining a plenary indulgence are: sacramental confession, Eucharistic Communion, and prayer for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff. So based off of this one would think that the answer should be ‘Yes,’ correct? However this may surprise you, but the answer is actually NO . Mass is not required to obtain a Plenary indulgence. Let me explain; What is required to receive a

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Apr 30, 20246 min read

Can I Gain an Indulgence Without Knowing it?

As we start to learn about Indulgences and Indulgence works it’s easy to see that, although some indulgences are harder to gain, others are quite easy. In fact some of the works that have been Granted an indulgence might be works that we have made a habit of doing before we ever knew what an indulgence was. Like reading scripture or praying the rosary in the same manner that an indulgence Grant describes. So it begs the question, have I been gaining indulgences all along? Unf

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Apr 17, 20243 min read