Participants in this year’s events celebrating the Feast of the Sacred Heart may earn a plenary indulgence in two ways.
Plenary Indulgence for the ‘Year for Priests’
First, they may earn a plenary indulgence in connection with the start of Pope Benedict XVI’s Year for Priests. This special indulgence may first be earned on the opening day of the Year for Priests — the Feast of the Sacred Heart (June 19, 2009) — by those “who, in church or oratory, devotedly attend Holy Mass and offer prayers to Jesus Christ, supreme and eternal Priest, for the priests of the Church.”
Those who assist at the Solemn Pontifical Mass for the Feast of the Sacred Heart at the
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All truly penitent Christian faithful who, in church or oratory, devotedly attend Holy Mass and offer prayers to Jesus Christ, supreme and eternal Priest, for the priests of the Church, or perform any good work to sanctify and mould them to His Heart, are granted Plenary Indulgence, on the condition that they have expiated their sins through Sacramental Confession and prayed in accordance with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff. This may be done on the opening and closing days of the Year of Priests, on the 150th anniversary of the death of St. Jean Marie Vianney, on the first Thursday of the month, or on any other day established by the ordinaries of particular places for the good of the faithful.
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Plenary Indulgence for Joining the Confraternity of St. Peter
Second, they may earn a plenary indulgence by joining the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter’s “Confraternity of the St. Peter.” More information about joining the Confraternity of St. Peter and this indulgence is available here.
