Italy, Rome: The General Superior’s Communiqué concerning the opportunity for the members of the Congregation of Marian Fathers to gain a plenary indulgence

THE GENERAL SUPERIOR’S COMMUNIQUÉ
concerning the opportunity
for the members of the Congregation of Marian Fathers
to gain a plenary indulgence

Rome, April 30, 2012
Prot. No 72/2012

I wish to communicate that on March 30, 2012, the Apostolic Penitentiary granted to members of the Congregation of the Marian Fathers in perpetuum (Prot. No 1279/11/I) the opportunity to gain on May 18th – the liturgical commemoration of Blessed Fr. Stanislaus Papczyński – a plenary indulgence under the usual conditions (sacramental confession, Holy Communion, prayer for the intentions of the Holy Father), while making, at least privately, a renewal of their pledge to faithfully fulfill all duties resultant from their Marian vocation.

I also wish to remind the members of the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary that – by the rescript of the Apostolic Penitentiary of February 2, 1968 – they were also granted in perpetuum the opportunity to gain a plenary indulgence under the usual conditions on the following days:

I.	For the entire Congregation:
–	on the Solemnities of the Immaculate Conception of the Most B.V.M. and of St. Joseph, the Spouse of the B.V.M.;
–	at the celebration of the General Chapter.

II.	For individual religious houses:
–	on the feast day of the main Patron of that house;
–	on the liturgical commemoration or the feast of a Saint or a Blessed, whose body or a significant relic is being preserved at that house;
–	on the canonical visitation at that house (either Provincial or General).

III.	For individual members:
–	on the day of entrance into the novitiate;
–	on the day of their first religious profession;
–	on the day of their perpetual profession;
–	on the 25th, 50th, 60th, and 75th anniversary of their first religious profession.