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This months indulgence calendars are now available for download.

As before we have both a full calendar with the names of people to gain indulgences for daily and a blank calendar so that you can fill in names yourself ready for download.

Both of these calendars will be shortly available at the WQPH radio website as well.

As before each day in the indulgence calendar is in the following format:

The blank calendar excludes the particular name.

If there is a person you want included in a future indulgence calendar feel free to leave their name in the comments. We always reserve some spaces for such requests every month.

Starting this month my home parish in Fitchburg MA is now participating in this ministry with its own indulgence calendar (I’m not including it here as printed copies are available at the parish) and I would encourage any other parish that wants to do this to download our blank calendar and fill it in for their parishioners and/or use it as a template for their own calendar (or calendars if they have a lot of people participating).

Remember praying for the dead is a spiritual work of mercy and don’t forget the words of Christ:

Blessed are the merciful for they shall be shown mercy.

Matthew 5:7

Remember when we show mercy to others we are also calling down God’s mercy on ourselves.

Here are the downloads

For those who didn’t see our June Post here are the indulgence norms which are listed on the back of the sheet repeated.

Indulgence Norms and notes

1. Communion on the day of an indulgence. This can be applied to any amount of indulgences that day.
2. Confession within 20 days of the day of an indulgence. Applies to all indulgences during that period
3. Prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father (an Our Father, Hail Mary or any appropriate prayer) once per day of indulgence.
4. To earn an indulgence you must be in a state of grace (no unconfessed mortal sin) at the time of the indulgenced act.
5. Indulgences can only be applied to the dead or to the person earning the indulgence. They can not be applied to any other living person.
6. For a PLENARY indulgence you must have NO attachment to sin. If such an attachment exists the indulgence earned is only partial.
7. A plenary indulgence can only be earned one a day (expect if death is imminent), there is no limits to partial indulgences daily.
8. An indulgence attached to a feast day is still valid if the feast day is transferred lawfully.
9. A specific day’s indulgence requiring a visit to a particular church or oratory can be made from noon the previous day to midnight on the actual day.
10. No unbaptized person nor any Christian who is currently under the penalty of excommunication may earn an indulgence.
11. You must ACTIVELY seek and or state your intention to obtain an indulgence for the act or prayer that carries it to be valid.

Prayers & Acts that carry an indulgence (Partial list) All indulgences partial unless BOLD

Prayers

The Actiones Nostras, Act of faith hope and Love, Any Devout Mental Prayer, Adsumus, Adoro te Devote, Prayer to St. Joseph, Prayer of Thanksgiving, The Angelus, Domine Deus Omnipotens, Spiritual Communion, The Apostles Creed, Angels Dei, The Niceane Creed, The office for the dead, Any approved Litanies, Psalm 130, Iesu Dulcissime Redemptor, Ave Maria Stella, Maria Mater Gratiae, Exaudi Nos, O Sacrum Convivium, Prayer for the Pope, Prayer for the Dead, Psalm 51, Sub tuum praesidium, Prayer for Benefactors, Angel of God Prayer, Te Deum, Public Novenas for Pentecost Christmas or the Feast or the Immaculate Conception, Tantum Ergo, Prayer for Vocations, The Sign of the Cross, Sancta Maria Succurre Miseris, The Magnificat, Vista Quaesumus Domine, Act of Contrition (expect during Sacramental Confession), Prayer to St Michael, Chaplet of St Michael, Come Holy Spirit, Prayer before a Crucifix Plenary if done after communion Friday in Lent, Five decades of the Rosary Plenary if done in a family, religious community or Pious association, The Stations of the Cross Moving from Station to Station (unless physically unable to do so)

Actions that carry an indulgence

• Making a Pious invocation raising your mind to god while performing the duties of life
• Devoting yourself or your goods in compassionate service to your brothers in need
• Voluntarily abstaining from something that is licit & pleasing in the spirit of penitence
• Adoration of the blessed Sacrament Plenary if done for a half hour or more
• Reading the scriptures Plenary if done for a half hour or more
• Teaching Christian Doctrine
• Visiting a church on All Souls day (Nov 2)
• Going on a religious retreat for 3 or more days
• Use a blessed religious object Plenary if blessed by a Pope & used on the Feast of Sts Peter & Paul
• Visiting a Parish Church on the Feast day of its Saint(s) or on Aug 2^nd (say Our Father & Creed)
• Attending the 1^st Mass of a newly ordained priest or his jubilee mass (25^th 50^th or 60^th anniversary)
• Visiting a cemetery and praying for the dead (Plenary if done from Nov 1^st through Nov 8^th)