archconfraternity of the Holy Face

INDULGENCES GRANTED BY LEO XIII

PLENARY INDULGENCES – 1. On the day of admission; 2. At the hour of death; 3. For every yearly pilgrimage made to the Oratory of the Holy Face; 4. On the feast of St. Peter, or on a day during the Octave; 5. On the feast of the Transfiguration, only day during the octave; 6. On Passion Sunday, or any other day fixed by the Ordinary. In order to gain these last 3 indulgences, it is necessary to visit the seat of their Confraternity.

PARTIAL INDULGENCES – 7 years and 7 quarantines for each assistance at the monthly reunions.

60 days: 1. For each pious exercise performed at the seat of the Confraternity; 2. For any other work of piety offered in union with the object of the Association; 3. Each time a member devoutly kisses the effigy of the Holy Face repeating the invocation: Lord, show us that thy Face, and we shall be saved.

100 days for every prayer said before in effigy of the Holy Face. (Pius IX. December 11, 1876.)

40 days each time a member assists at any of the daily morning or evening exercises in the chapel of the Holy Face at Tours. (The Archbishop of Tours, November 15th 1876.)

The above indulgences which require that a visit should be made to the church, maybe gained by sick persons by virtue of some other act prescribes by the confessor. (Brief of the 30th March 1885.)

N. B. – The associates will endeavor to be faithful to their pious engagements, although these engagements, as they all know, do not impose an obligation of conscience, that is to say, do not oblige under penalty of sin.

Manual of the Archconfraternity of the Holy Face, 1887