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| Year For Priests June 19,2009 - June 19,2010 |
| Pope Benedict XVI has declared a Year of Priests from June 19th, 2009 (which is the feast of the Sacred Heart) through June 19th, 2010, in an effort to encourage spiritual perfection in priests. During this jubilee year, the Pope will also proclaim St. John Vienney to be the patron saint of all the world's priest, not just parish priests as he is now. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the death of the 19th century saint who represents a "true example of a priest at the service of the flock of Christ." |
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VATICAN CITY, 12 MAY 2009 (VIS) - According to a decree made public today and signed by Cardinal James Francis
Stafford and Bishop Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv., respectively penitentiary major and regent of the Apostolic
Penitentiary, Benedict XVI will grant priests and faithful Plenary Indulgence for the occasion of the Year for Priests, which
is due to run from 19 June 2009 to 19 June 2010 and has been called in honour of St. Jean Marie Vianney.
The period will begin with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, "a day of priestly sanctification", says the text,
when the Pope will celebrate Vespers before the relics of the saint, brought to Rome for the occasion by the bishop of
the French diocese of Belley-Ars. The Year will end in St. Peter's Square, in the presence of priests from all over the
world "who will renew their faithfulness to Christ and their bonds of fraternity".
The means to obtain the Plenary Indulgence are as follows:
(A) All truly penitent priests who, on any day, devotedly pray Lauds or Vespers before the Blessed Sacrament exposed
to public adoration or in the tabernacle, and ... offer themselves with a ready and generous heart for the celebration of
the Sacraments, especially the Sacrament of Penance, will be granted Plenary Indulgence, which they can also apply to
their deceased confreres, if in accordance with current norms they take Sacramental Confession and the Eucharist and
pray in accordance with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff. Priests are furthermore granted Partial Indulgence, also
applicable to deceased confreres, every time they devotedly recite the prayers duly approved to lead a saintly life and to
carry out the duties entrusted to them.
(B) 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.
The elderly, the sick and all those who for any legitimate reason are unable to leave their homes, may still obtain Plenary
Indulgence if, with the soul completely removed from attachment to any form of sin and with the intention of observing, as
soon as they can, the usual three conditions, "on the days concerned, they pray for the sanctification of priests and offer
their sickness and suffering to God through Mary, Queen of the Apostles".
Partial Indulgence is offered to all faithful each time they pray five Our Father, Ave Maria and Gloria Patri, or any other
duly approved prayer "in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to ask that priests maintain purity and sanctity of life".
PENT/DECREE INDULGENCES/...VIS 090512 (540)
Stafford and Bishop Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv., respectively penitentiary major and regent of the Apostolic
Penitentiary, Benedict XVI will grant priests and faithful Plenary Indulgence for the occasion of the Year for Priests, which
is due to run from 19 June 2009 to 19 June 2010 and has been called in honour of St. Jean Marie Vianney.
The period will begin with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, "a day of priestly sanctification", says the text,
when the Pope will celebrate Vespers before the relics of the saint, brought to Rome for the occasion by the bishop of
the French diocese of Belley-Ars. The Year will end in St. Peter's Square, in the presence of priests from all over the
world "who will renew their faithfulness to Christ and their bonds of fraternity".
The means to obtain the Plenary Indulgence are as follows:
(A) All truly penitent priests who, on any day, devotedly pray Lauds or Vespers before the Blessed Sacrament exposed
to public adoration or in the tabernacle, and ... offer themselves with a ready and generous heart for the celebration of
the Sacraments, especially the Sacrament of Penance, will be granted Plenary Indulgence, which they can also apply to
their deceased confreres, if in accordance with current norms they take Sacramental Confession and the Eucharist and
pray in accordance with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff. Priests are furthermore granted Partial Indulgence, also
applicable to deceased confreres, every time they devotedly recite the prayers duly approved to lead a saintly life and to
carry out the duties entrusted to them.
(B) 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.
The elderly, the sick and all those who for any legitimate reason are unable to leave their homes, may still obtain Plenary
Indulgence if, with the soul completely removed from attachment to any form of sin and with the intention of observing, as
soon as they can, the usual three conditions, "on the days concerned, they pray for the sanctification of priests and offer
their sickness and suffering to God through Mary, Queen of the Apostles".
Partial Indulgence is offered to all faithful each time they pray five Our Father, Ave Maria and Gloria Patri, or any other
duly approved prayer "in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to ask that priests maintain purity and sanctity of life".
PENT/DECREE INDULGENCES/...VIS 090512 (540)
PLENARY INDULGENCE FOR THE YEAR OF PRIESTS