Year of the Priest 2009-2010

Year of the Priest

19th June 2009 - 11th June 2010

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the entrance into heaven of the patron saint of parish priests, St John Mary Vianney (Cure d’Ars). The Holy Father, Benedict XVI, has declared this year to be dedicated to the priesthood, from the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, 19th June 2009, until 11th June 2010.

During this year the Holy See has granted both Plenary and Partial Indulgences, for priests and laity.

For Priests

 

Plenary Indulgence for Living or Dead Priests

To be Gained Each Day

 

 

1.         Being truly repentant

2.         On any day recite at least Lauds or Vespers before the blessed Sacrament exposed, or reposed in the tabernacle, and who offer themselves with a ready and generous heart for the celebration of the sacraments, especially Confession.

3.         Go to Confession

4.         Receive Holy Communion

5.         Pray for the Holy Father’s Intentions

             (1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, 1 Gloria)

 

 

Partial Indulgence for the Living or Dead Priests

 

1.         Recite 5 Our Father, 5 Hail Mary, 5 Glorias

to live a holy life and carry out in a holy manner the offices

entrusted to them.

 

 

For All the Faithful

 

Plenary Indulgence for the Living or the Dead

To Be Gained on the 19th June 2009 and 19th June 2010

Tuesday 4th August 2009 (Feast of St John Mary Vianney)

First Thursday of Each Month

 

1.         Being truly repentant

2.         In a church or chapel attend Holy Mass

3.         Offer prayers and good works to Christ the High Priest for the priests of the Church, so that He may sanctify them and form them according to his Sacred Heart.

4.         Go to Confession

5.         Go to Holy Communion

6.         Pray for the Holy Father’s Intentions

             (1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, 1 Glory Be)

 

 

The Plenary Indulgence will likewise be granted to the elderly, the sick and all those who for any legitimate reason are confined to their homes who, with a mind detached from any sin and with the intention of fulfilling as soon as possible the three usual conditions (Confession, Communion and Prayers for the Holy Father’s Intentions), at home or wherever their impediment detains them, provided that on the above-mentioned days they recite prayers for the sanctification of priests and confidently offer the illnesses and hardships of their lives to God through Mary Queen of Apostles.

 

 

Partial Indulgence for All the Faithful

 

1.         Devoutly Recite 5 Our Fathers, 5 Hail Mary’s, 5 Glorias

in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to obtain that priests be preserved in purity and holiness of life.

  

Ordination of St Philip - Choicest of Priests 

 

At the Holy Name

Every first Thursday of the Month at the 5.15pm Mass

Litany of the Sacred Heart and

Veneration of the Relic of St John Mary Vianney

 

A Note on Indulgences

The word ‘Indulgence’ comes from the Latin indulgentia, from indulgeo, which means to be kind and tender.  When sin has been forgiven there remains the debt still to be paid for that sin (e.g. if I smash a window the householder may forgive me, but I still have to replace the window - Christianity does not work on the principle of ‘forgive and forget’). An Indulgence is the remission, partially or fully, from the temporal debt that is incurred through sin, which has been forgiven.

This debt is removed either by God’s action in the state of Purgatory, or by my actions  by corporal and spiritual works of mercy, or by the action of the saints through an Indulgence which comes from their merits. So, in this year of the priest, the merits of St John Mary Vianney, and other holy priests known to us like St Philip, and others unknown, are offered to us through the kindness tenderness of God when we seek an Indulgence.