THE GENERAL SUPERIOR’S COMMUNIQUÉ concerning the opportunity for the members of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of the Congregation of the Marian Fathers to gain a plenary indulgence

Rome, April 30, 2012
Prot. No 71/2012

I wish to communicate that on March 30, 2012, the Apostolic Penitentiary granted to the members of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of the Congregation of Marian Fathers in perpetuum (Prot. No 1280/11/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 of faithfulness to the Statutes of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary.

I also wish to remind the above-named Confraternity members that they also may gain a plenary indulgence – under the usual conditions and according to the rescript of the Apostolic Penitentiary of February 2, 1968 – on the Solemnities of the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption of the B.V.M., as well as on the Solemnity of St. Joseph, the Spouse of the B.V.M.

Please make this communiqué, along with the text of the appropriate decree, known to the interested parties.

Andrzej Pakuła, MIC
General Superior

Fr. Zbigniew Piłat, MIC
Secretary General