150th Anniversary Indulgence

The faithful will be able to obtain the 150th Anniversary indulgence granted by the Holy Father if they partake in a pious pilgrimage to any sacred pilgrimage site:

PEORIA
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception

MOLINE
St. Mary Church

GALESBURG
Corpus Christi Church

CHAMPAIGN
St. John Chapel at the University of Illinois Newman Center

UTICA
St. Mary Church

NAUVOO
Sts. Peter & Paul Church

WHAT IS AN INDULGENCE?

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church: An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions thought the actions of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority and treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints. An indulgence is partial or plenary according as it removes either part or all of the temporal punishment due to sin. The faithful can gain indulgences for themselves or apply them to the dead.” (CCC #1471)

The 150th Anniversary Indulgence is a plenary indulgence. The Church’s usual conditions for gaining an indulgence apply in connection with the 150th Anniversary Indulgence.

WHAT ARE THE USUAL CONDITIONS FOR RECEIVING AN INDULGENCE?

  • Be in a state of grace and have the interior disposition of complete detachment from sin

  • Sacrament of Confession

  • Reception of Holy Communion

  • Prayer for the Pope’s Intentions

It is appropriate, but not necessary, that the sacramental Confession and especially Holy Communion and the prayer for the Pope’s intentions take place on the same day that the indulgenced work is performed; but it is sufficient that these sacred rites and prayers be carried out within several days before or after the indulgenced act.