INDULGENCED ACTS FOR THE POOR SOULS

An indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful,

who devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, even if only mentally, for the departed.

The indulgence is plenary each day from the 1st to the 8th of November; on other days of the year it is partial.

A plenary indulgence, again applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is also

granted when the faithful piously visit a church or a public oratory on November 2.

In visiting the church or oratory, it is required, that one Our Father and the Creed

be recited.

Six General rules for obtaining a plenary indulgence:

1. State of grace at least when performing the indulgenced act

2. Complete detachment from sin, even venial sin

3. Confession (20 days before or after the indulgenced act)

4. Communion (20 days before or after the indulgenced act)

5. Prayers for the Supreme Pontiff (20 days before or after the indulgenced act)

6. Indulgenced act: a special good work with special conditions of place and time