List of Plenary Indulgenced Acts

Plenary Indulgences Associated With Particular Feast Days:

• Visit a basilica, cathedral, parish church, or approved shrine on its titular feast day.
• Receive the Papal Urbi et Orbi blessing (usually given on Christmas and Easter) in person, on the radio, on TV, or online.
• Recite the Te Deum on December 31st in thanksgiving for the year.
• Recite the Veni Creator on January 1st as a prayer for the beginning of the year, and/or on Pentecost.
• Participate in special celebrations for days universally designated for particular intentions (like Day of Prayer for Peace on January 1st, or Day of Prayer for Vocations on Good Shepherd Sunday, the 4th Sunday of Easter).
• Participate in the services of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: January 18-25.
• Recite the Look Down Upon Me, Good and Gentle Jesus before a crucifix, after communion, on a Friday during Lent.
• Recite the Tantum Ergo on Holy Thursday before the Altar of Repose.
• Adore the cross on Good Friday.
• Renew your baptismal promises at the Easter Vigil and/or on the anniversary of your baptism.
• Take part in special services held on Divine Mercy Sunday, or, before the Blessed Sacrament on that day, pray the usual prayers and “Merciful Jesus, I trust in you.”
• Participate in a Eucharistic Procession on Corpus Christi.
• Recite the Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Feast of the Sacred Heart in a church, religious community, or family.
• Use an article Blessed by the Holy Father or any bishop on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.
• Visit a basilica or cathedral on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.
• The Portiuncula Indulgence of St. Francis of Assisi: with a contrite heart, visit any church on August 2nd (or the first Sunday of August if the church isn’t open every day).
• Pray for the dead in a cemetery November 1-8 (applicable only to the souls in purgatory).
• Pray for the dead in a church on All Souls’ Day (applicable only to the souls in purgatory).
• Recite the Act of Dedication to Christ the King on the Feast of Christ the King in a church, religious community, or family.

The content in this section has been adapted from the 1999 Manual of Indulgences, published by the Apostolic Penitentiary, as well as insights and practical advice found in the article How to Actually Gain Indulgences by Kendra Tierney, published on Catholic All Year (catholicallyear.com).