Chapter II: Part I: Indulgence Granted to Members Only

I. ON THE DAY OF ADMISSION.

1. _Plenary_.--On condition of Confession, Communion, reception into Confraternity. (Gregory XIII.)

2. After being received, Confession, Communion in the Church or Chapel of the Confraternity, recitation of Five Mysteries, prayers for the Pope's intentions.

_Note_.--These Indulgences can be gained either on the day of admission or on the Sunday or Feast day following.

II. THOSE WHO RECITE THE ROSARY.

(a) During the year.

_Plenary_.--Once during life, for the weekly recitation of the entire Rosary.

For saying the whole Rosary of Fifteen Mysteries, members gain all the Indulgences granted in Spain to the "Crown of the Blessed Virgin."

50 _years_, once a day, for those reciting Five Mysteries or a third part of the Rosary in the Chapel of the Rosary, or in any part of the Church where the Rosary Altar can be seen. Members who do not live in a place where the Confraternity is erected can gain this Indulgence in any Church or public Oratory. (Adrian VI.)

10 _years_ and 10 _forty days_ for each recital of the Rosary when said three times in the week. (Leo X.)

7 _years_ and 7 _forty days_, once a week, for saying the whole Rosary. It is not necessary to say the whole Rosary at one time. (Pius V.)

5 _years_ and 5 _forty days_ (i. e. 2025 days) for devoutly pronouncing the Holy Name of Jesus during the recitation of each Hail Mary. (Pius IX. and Leo XIII.)

2 years on each of the three times when the whole Rosary is recited during the week.

300 _days_ for saying a third part of the Rosary.

100 _days_ for inducing others to say a third part of the Rosary.

300 _days_, once a day, for assisting on Sundays or festivals in a Dominican Church, when the Rosary is said or sung processionally before carved or painted representations of each Mystery.

(b) On Certain Days and Feasts.

_Plenary_.--Feast of the Annunciation; on condition of Confession, Communion and recital of the Rosary. (St. Pius V.)

10 _years_ and 10 _forty days_ on the Purification, Assumption, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, for reciting the Rosary.

10 _years_ and 10 _forty days_ on Easter, Annunciation, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, for reciting a third part of the Rosary. (St. Pius V.)

7 _years_ and 7 _forty days_ on the other feasts of our Lord and of the Blessed Virgin on which Mysteries of the Rosary are celebrated, viz.: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin, Christmas Day, Purification, Compassion of the Blessed Virgin (Friday after Passion Sunday), Ascension, Pentecost, and All Saints, for saying at least Five Mysteries. (St. Pius V.)

7 _years_ and 7 _forty days_ on Christmas Day, the Annunciation, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, for the usual weekly recitation of the whole Rosary.

100 _days_ on the Purification, Annunciation, Visitation, Assumption, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin.

III. FOR ASSISTING AT THE PROCESSION OF THE ROSARY.

_Plenary_.--Confession, Communion, assisting at the Procession on the first Sunday of the month, prayers for the Pope's intentions, and visiting the Chapel of the Rosary.

_Note_.--This Indulgence may be gained by members traveling by sea or land, or who are in service (including soldiers on duty), if they say the entire Rosary; and by those who are sick or legitimately hindered if they recite a third part of the Rosary.

_Plenary_.--For assisting at the Procession on these feasts of the Blessed Virgin: Purification, Annunciation, Visitation, Assumption, Nativity, Presentation, Immaculate Conception; or on any day within their Octaves.

100 _days_ for assisting at the Procession.

60 _days_ for assisting at the usual Rosary Procession, or at any other carried out with permission of the Ordinary, or when they accompany the _Viaticum_ when it is carried in procession to the sick.

IV. FOR VISITING THE CHAPEL OR CHURCH OF THE CONFRATERNITY.

_Plenary_.--First Sunday of the month: On condition of Confession, Communion, visit, with prayers for the Pope's intentions.

Sick members may gain this, after Confession and Communion, by reciting Five Mysteries before a pious image, or by saying the seven penitential psalms.

_Plenary_.--First Sunday of the month, having received the Sacraments of Penance and Holy Eucharist; prayers before the Blessed Sacrament exposed in the Church of the Confraternity, and prayers for the Pope's intentions.

_Plenary_.--Visit to the Chapel or Church of the Confraternity; Confession, Communion, prayers for the Pope's intentions between first Vespers and sunset of the following feasts (i e., from about 1 o'clock P. M. of the vigils of these feasts until sunset of the feasts themselves), Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension, Whitsunday, or any two Fridays in Lent, All Saints, and any day within eight days after All Souls, on Sunday within Octave of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, on the third Sunday of April.

_Plenary_.--On same conditions, from first Vespers to sunset of these feasts of the Blessed Virgin, Immaculate Conception, Nativity, Presentation, Annunciation, Visitation, Purification, Assumption; and on one day within the Octave of these feasts; on the Seven Dolorus (Friday after Passion Sunday).

On Easter, Ascension, Whitsunday, on the above feasts of the Blessed Virgin, and on two Fridays in Lent, the Indulgence can be gained by visiting _any_ Church or public Chapel.

Travelers by land or sea and those in service can gain the Indulgence for visiting the Church or Chapel of the Rosary on all days on which Mysteries of the Rosary are celebrated, if they recite the entire Rosary (i. e., the Fifteen Mysteries); the sick or legitimately hindered if they say Five Mysteries.

7 _years_ and 7 _forty days_, Confession, Communion, visit to Chapel or Altar of the Rosary, with prayers for the Pope's intentions, on Christmas, Easter, Whitsunday, Immaculate Conception, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, Annunciation, Visitation, Assumption, All Saints.

100 _days, once a day_, for a visit to Chapel or Altar of the Rosary, with prayers for the Pope's intentions.

_Note_.--Religious women, the inmates of colleges, seminaries, schools and Catholic institutions who are members, can gain all the Indulgences which require a visit to the Chapel or Church of the Confraternity, if they visit their own Church or Chapel.

Sick members and others unable to fulfill the conditions of Communion or visit, can gain the Indulgences if, after Confession and other conditions, they perform some pious work prescribed by their confessor.

For gaining partial Indulgence by the visits, a separate visit is necessary.

V. FOR VISITING FIVE ALTARS.

For visiting five Altars in any Church or public Oratory (or who five times visit one or two Altars where there are not five), on the appointed days, the same Indulgence as for visiting the Station-Churches in Rome. (Leo X.)

VI. FOR SAYING OR HEARING THE VOTIVE MASS OF THE ROSARY.

For hearing this Mass and offering some pious prayers, members can gain all the Indulgences granted to the recital of the entire Rosary. Priests who are members gain the same when they say the Mass as prescribed in Churches where the Confraternity is established. Dominican Fathers can say this Mass on all Wednesdays and Saturdays, except on feasts of first and second class, and a few other special days.

Those who are in the habit of celebrating or hearing this Mass gain, once a month, all Indulgences granted for the usual Procession on the first Sunday of the month. Confession and Communion.

1 _year_ on Saturdays in Lent for assisting at this Mass and at a Sermon on the Blessed Virgin, and saying the "Hail, Holy Queen."

VII. FOR THE DEVOTION OF THE FIFTEEN SATURDAYS.

_Plenary_.--On any three of fifteen consecutive Sundays: Confession, Communion, visit to Church of Confraternity, with prayers for Pope's intentions.

7 _years_ and 7 _forty days_ on the other twelve Saturdays.

VIII. FOR DEVOTIONS DURING OCTOBER.

_Plenary_.--For assisting 10 times at these Devotions in a Dominican Church: Confession, Communion, prayers for Our Holy Father's intentions.

7 _years_ and 7 _forty days_ each time assisting at the above.

IX. FOR ASSISTING AT THE SINGING OF THE SALVE REGINA.

3 _years_ and 3 _forty days_ for assisting at the singing of the "Salve," on certain festivals, in a Church in which the Confraternity exists.

100 _days_ for the same every day in the year.

Members who can not assist can gain the Indulgences by kneeling before an Altar or picture of the Blessed Virgin, saying the "Hail, Holy Queen."

40 _days_ on all Saturdays and Feasts.

X. FOR MENTAL PRAYER OR OTHER SPIRITUAL EXERCISES.

_Plenary_.--Once a month, for at least a quarter of an hour's mental prayer every day for a month: Confession and Communion.

_Plenary_.--Any one day in the year, for prayer, mortification, and other good works for 40 days, in memory of our Lord's 40 days in the desert.

7 _years_ and 7 _forty days_ for every half hour of mental prayer.

100 _days_ for every quarter of an hour.

XI. FOR VISITING SICK MEMBERS.

3 _years_ and 3 _forty days_ for each visit.

100 _days_ for inducing them to receive the Sacraments.

XII. FOR PRAYING FOR DECEASED MEMBERS.

_Plenary_.--For assisting at the Office of the Dead, which is said in Dominican Churches on the four Anniversaries of the Dead (February 4th., July 12th., September 5th., November 10th.): Confession. Communion, prayers for the Pope's intentions.

8 _years_ for assisting at the funeral service and procession on Saturdays, or once a month, in a Church of the Confraternity.

3 _years_ and 3 _forty days_ following the body of a deceased member to the Church of the Confraternity.

100 _days_ for assisting at funerals with the Confraternity Cross, and at anniversaries of deceased members, with prayers for the Pope's intentions.

XIII. FOR ANY PIOUS WORK.

60 _days_ for any work of charity or piety.

XIV. FOR THE DYING.

_Plenary_.--Can be applied by any Priest in the usual way, even apart from confession, to all who have been accustomed to say the Rosary every week. (Innocent VIII.)

_Plenary_.--If having said the entire Rosary at least once, they die holding the blessed candle of the Rosary. (Adrian VI.)

_Plenary_.--For Confession and Communion.

_Plenary_.--For invoking the name of JESUS with a contrite heart, if they can not do so with their lips. (Leo XIII.)

_Plenary_.--After receiving the Sacraments, making an act of faith in the Holy Church, saying the "Hail, Holy Queen," and commending themselves to the Blessed Virgin.

_Note_.--Any ONE of these Indulgences may be gained, if the conditions are fulfilled, but not all at the same time.

XV. FOR THE DEAD.

In all Dominican Churches, the Rosary Altar is privileged for all Fathers of the Order, on behalf of deceased members.

Moreover, the Rosary Altar is always privileged for any Priest, even if not a member, and on behalf of any soul.

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