Protocol Number 02619/2023-1043/23/I
Decree
The Apostolic Penitentiary, for the increase of religion among the faithful, and for the salvation of souls, in virtue of the faculties granted it in a most special measure by our Most Holy Father, the Lord Francis, by Divine Providence Pope, having attended to the petition recently brought to us from the Right Reverend Eugene J. Hayes, O.Praem. Abbot of Saint Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, of the diocese of Orange in California, kindly grants from the heavenly treasuries of the Church a plenary indulgence to be gained by each and every Christian, and which may be applied by way of suffrage also to the souls of the faithful detained in Purgatory, as long as being truly repentant, having confessed and been refreshed by holy communion, they devoutly visit the abbatial church itself in pilgrimage, and there are present at the solemn rites on the 29th of September, the solemnity the archangels Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael (i.e. from First Vespers on the 28th to midnight on the 29th) or at least for a period of time piously meditate there concluding with the Lord’s Prayer, the Creed, and invocations to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the archangels Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael.
The faithful who are impeded by old age, sickness, or some other serious cause are able to obtain the plenary indulgence if, having a detestation of any sin whatever, and intending as soon as possible to fulfill the three usual conditions (i.e. confession, communion, and prayer for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff within twenty days), they join themselves spiritually to the celebrations and pilgrimages of the others, having offered to the merciful God their prayers, sufferings, and particular difficulties.
This Penitentiary earnestly asks that the fathers of the White and Canonical Order of Prémontré offer themselves with a prompt and generous spirit for the celebration of Penance so that access to obtaining divine pardon through the keys of the Church may be easier in a spirit of pastoral charity.
The present decree is to remain valid for seven years, notwithstanding anyone doing anything whatsoever to the contrary.
Given at Rome, from the halls of the Apostolic Penitentiary, the 29th of the month of September, the solemnity of the Archangels Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, in the 2023rd year of the Lord’s Incarnation
Mauro Cardinal Piacenza, Major Penitentiary
Christopher Nykiel, Regent
