February 21, 2025

Archdiocesan sites offer opportunities for Jubilee Year plenary indulgences

Criterion staff report

While more than 30 million pilgrims are expected in Rome during the ongoing Jubilee Year to visit pilgrimage sites there to obtain a plenary indulgence, not all can make that journey.

According to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship, a jubilee indulgence may also be obtained in local dioceses by visiting cathedrals or other churches or sacred places designated by the local bishop—along with meeting other requirements.

As reported previously in The Criterion, three Jubilee of Hope pilgrimage sites have been established in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. They include:

  • SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, 1347 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis.
  • The Shrine of St. Mother Theodore Guérin and the Church of the Immaculate Conception, 1 Sisters of Providence Road, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, St. Mary of the Woods.
  • The Archabbey Church of Our Lady of Einsiedeln at Saint Meinrad Archabbey, 200 Hill Dr., St. Meinrad.

A plenary indulgence can be obtained by visiting one of these sites and participating in Mass or any other public prayer, a time of adoration or a rosary while there, in addition to other spiritual, sacramental and prayer requirements.

The Holy Year will end at St. Peter’s on Jan. 6, 2026, with diocesan celebrations ending on Dec. 28, 2025.

To read an in-depth article about requirements for plenary indulgences, go to tinyurl.com/JubileeYearIndulgence. †

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