May 14, 2024
On March 1, 2024, the Institutes of the Canossian Daughers of Charity and the Canossian Sons of Charity celebrated the 250th anniversary of their founder, Saint Magdalene of Canossa.
Upon receiving a request from the Canossian Sisters ministering in our local Church, to mark this special occasion I hereby declare that the Christian faithful of the Archdiocese of Vancouver may gain a Plenary Indulgence, within the period specified below, by fulfilling, in a spirit of total detachment from any inclination to sin, the general conditions of sacramental Confession, Eucharistic Communion and prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father, and the following specific requirements:
The conditions of Confession, Communion and prayer for the Pope’s intentions may be fulfilled some days before or after the performance of the prescribed work.
This Decree is effective from today, the Memorial of Saint John of Avila, May 10, 2024, to the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7, 2024.
Given at the Archdiocese of Vancouver, in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on the Tenth day of May, in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty-Four.
+ Most Reverend J. Michael Miller, CSB
Archbishop of Vancouver
Reverend Joseph Thoai Le, JCL
Chancellor