On May 13, 2020, the Order of the Visitation we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the canonization of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM. To celebrate this occasion, they obtained from the Apostolic Penitentiary of Rome the grace of a Jubilee Year for all of the monasteries of the Order of the Visitation and the grace of a plenary indulgence to all those who pass through the doors of their Monastery chapels.
The year will open on October 16, 2019 and will close on October 17, 2020.
The usual conditions of a plenary indulgence apply:
- To be in a state of grace
- To go to Confession and to receive Holy Communion within 20 days preceding or following
- To pray for the intentions of the Holy Father
… on the following dates:
- October 16, 2019 Feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM
- January 24, 2020 Solemnity of St. Francis de Sales
- May 13, 2020 100th Anniversary of the Canonization of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM
- May 31, 2020 Solemnity of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
- June 19, 2020 Solemnity of the Sacred Heart
- August 12, 2020 Solemnity of St. Jane de Chantal
- October 16, 2020 Feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, VHM
- Monthly First Fridays
A video was produced by VocationPromotion.com explaining the timeless significance of the messages of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to Saint Margaret Mary in support of this Jubilee Year.
When requesting this grace from the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Visitation nuns expressed the reason for this Jubilee as follows:
“ [. . .] Desiring to be renewed (in the mission received by our Holy Order of the Visitation), so that the love of the Heart of Jesus might further shine forth over the world, we have thought that the grace of a Jubilee Year, with the possibility of a plenary indulgence, could also allow the numerous faithful who frequent the chapels of our monasteries to intimately experience the love of the Heart of Jesus, and to render him ‘love for love’ according to the desire that he himself had expressed to Saint Margaret Mary.
There are four Visitation Monasteries that are Affiliates of the IRL located in:
