Year of Faith: Indulgences and the Schoenstatt Shrine

November 22, 2012

Great News! Bishop Morlino has designated the nearby Schoenstatt Shrine as a place of pilgrimage during this Year of Faith. Plenary indulgences can be obtained by going there on particular days and performing certain acts. Here is Bishop Morlino's declaration. Read the entire article below:

"Now, therefore, I, the undersigned Bishop of Madison, hereby designate the Schoenstatt Founder Shrine at Schoenstatt Heights in Madison (5901 Cottage Grove Road, Madison) as a place of pilgrimage for the Year of Faith, and I exhort all of the faithful to make a devout pilgrimage there and to perform the devotional acts prescribed by the Apostolic Penitentiary."

The Bishop's decree and and article explaining indulgences are below:

http://www.madisoncatholicherald.org/bishop/41-bishop-category/3658-year-of-faith-decree.html

http://www.madisoncatholicherald.org/yearoffaith/3657-indulgences.html