All Souls Day

Help Release Souls from Purgatory

A plenary(full or complete) indulgence can be gained for a soul in purgatory each day from November 1st-8th by visiting a cemetery and praying for the deceased.

As with all plenary indulgences the following things are necessary:
1. You must go to confession once within 8 days (either before or after).
2. You need to receive Holy Communion each day that you wish to gain a plenary indulgence.
3. You must pray for the intentions of the Holy Father (Pope Benedict XVI) each day that you wish to gain a plenary indulgence.
4. You must be detached from all sin including venial sin.
5. You must do the particular action described by the Church (in this case, go to a cemetery and pray for the deceased).
If any of the above conditions are not fulfilled the indulgence is only partial.

Here is an example of what you can do during the days of Nov. 1st through Nov. 8th.
Go to Mass where you will receive communion worthily (in a state of grace), then go to a cemetery and pray for the dead (the deceased person you are offering the indulgence for need not be buried in the cemetery you are visiting). When you arrive simply say “I offer the indulgence gained today for _____________.” (if you don't have a specific soul to pray for you can say “for an unnamed soul in purgatory who is in great need of my prayers”).

Then say a pray for all the souls in purgatory. For instance, the prayer of St. Gertrude:

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son,
Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all
the Holy Souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the
universal Church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.

Then pray for the intentions of Pope Benedict XVI (one Our Father, one Hail Mary and one Glory Be will suffice). You are finished.
This can be repeated each day; however, Communion must be received each time for the plenary indulgence to be applied. Confession needs to be received once within 8 days.