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APPENDIX OF INDULGENCES.
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on the prinoipal Feast of his or her order; or who, being a priest, shall celebrate the Holy Mass and pray to God for the Holy Church, &c.

iv. The Plenary Indulgence in articulo mortis, to all religious of both sexes, as above, who, being penitent, have Confessed and Communicated; or who, being unable to do so, shall be at least contrite for their sins, and invoke devoutly with their lips or heart the most holy Name of Jesus.

v. The Plenary Indulgence to every religious man on the day that, after having been canonically promoted to the priesthood, he shall, after Confession, celebrate for the first time Holy Mass; and also the Plenary Indulgence to his fellow religious who shall be present at his first Mass, provided that they have Confessed and Communicated on that day, or, being priests, have celebrated Holy Mass.

vi. The Plenary Indulgence and remission of all sins to all religious of both sexes, as often as they shall, with the leave of their respective superiors, make for ten days the spiritual exercises, applying themselves during that time to meditation on the four last things, on the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, on the blessings of God, &c., and passing at least two hours each day in mental prayer, and exercising themselves in other practices of virtue, mortification, vocal prayer, or ejaculatory prayer, or the like; and provided also that, having made either a general, or annual, or ordinary Confession, they shall Communicate, or, if priests, celebrate Holy Mass.

vii. The Indulgences of the Stations to all religious of both sexes, as above, who, on the days of the Stations described in the Roman Missal, shall visit devoutly their own church, and pray there as if they were making the visit personally to the churches of the Stations in Rome on the days prescribed.

viii. The Indulgence of five years and five quarantines to all religious of both sexes, as above, who shall say five Pater noster and five Ave Maria before the altar of their church. The same Indulgence to those religious who, being for a legitimate reason away from home on a journey, or dwelling outside the walls of their monastery in the capacity of lecturers, preachers, &c., with leave of their superiors, shall say the said five Pater noster and Ave Maria before any altar whatever.

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