2. Twenty years for visiting the sick, aiding them spiritually or
corporally, or (if the visit be impossible) for reciting for the
intention of the sick five Our Fathers, five Hail Marys and five
Glorias.
3. Twenty years may be gained on the feasts of Our Lord, and on the
feasts of the Saints of the Augustinian, Dominican, Carmelite,
Trinitarian and Servite Orders.
4. Seven years and seven quarantines on the minor feasts of the
Blessed Virgin Mary. And when one goes to confession and Communion,
when one accompanies the Viaticum, when one recites seven Our
Fathers, seven Hail Marys and seven Glorias for the sick who received
holy Communion. The same indulgences is gained on all the feasts to
which a plenary indulgence is attached by a visit to a church
containing an altar dedicated to our blessed Mother. Confession and
Communion are not prescribed for this indulgence. The same, for the
recitation of the "Hail, Holy Queen," at vespers, when one prays for
the needs of the Church. The same, daily from Septuagesima to Palm
Sunday on condition that one receive Holy Communion and recite seven
Our Fathers, seven Hail Marys and seven Glorias for the needs of the
Church. The same on the feasts of the Invention and Exaltation of the
Holy Cross, if an alms be given. The same on three Fridays of each
month by receiving Holy Communion. The same on the nine days of
novena before Christmas. The same on every Monday, if one visit the
Blessed Sacrament.
5. Five years and five quarantines daily, if a visit be made to any
church and five Our Fathers, five Hail Marys and five Glorias be
said. An indulgence of three hundred days daily during the Octave of
Pentecost, two hundred days each time that one is present at a
sermon, sixty days for each pious work, fifty days for piously
invoking the holy names of Jesus and Mary, or when one recites an Our
Father, a Hail Mary and a Gloria in any church for the living and the
dead.
6. Mass said at any altar for a deceased person who had been rightly
enrolled in and wore the Miraculous Medal enjoys the spiritual
advantage of a Mass said at a privileged altar.
(Vide Rescripta Authentica S. Cong. Ind., p. 574-579.)
THE ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED IN THE WESTERN PROVINCE OF THE
VINCENTIANS
As may be seen from the Statutes, the object of the Association is
the personal sanctification of its members and the sanctification of
the neighbor by means of the medal. In order to cooperate in this
holy and noble work, the Vincentians, or the Priests of the
Congregation of the Mission, with the approval of the Most Reverend
Archbishop of St. Louis, have established this Association at their
Central House in the Western Province.
The only condition necessary to become a member of the Association is
"to wear the medal suspended from the neck, on the breast. The medal
must be blessed and imposed by a priest delegated to do so according
to the rite approved by Leo XIII." This faculty will be granted to
any priest for the asking. Application should be made to the Reverend
Visitor, or the Reverend Director of the Association, St. Mary's
Seminary, Perryville, Mo. In the Eastern Province of the United
States, address Reverend Visitor, or Reverend Director of the
Association, St. Vincent's Seminary, Germantown, Pa.
_UNION OF MASSES_
In connection with the Association we have established a Union of
Masses. Three monthly Novenas of Masses are offered for all members
belonging to the Union of Masses, one in our Seminary Church at
Perryville, Mo., the second in St. Vincent's Church, Chicago, and the
third in the Chapel of the Apparition at Paris. The names of deceased
relatives and friends may be enrolled as members for the Union of
Masses.
This booklet together with the miraculous medal, will be sent to each
living member.
The offering for membership is twenty-five cents a year. This
offering goes to defray the expenses of the Association, and whatever
remains over and above the expenses is devoted to pious and
charitable purposes.
The Novena of Masses offered at Perryville each month is as follows:
January: Espousal of Mary, 15th to 23rd.
February: Our Lady of Lourdes, 3rd to 11th;
March: Annunciation of Mary, 17th to 25th;
April: Mother of Good Counsel, 18th to 26th;
May: Help of Christians, 16th to 24th;
June: Mother of Divine Grace, 12th to 20th;
July: Visitation of Mary, 2nd to 10th;
August: Assumption of Mary, 7th to 15th;
September: Seven Dolors of Mary, 7th to 15th;
October: Rosary of Mary, 7th to 15th;
November: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, 19th to 27th;
December: Immaculate Conception of Mary, 8th to 16th.
Persons may also enter their names as life members or perpetual
members.
A life member shares during life, and a perpetual member not only
during life but also after death in the monthly novena of Masses said
in perpetuity in the chapel of the Miraculous Medal. Whole families
may be enrolled in perpetuity in the Association.
They also share in the other special Novenas of the Association
whenever these Novenas are offered for its members.