Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-22
THE CATHOLIC JUBILEE.
Held in Rome Last Year-EXtended to
 the World This Year,

the World This Year.
 The following is a CODY of a letter concerning the jubilee which begins next Sunday which is being sent to the clergy by Bishop Tierney:
 We enclose copy of the Apostolic letter of our holy father, Leo MIL, extending to the Catholic world the jubilee celebrated last year in Rome. For the information of the faithful d few remarks are appended by way of explanation of the conditions necessary to gain the indulgence of the jubilee.
 These conditions are as follows:
 First. \ good confession and con- munion. It must be remembered, how ever, that the same confession and communion will not suffice to fulfill the Easter duty and to gain the jubi- lee.
 Second. Sixty visits to certain spe- cified churches. In Hartford. fifteen visits must be made to each of the fol- lowing churches: St JoSeph'S Cathe- dral, St Patrick's. St Peters. and the church of the Immaculate Conception. The people attached to the parishes of St Lawrence and Our Lady of Sorrows can make the visits to sheir own re- spective churches. In Bridgeport. tif teen each to St Augustine's, St Mary's. Sacred Heart and St Joseph's. In Manchester thirty each to St Bridget'S and St Jamess. In Meriden. fifteen each to St Roses, St Iaurent'S. St Mary's and St Joseph's. In New Britain. fifteen each to St Mary's. St Peters, St Joseph's and Sacred Heart. In New Haven. fifteen each to St Mary'S. St Patrick's, St Johns and Sacred Heart. The parishioners of St Lawrence's ill West Haven and of St Joseph's in Wostville can make the visits in their own churches. In Nor walk, thirty each to St Mary's and St Joseph's. In Norwich. thirty each to St Patrick's and St Mary's. In Wa terbury, fifteen each to the church of the Immaculate Conception. St Pat rick's. Sacred Heart and St Ann's. In all other places where there is q resi- dent priest, sixty visits to the parish church; where there is no resident priest. sixty visits to the nearest church. Members of religious commit mites, pupils of boarding schools, acad- emies and asylums, can make the vis- it's in their own chapels.
 Third. The sixty visits must be made during fifteen days. These days, however. need not be consecutive, but four visits must be made each day. Accordingly, in the cities where four churches are designated, a daily visit must be made to each; where there are only. two, each must be visited twice on the same day; and where there is but enc church. four visits must be made daily, so that the sixty visits will have been completed within the fifteen days. It is well to note here that the days can be reckoned from sunrise to sunset of the same day, or from first Vespers that is. from o'clock in the afternoon to sunset of the next day
 Fourth. To pray devoutly to God during these visits for the eXaltation of the church, the eXtirpation of here sies, the concord of Christian princes and the salvation of the Christian peo- pie.
 Confcssors have the faculty of committing the visits into some other works of piety in favor of the intirnl. oT prisoners. or Of others who for sufficient reasons find it Impossible to comply with this condition. They can also dispense with communion for any other act of devotion in the case of children who have never received that holy sacrament, provided, of course, the other conditions are observed.
 The jubilee for this diocese will be- gin on the first Sunday of Lent and will end on the last Sunday of Au- gust inclusively.
 The apostolic letter of his holiness announcing this extraordinary jubilee. together with these explanations, de- scribing the conditions which are nec- ird, S1, be read in all the churches of the diO- cese of Hartford on the first Sunday after its reception, and the faithful should be encouraged in every possible way to avail themselves of this great means of grace which the church so generously offers them.