Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-03
GENERAL JUBILEE
FOR CATHOLICS
Celebration Ordered by Pope
Marks Sixteenth Centenary
of liberation Edict.

In observance of the sixteenth CEN
tenary of the Edict of federation is
sued by the Roman Emperor Constan-
tine in the fourth century, which
occurs this year, and which Pope
Plus X has made the occasion of a
general jubilee among Roman Cath
olics, Bishop John J. O'Connor, of
the Newark diocese. has designated
certain churches in which local Cath
olics may make the jubilee visits.
Special indulgences are to be gained.
The conditions governing the jubi-
lee will be announced from the pulpits
in all of the churches in the Newark
diocese at the request of Bishop
O'Connor tomorrow.
The celebration of this centenary
should, according to the bishop, be a
matter of deep interest to all Chris
tians. 1t commentaries, he declares,
an event that ended the long night of
pagan persecution and gave peace to
the Christian church, which hence
forth was free to pursue her divinely
appointed mission to teach men the
truths of salvation, to sanctify them
by her holy sacrifice and sacraments
end to guide them in the path which
leads to everlasting happiness in
heaven.
VIII End December 8.
The jubilee, Bishop O'Connor an
nounced today, will end on December
8. The conditions for gaining the in
diligence of the jubilee are:
ID Six visits to our Divine Lord In
the Blessed Sacrament in the church
or churches which the ordinary will
designate, and fervent prayers during
these visits for the intentions of the
holy father.
(2) The worthy reception of the
of penance and the holy
eucharist for the purpose of gaining
the indulgence of the jubilee
go Almsgiving according to ones
means for the relief of the poor and
needy or for some other piors pur-
pose.
The churches which have beer des-
Ignated for the jubilee visits are:
Newark-St. Patrick's Cathedral,
st. James's, st. Mary's.
Jersey City-St. Michael's, st.
Peters, st. Patrick's.
Paterson-St. Johns, st. Joseph's, |
st. Bonifaces.
Elizabeth-St. Patrick's, st. Mary's,
Sacred Heart.
Orange-St Johns, Our Lady of
the Valley, st. Venantiuss.
Hoboken-Our Lady of Grace, ST. |
Joseph's. st. Francis's.
Bayonne-St Mary's, st. Henry's, |
Mount Carmel.
Passaic-St. Nicholas's, st. Joseph's, |
Holy Trinity
Hackensack-Holy Trinity, Immac-
llate Conception, ST. Joseph's.
Harrison-Holy Cross, Our Lady of |
Czenstohowa.
Morristown-Our Lady of the As
sumption, st. Margaret,s.
West Hoboken-St. Michael's, st.
Joseph's.
East Orange-Our Lady Help of
Christians, Holy Name.
Union Hill--St. Augustine's, Holy |
Family.
loomfield-sacred Heart, St. VAL
West New York-St. Joseph's. ST.
Mary's.
Six visits Necessary.
In places mentioned, where three |
churches are designated, two visits
are to be made to each church, and |
where two churches are designated, |
three visits are to be made to each |
church. In all other places, where |
the churches are not specially desig-
mated for the jubilee visits. it will
suffice to visit. the parish church, but |
six distinct visits must be made to
that church The visits may be made |
on the same day or on different days
according to convenience. The in
mates of institutions may make the
six visits to their own chapel. No
special formula of prayers is pre-
scribed for the intentions of the Holy
Father in order to gain the jubilee
but the prayers must be
vocal. The recitation of the Our
Father and Hail Mary five times will
be sufficient.
The annual confession and reception
of holy communion to fulfill the
Easter precept will not suffice for the
jubilee. In order to gain the indul-
gence of the jubilee the reception of
these saeraments must be repeated
for this special purpose. The sick or
infirm may be dispensed from the
visits to the churches, and in their
case these visits are to be commuted
to some other pious work. Children
who have not made their first holy
are dispensed from the
obligation of receiving the Holy Eu-
charist. but no dispensation can be
granted from the duty of receiving
worthily the sacrament of penance.
An aims box, marked Jubilee Aims"
is to be placed in every church to
which the visits are to be made and
the offerings are to be distributed to
the needy or devoted to some pious
object. The plenary indulgence
gained by fulfilling the conditions Of
the jubilee is applicable to the souls
in purgatory.
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