1- Pray at a cemetery
2- Visit a Church on All Souls’ Day (Nov. 2) and recite an Our Father and the Creed.
3- Go to Confession to be detached from all sin.
4- Receive Holy Communion
5- Pray for the Pope – one “Our Father” and one “Hail Mary”.
If you wish to gain more than one plenary indulgence for the poor souls in purgatory, you must receive communion, visit a cemetery, and pray for the pope each time you wish to grant the plenary indulgence. This must take place between Nov. 1-8. Only one confession is required for all indulgences, as long as the other requirements are fulfilled.
Funeral Preparations
As we pray for the Souls in Purgatory, it is a good time to think about preparing our own funeral arrangements. It is a great act of faith in God’s love which is stronger than death.
It is also a great act of love for your family members. I highly encourage everyone to prepare your funeral arrangements with a funeral home of your choosing before you get sick or get too old. When that time comes, your family does not have to guess what you wanted. Also, you can rest assured that your funeral will be celebrated as you desired.
Then then your family can just mourn your passing without the burden of those difficult details. Some of our local funeral homes advertise on our bulletin and I ask you to patronize them.