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Year of St. Francis Proclaimed by Pope Leo XIV
Special Plenary Indulgence may be obtained in our Monastery Chapel
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His Holiness Pope Leo XIV
has proclaimed a
Franciscan Jubilee Year
marking the800th anniversary
of the death of
St. Francis of Assisi
1226-2026during which all the Christian faithful
are invited to follow the example
of the Saint of Assisi,
becoming models of holiness of life
and constant witnesses of peace.
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During this Year of St. Francis
(January 10, 2026 – January 10, 2027)the Apostolic Penitentiary grants the PLENARY INDULGENCE under the usual conditions to those who,with spirits detached from sin, visit in the form of a pilgrimage any Franciscan conventual church(including the public chapel of the Poor Clare Monastery of Our Lady of Mercy in Belleville, Illinois)or any place of worship dedicated to St. Francis in any part of the world. -
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