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Show j INDULGENCES FOR LEARNING THE CATECHISM. On Sundavs and f.thr foeti-iio the duty of all parish priests in their respective parishes to teach children Christian doctrine (see Council of Trent, sess. xxiv, cap. 4. de Reform), and all masters of schools are under the same obligation towards their scholars, and all fathers of families towards their children and domestics, etc. St. Pius V. in his Constitution, ex dbito pastoralis officio, Oct. 6. 1571, calls this "a most holy work." "His work is the salvation of souls and the preservation of Christian commonwealths," says Paul V, in his Constitution. Ex. credito Nobis. Oct 6, 1607. For the same reason, this Pope, besides erecting Into an arch-confraternity. In the patriarchal basilica of St. Peter, a congregation of Christian doctrine, which was held there under the direction of the Padri dottrinarii, or Fathers of Christian Doctrine, and endowing it with various orivilearp.s nnH inri,iu , ,.,uU,acm.to ininuni- cable to similar confraternities aggregated aggre-gated to it in any diocese out of Rome granted in the aforesaid Constitution "in order to animate the faithful the more diligently to teach and to lea-n Christian doctrine," the following indulgences: in-dulgences: 1- The indulgence of seven years and seven quarantines to all masters of schools who. on feast days, shall take their scholars to be instructed in Christian Chris-tian doctrine, and shall themselves instruct in-struct them in it; and to those who on working days, explain Christian -doctrine in their schools, 100 davs1 indulgence. indul-gence. 2. The indulgence of 100 davs t0 fa'h ers and mothers every time they in struct their children and domestics jn ChHstiP.n doctrine. 3. The indulgence of three years. all' feasts of the Blessed Virgin, to m faithful of every age who are a-,.,:. tomed to assemble in school or church to learn Christian doctrine, provi... they confess oit said feasts: and th, indulgence of seven years to those v i; being of age to communicate, shall on those days receive the Blessed S;oT(t ment. 4. The indulgence of 100 days to a!! the faithful every time they employ themselves in teaching or learnii-Ohristian learnii-Ohristian doctrine. -5. The indulgence of seven years an-i seven, quarantines was added to th-s.-, indulgences by Clement XII. hy ;, brief. June 27. 1732, to ail the faithful ; every time that, having confessed and communicated, they assist at cat-vi, s. ; or doctrinal teaching, or catechis". or teach doctrine. . 6. He granted also a plenary indi. gence, after confession and communis:, to those who have the pious custom assisting at or teaching Christian d -trine, on the Feast of the Nativity Our Lord Jesus Christ, on Easter day, and on the Feast of the Holy Apost;,., SS. Peter and Paul. |