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Show BISHOP SCANLAN'S PASTORAL LETTER. On the Sth of December,' 1S54, the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was defined and declared to be an article of faith by Pius IX,. This dogma of faith means that the Mother of Our Lord was, by ' special privilege and through the merits of her Divine Son, free from original sin. On the 2d of February o-f this year our 1 lob-Father, lob-Father, Pius X, addressed a letter lo the Bishops j of the World directing them, to celebrate with the utmost solemnity the fiftieth anniversary of .the event on the Sth day of December of the current year. In order to render the observance of this great anniversary more profitable to souls and to mark his elevation to the see of St. Peter. His Holiness has granted the extraordinary privilege of a gen-oral gen-oral jubilee, to which is attached a plenary indul-. gence that may be gained from date hereof to the Sth of next December, included, by all the faithful faith-ful of this diocese. The conditions for gaining the indulgence of this jubilee are: (1) . For those livin gin Salt Lake City or its vkinity to visit three times, on the same or different days, St. Mary's cathedral or St. Patrick's Pat-rick's church. For all others tonTakc three visits to their parish or mission church,or in case they have no Catholic church within reasonable distance, to repeat devoutly three times the. Litany of the' Saints for the intention of our Holy Father. (2) . Those who visit the church arc obliged to say some vocal prayers (the Way of the Cross, the Litany or the Rosary) while in the church, for the intention of His Holiness. (3) . To fast one day. between now and the Sth of December. (4) . To make a good Confession, audio receive worthily Ihe Blessed ;Euchavist., , ;, n'. The pastors' and priests of thcT dieecfc 'arc hereby directed to give every encouragement and opportunity to the faithful to comply v-:iti the above conditions, and thereby gain the great graces of the jubilee. 1 L. SCAXLAX, Bishop of Salt Lake. . |