A Popular Explanation of Indulgences
with 175 Different Prayers and Devotions
Enriched with Plenary Indulgences.

Imprimatur 1945. 267 page book.

“You shall draw waters with joy out of the Saviour’s Fountain.” -Isai. XII, 3.

    From our earliest school years we have heard and used the word “indulgences.” Most of us will remember hazily the definition of indulgences we learned in our penny catechism, but how many Catholics are there whose knowledge of the Church’s teaching about indulgences is more than elementary? And yet, if we have only a hazy and confused knowledge of this most important subject, how can we properly appreciate and - more vital still - how can we make an intelligent and effective use of indulgences?  How can we, unless we know the what, the why, and the how of indulgences “draw waters with joy out of the Saviour’s Fountains”?