Catholics can gain special indulgences for the faithful departed during the first eight days of November. The latest edition of the Enchiridion of Indulgences tells us how: Grant 29:
1. A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the souls in purgatory, is granted to the faithful who,1. on any and each day from November 1 to 8, devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, if only mentally, for the departed;
2. on All Souls’ Day (or, according to the judgment of the ordinary, on the Sunday preceding or following it, or on the solemnity of All Saints), devoutly visit a church or an oratory and recite an Our Father and the Creed.
