Reminder of indulgences

O my Jesus, forgive us our sins,
save us from the fires of hell,
lead all souls to heaven,
especially those who have most need of Thy mercy.

Just a reminder of the indulgences you can get at this time for the Holy Souls.
[From the Enchiridion Indulgentiarum 4th ed. 2004]
Plenaria indulgentia, animabus in Purgatorio detentis tantummodo applicabilis, conceditur christifideli qui

1. singulis diebus, a primo usque ad octavum novembris, coemeterium devote visitaverit et, vel mente tantum, pro defunctis exoraverit;

2. die Commemorationis omnium fidelium defunctorum (vel, de consensu Ordinarii, die Dominico antecedenti aut die sollemnitatis Omnium Sanctorum) ecclesiam aut oratorium pie visitaverit ibique recitaverit Pater et Credo.

[my translation]
A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the souls detained in purgatory, is granted to the faithful Christian who

1. on any day, from the first to the eighth of November, devoutly visits a cemetery, and, even only mentally, prays for the dead;

2. on the day of the Commemoration of all the faithful departed (or, with the consent of the Ordinary, on the previous Sunday or on the day of the solemnity of All Saints) piously visits a church or oratory and there recites the Our Father and the Creed.
Here is a link to an EWTN article on the conditions required for gaining a plenary indulgence. And here is a post where I argue that it is possible in practice to gain a plenary indulgence, fulfilling the condition of being free from all attachment to venial sin - Plenary indulgences not impossible.

Notes
In #1,
singulis diebus refers to conceditur rather than visitaverit; and it is 1st-8th November inclusive. You can gain an indulgence on any or all of the days: you do not have to visit the cemetery every day to get the indulgence. I do not know whether the Bishops of England and Wales have made the extension mentioned in #2. "The Creed" could be the Apostles Creed or the Nicene Creed.

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