Plenaria indulgentia conceditur christifideli qui hymnumAkathistos vel officium Paraclisis in ecclesia aut oratorio, vel in familia, in religiosa Communitate, in christifidelium consociatione et generatim cum plures ad aliquem honestum finem conveniunt pie recitaverit. In aliis rerum adiunctis vero indulgentia erit partialis.

Quod attinet vero ad hymnum Akathistos pro indulgentia plenaria acquirenda non requiritur recitatio integra, sed sufficit recitatio continua congruae alicuius partis iuxta legitimam consuetudinem.

Apud christifideles orientales, ubi harum devotionum praxis non habeatur, alia similia exercitia in honorem beatae Mariae V., a Patriarchis statuta, iisdem indulgentiis gaudent.

A plenary indulgence is granted to Christ's faithful devoutly recite the Akathist or the office of the Paraclete in a church or oratory, or in the family, in a religious community, in an association of Christ's faithful and in general with many who have come together for some fitting purpose. In other circumstances, however, the indulgence will be partial.

The recitation of the entire Akathist hymn is not required to receive the plenary indulgence; a continual recitation of various parts suffices in accord with legitimate custome.

With respect to Christ's faithful of the east, where these devotions are not practiced, other similar exercises in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, established by the Fathers, enjoy the same indulgences.

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You can say or sing the Akathist in English:

http://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=249

Have to ask-what's the 'Akathist?' No I didn't google it...

It is an Eastern prayer form.