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Bella Young2024-12-12 15:00:372024-12-12 15:01:04How the Jubilee year and diocesan pastoral plan are intersecting with works of mercyThe Year of Jubilee 2025:
Pilgrims of Hope
The Holy Father has announced that 2025 will be a Jubilee Year, something which happens every 25 years. The theme for Jubilee 2025 is “Pilgrims of Hope,” and it will be a year of hope for a world suffering the impacts of war, the ongoing effects of COVID-19 pandemic, and the climate crisis.
Year of Jubilee in the News
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Bella Young2024-12-12 14:27:042024-12-12 14:27:04The Processional Cross: a catechism of sacrifice and revelationMass for the Holy Year
The theme of the Jubilee Year 2025, “Pilgrims of Hope,” is uniquely captured in the prayers, readings, and options of the Mass for the Holy Year. They stress the themes of pilgrimage and hope. Incorporated into Christ, the faithful are a Body of believers, filled with hope. They look forward to the Lord’s coming in the present and at the end of the ages, an expectation which gives them an eternal vision and moves them to make pilgrimage to God and neighbor.
Approved by the Holy See on May 13, 2024 in eight languages, the Mass for the Holy Year may be used in the liturgy for the duration of the Jubilee, celebrated in the dioceses of the United States from December 29, 2024 to December 28, 2025. It contains three formularies, a set of Lectionary readings, five sets of tropes for the Penitential Act, and four sets of introductions, responses, and conclusions for the Universal Prayer (Prayer of the Faithful).
What is a Jubilee?
“Jubilee” is the name given to a particular year. A time to re-establish a proper relationship with God, with one another, and with all of Creation. To learn more click here.
Jubilees throughout History
In the Catholic Church, the concept of Jubilee or ‘Holy Year’ was used to declare special years for forgiveness and reconciliation. The first Jubilee was declared by Pope Boniface VIII on 22nd February 1300 (Feast of the Chair of St. Peter), to mark the beginning of that century. He later recommended it occurring every 100 years. Learn more here.
Letter from Pope Francis
Letter of the Holy Father Francis for the Promotion of the New Evangelization for the Jubilee 2025. Click here.
Jubilee Indulgence
An indulgence “is a way of discovering the unlimited nature of God’s mercy. Not by chance, in Church history, the terms ‘mercy’ and ‘indulgence’ were interchangeable, as expressions of the fullness of God’s forgiveness, which knows no bounds” (spec non Confundit, 23). The Indulgence, therefore, is a Jubilee grace. Learn more about how to obtain a Jubilee Indulgence by clicking HERE
The Jubilee Prayer
To pray and download the Prayer for the 2025 Jubilee, click here.
Official Hymn for the 2025 Jubilee – “Pilgrims of Hope”
To learn about the events during the 2025 Jubilee Year download the General Calendar