Jubilee 2025
Pilgrims of Hope
December 29, 2024 - December 28, 2025
"Spes non confundit. “Hope does not disappoint” (Rom 5:5). In the spirit of hope, the Apostle Paul addressed these words of encouragement to the Christian community of Rome. Hope is also the central message of the coming Jubilee that, in accordance with an ancient tradition, the Pope proclaims every twenty-five years...For everyone, may the Jubilee be a moment of genuine, personal encounter with the Lord Jesus, the “door” (cf. Jn 10:7.9) of our salvation, whom the Church is charged to proclaim always, everywhere and to all as “our hope” (1 Tim 1:1)." (Pope Francis, Bull of Indiction of the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025, no. 1)
With these words Pope Francis announces the Church's celebration of Jubilee 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope. Here you will find more information on the diocesan celebration of the Jubilee, beginning on December 29, the Feast of the Holy Family. May the Jubilee Year bring us all closer to our Jesus Christ!
With these words Pope Francis announces the Church's celebration of Jubilee 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope. Here you will find more information on the diocesan celebration of the Jubilee, beginning on December 29, the Feast of the Holy Family. May the Jubilee Year bring us all closer to our Jesus Christ!
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Masses at the Pilgrimage Churches
Bishop Siegel will celebrate Mass at the Pilgrimage churches over the course of the Jubilee year: Sunday, May 4, 10 AM ET – Our Lady of Hope, Washington (bilingual) Saturday, May 31, 4:30 PM ET – Saint Mary, Huntingburg Sunday, August 10, 5:30 PM ET – Saint Francis Xavier Basilica, Vincennes Saturday, October 4, 4 PM – Saint Philip, Mt. Vernon Reconciliation Resources |
The Light is ON for You - April 2
During this Jubilee year, Pope Francis has called for an increased appreciation for and celebration of the Sacrament of Penance. Several years ago the diocese celebrated “The Light is ON for You,” a diocesan-wide reconciliation event. In support of this call from the Holy Father, we will be bringing back "The Light is ON for You" for the Jubilee, asking all parishes to offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation in as many of our churches as possible on Wednesday, April 2, from 6-8 PM (local time). |
“The coming Jubilee will thus be a Holy Year marked by the hope that does not fade, our hope in God. May it help us to recover the confident trust that we require, in the Church and in society, in our interpersonal relationships, in international relations, and in our task of promoting the dignity of all persons and respect for God’s gift of creation. May the witness of believers be for our world a leaven of authentic hope, a harbinger of new heavens and a new earth (cf. 2 Pet 3:13), where men and women will dwell in justice and harmony, in joyful expectation of the fulfilment of the Lord’s promises.” ~ Spes non confundit, 25 |
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Jubilee Prayer
Father in heaven, may the faith you have given us in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother, and the flame of charity enkindled in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, reawaken in us the blessed hope for the coming of your Kingdom. May your grace transform us into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel. May those seeds transform from within both humanity and the whole cosmos in the sure expectation of a new heaven and a new earth, when, with the powers of Evil vanquished, your glory will shine eternally. May the grace of the Jubilee reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope, a yearning for the treasures of heaven. May that same grace spread the joy and peace of our Redeemer throughout the earth. To you our God, eternally blessed, be glory and praise for ever. Amen. |
