Pilgrims of Hope | Jubilee Year 2025

 

A jubilee year is a time for forgiveness and renewal in our relationship with God. Jubilee years were initially marked in Scripture by the remittance of debt and property, and the healing of relationships. The Holy Father desires that this Jubilee Year will be a "moment of genuine, personal encounter with the Lord Jesus, the ‘door’ (cf. Jn 10:7-9)" (Spes Non Confundit, 1). 

The 2025 Jubilee officially opened on December 24, 2024, with the rite of Opening of the Holy Door of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter by the Holy Father, who then presided over the celebration of the Night Mass of the Lord's Birth inside the Basilica. The year will end in Rome on January 6, 2026. 

Archbishop Richard Henning officially opened the Jubilee Year in Boston on December 29, 2024 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. The year in Boston will end on December 28, 2025.

May the Lord bless this Jubilee Year and draw many more people to him through our own personal witness of his mercy and love! 

(This information was taken from the Archdiocese of Boston's Jubilee 2025 webpage. Please visit https://bostoncatholic.org/jubilee-2025 to learn more about the Jubilee year including local pilgrimage sites in the Archdiocese: https://bostoncatholic.org/pilgrimage-sites.)