Jubilee Year 2025
This year the Catholic Church universal celebrates an Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025. In May 2024, Pope Francis released a papal bull declaring the upcoming Jubilee Year and shared his hopes for the year and it’s overarching: hope. He invites Catholics around the word to re-discover the gift of hope. In the bull he wrote:
“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),”
The Jubilee begins on December 24, 2024 with the official Opening of the Holy Door of Saint Peter’s Basilica, and runs to January 6, 2026, the Feast Day of Epiphany, with the Closing of the Holy Door.
This fall, parishes across our Archdiocese are invited to celebrate this Jubilee Year of Hope by recognizing the many ways our parishes are signs of hope for their communities and our whole diocesan Church. Archbishop Dunn has invited each parish to host four Jubilee gatherings between September and December. The dates and theme for these Jubilees are:
- September 21st : Jubilee of Catechesis
- October 19th : Jubilee of Evangelization
- November 16th: Jubilee of Social Justice
- December 7th: Jubilee of Liturgy
On each Jubilee day parishes are invited to recognize and give thanks for the many activities and ministries that focus on the theme of the particular Jubilee. What are the ways that hope is shown, shared, and growing in your parish?? Let’s celebrate it!
Check with your parish to find out how the Jubilees will be celebrated…and get involved!
Jubilee Events Feedback
Jubilee of Catechesis: ~ September 21
- Video Link: youtu.be/JSMvxrIUUqw?si=Y0l-UN9r0vrhGtyF
- Survey Link: forms.office.com/r/DBfknKc5p2
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Jubilee of Evangelization: ~ October 19
Jubilee of Social Justice: ~ November 16
Jubilee of Liturgy: ~ December 7

