Jubilee 2025
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During the Jubilee Year 2025, Pope Francis is calling on all the faithful to become Pilgrims of Hope. The Jubilee Year begins when Pope Francis opens the Holy Doors at St. Peter's Basilica on December 24, 2024. The doors will remain open until the end of the Jubilee Year on January 6, 2026. During the jubilee, millions of pilgrims are expected to travel to Rome to walk through the Holy Doors and participate in Jubilee events.
Those unable to travel to Rome can participate in the Jubilee locally by making a pilgrimage to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse or to one of the other designated pilgrimage sites.
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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. Jubilees ordinarily take place every twenty-five years.
The theme of the Jubilee 2025 is Pilgrims of Hope, and the faithful are encouraged to participate, either by going on pilgrimage to Rome or in your local diocese. Scroll down to find the local pilgrimage sites in the Diocese of Syracuse.
To learn more, click here.
Resource Downloads for the Jubilee Year
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Local Pilgrimage Sites
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Syracuse, NY
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Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Syracuse, NY
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St. Mary of the Assumption Parish & Shrine, Oswego, NY
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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 VII 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.
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Letter from Pope Francis
Letter of the Holy Father Francis for the Promotion of the New Evangelization for the Jubilee 2025. Click here.
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Year of the Council
In the letter that Pope Francis wrote in preparation for the Jubilee Year of 2025, he said that "The four Constitutions of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, together with the Magisterium of these recent decades, will continue to provide direction and guidance to God's holy people, so that it can press forward in its mission of bringing joyful proclamation of the Gospel to everyone." click here to learn more and to find resources to help you prepare for this Holy Year.
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Year of Prayer
In preparation for the 2025 Jubilee Year "Pilgrims of Hope," 2024 has been designated a Year of Prayer by Pope Francis. He asks us all to join in a great "symphony" of prayer, "to renew our desire to be in the presence of the Lord, to listen to him and to adore him." Click here to learn more and to find resources to help you to reflect on and practice your life of prayer.
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