Jubilee (Holy) Year 2025 Pilgrims of Hope’.
As the bishop announced in his letter last weekend Pope Francis will open a Holy Year for the entire Catholic Church in 2025. These special years of grace take place every 25 years and are an opportunity for spiritual renewal for the entire Catholic people.
The theme of this Holy Year will be ‘Pilgrims of Hope’. The focus of a Holy Year is the pilgrimage to the tombs of the apostles SS Peter and Paul in Rome.
This pilgrimage has special indulgences attached and is a chance to return to the sources of our faith in the early Church. However, the Holy Father wishes this to be celebrated across the Church as well. As such, he has asked that this Holy Year be opened solemnly in every Catholic cathedral in the world on 29th December this year. The Bishop will celebrate the 10.30 Mass that day in our cathedral to inaugurate the Holy Year for our diocese. The Pope has asked that this Mass be preceded by a special procession, and contain particular ceremonies to explain its significance.
More details will follow about how the Bishop has planned to celebrate this year in our diocese.