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In his announcement of the Jubilee Year 2025, Pope Francis writes: “Everyone knows what it is to hope. In the heart of each person, hope dwells as the desire and expectation of good things to come, despite our not knowing what the future may bring.”
—Spes non confundit
A Jubilee Year is a special time in the Church’s tradition encouraging holiness through acts of reconciliation and communion with our brothers and sisters. The Church celebrates an Ordinary Jubilee every twenty-five years, with the last celebration having taken place in 2000. Jubilee Year 2025 will be marked by special opportunities for grace through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, local pilgrimages and the Jubilee Indulgence. Seeking forgiveness and growing in repentance are special fruits to cultivate during a Jubilee Year.
Read the Papal Bull Spes non confundit (Hope does not disappoint) from Pope Francis announcing the jubilee year.
Join Archbishop Schnurr for Mass on Sunday, December 29 at 4pm at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains as we open the Jubilee Year. Each diocese throughout the world will celebrate together on this day the beginning of the Year of Hope.
Here in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, three locations have been designated as Jubilee Pilgrimage Sites: the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains, the Shrine of the Holy Relics at Maria Stein, and Emmanuel Catholic Church in Dayton. A pilgrimage visit to any of these sites can apply to the reception of the Jubilee Indulgence.
An indulgence is a special grace given by God, through the Catholic Church, for the removal temporal punishment for sins already forgiven in the Sacrament of Confession. While Confession absolves guilt, temporal punishment due to sin still remains. Through an indulgence, God’s mercy “reaches the sinner and frees him or her from every residue left by the consequences of sin,” as Pope Francis says. The Jubilee Indulgence is a special plenary indulgence available to the faithful during the Jubilee Year. It can be obtained – given the completion of the ordinary conditions – through pilgrimages, pious visits to holy sites, or works of mercy and penance.
October 22 - November 1, 2025
with Archbishop Dennis Schnurr
Join Archbishop Dennis Schnurr for an 11-day Holy Year Pilgrimage to Italy. This pilgrimage will include visits to Assisi, Florence, Siena, Orvieto, and Rome.
October 22 - November 1, 2025
with Archbishop Dennis Schnurr
Join Archbishop Dennis Schnurr for an 11-day Holy Year Pilgrimage to Italy. This pilgrimage will include visits to Assisi, Florence, Siena, Orvieto, and Rome.
The digital app for mobile devices, which makes registration for Jubilee 2025 events easier, can be downloaded from the App Store for iOS and from the Play Store for Android. By using the mobile app, which is available in six languages, a person can access all the latest news on the Jubilee, register as a pilgrim for the Holy Year, and obtain the Pilgrim Card for free. Once registered on the portal, individuals will also be able to register for Jubilee events and pilgrimages to the Holy Door.
Pastors and other parish leaders can find resources for celebrating the Jubilee Year in a Family of Parishes on the website of the Office for Divine Worship & Sacraments.
Subscribe to the Daily Divina and the archdiocese will send you a one-minute scripture meditation based on the daily readings every morning.
