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Pilgrims on the Way of Hope: A Resource for the Jubilee of Justice
Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Jubilee of Justice: Resource Packet
September 20, 2025
INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW
A Jubilee Year is an important and historical event in the life of the Church designed for the faithful to experience God’s loving mercy in a special way. Traditionally, a Jubilee is proclaimed every twenty-five years, and the activities include pilgrimages, processions, special celebrations of Mass, and an invitation to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This Jubilee’s theme is “Pilgrims of Hope” and it began on Christmas Eve, 2024 in Rome and concludes the following year on the Epiphany in 2026.
The Jubilee’s activities are meant to encourage Catholics to both receive God’s mercy and invite participation in acts of mercy in our daily lives and communities. Pope Francis specifically asks us to consider working for peace and an end to conflicts, promoting human life, showing amnesty to prisoners, upholding the dignity of migrants, healing the sick, and accompanying the elderly.
The Holy See has designated a number of Jubilee Days throughout 2025 to recognize and celebrate different groups of people and various ministries in the Church. The Jubilee of Justice is an opportunity to remember that we are called to respond to both the needs of our neighbors who are experiencing poverty and injustice now, while at the same time working for God’s vision of justice in our world. The Jubilee Year is a time to reflect on God’s mercy in our own lives and work to extend that mercy to those around us. Additional resources for the Jubilee can be found online at the USCCB Jubilee Year web pages, available in English and Spanish.
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