Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope

Jubilee Year: Pilgrims of Hope

The Holy Father has decided that 2025 will be a year of Jubilee, something which happens every 25 years.

The theme is “Pilgrims of Hope”, and is a year of hope for a world suffering the impacts of war, the ongoing effects of COVID-19 pandemic, and a climate crisis.

The year begins with the well-known custom of the opening of the Holy Door at St Peter’s Basilica, following the other three papal basilicas in Rome. The Pope grants permission for Holy Doors to be situated throughout the world for Catholics everywhere to take part in this most special rite.

The Jubilee year will begin in 2025, but in preparation for this, Pope Francis wants us to undertake commitment to prayer with a particular emphasis on the Lord’s Prayer. 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.”

“Prayer unites us; it makes us brothers and sisters. It is in prayer that our hearts find the strength not to be cold and insensitive in the face of injustice. In prayer, God keeps calling us, opening our hearts to charity.”
- Pope Francis

Here in St Bernadette’s, we will be celebrating the Holy Year with a range of activities and events. We will continue to update ‘Living out our Faith’ page on the school website and Facebook page so you are fully involved with this wonderful year of celebration.

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