Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope

Every 25 years in the Church, in keeping with an ancient tradition, the Pope proclaims a “Jubilee Year,” during which special graces are available to all the Catholic faithful. A Jubilee Year is a gift from Holy Mother Church intended to renew our faith and remind us of the great calling we have, both to sanctity and to, “Go and make disciples.”

What is a Jubilee Year?

Every 25 years in the Church, in keeping with an ancient tradition, the Pope proclaims a “Jubilee Year,” during which special graces are available to all the Catholic faithful. A Jubilee Year is a gift from Holy Mother Church intended to renew our faith and remind us of the great calling we have, both to sanctity and to, “Go and make disciples.”

What is the theme of the 2025 Jubilee Year?

"Hope does not disappoint" (Romans 5:5) For the 2025 Jubilee Year, Pope Francis has selected the theme, "Pilgrims of Hope." In his Papal Bull announcing the Jubilee Year, Pope Francis reflects, "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. Even so, uncertainty about the future may at times give rise to conflicting feelings, ranging from confident trust to apprehensiveness, from serenity to anxiety, from firm conviction to hesitation and doubt. Often we come across people who are discouraged, pessimistic and cynical about the future, as if nothing could possibly bring them happiness. For all of us, may the Jubilee be an opportunity to be renewed in hope. God’s word helps us find reasons for that hope. Taking it as our guide, let us return to the message that the Apostle Paul wished to communicate to the Christians of Rome. " (Spes Non Confundit, 1)

How will the Jubilee be celebrated in the Archdiocese of Kisumu

In our archdiocese, the opening of the Jubilee Year will take place at the St Trizer's Cathedral Kibuye A procession will begin at 9:30 a.m., followed by a solemn Mass in the cathedral at 10 a.m.

What are the 2025 Jubilee sites in the Archdiocese of Kisumu

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What is a plenary ingulgence?

A plenary, or partial, indulgence is “a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven.” (CCC 1471) In order to obtain a plenary indulgence, the faithful must be duly disposed in the following ways: be truly repentant and free from any affection for sin are moved by a spirit of charity are purified through the sacrament of penance and refreshed by Holy Communion pray for the intentions of the Pope

How can I obtain a plenary indulgence during the Jubilee Year?

Ways to obtain a plenary indulgence, under the standard norms, during the Jubilee Year: pilgrimages pious visits to sacred places works of mercy and penance When visiting one of the Jubilee churches, pilgrims may obtain a plenary indulgence by attending any of the following at the site: Holy Mass a celebration of the Word of God the Liturgy of the Hours (office of readings, lauds, vespers) the Via Crucis the Marian Rosary the recitation of the Akathist hymn a penitential celebration, which ends with the individual confessions of the penitents, as established in the Rite of Penance (Apostolic Penitentiary, Decree, I) The faithful may similarly obtain this plenary indulgence “if, individually or in a group, they devoutly visit any Jubilee site and there, for a suitable period of time, engage in Eucharistic adoration and meditation [even if the Blessed Sacrament is not exposed], concluding with the Our Father, the Profession of Faith in any legitimate form, and invocations to Mary, the Mother of God.” (Apostolic Penitentiary, Decree, II)

2025 Jubilee Year Prayer

  • Father in heaven,
    may the faith you have given us
    in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,
    and the flame of charity enkindled
    in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
    reawaken in us the blessed hope
    for the coming of your Kingdom.

    May your grace transform us
    into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.
    May those seeds transform from within both humanity and the whole cosmos
    in the sure expectation
    of a new heaven and a new earth,
    when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,
    your glory will shine eternally.

    May the grace of the Jubilee
    reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
    a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
    May that same grace spread
    the joy and peace of our Redeemer
    throughout the earth.
    To you our God, eternally blessed,
    be glory and praise for ever.

    Amen

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