The Universal Church celebrates the Jubilee Year 2025 – the 2,025th anniversary of the Incarnation of our Lord.
Pope Francis stated in his February 2022 letter announcing the Jubilee 2025: “We must fan the flame of hope that has been given us and help everyone to gain new strength and certainty by looking to the future with an open spirit, a trusting heart and far-sighted vision. The forthcoming Jubilee can contribute greatly to restoring a climate of hope and trust as a prelude to the renewal and rebirth that we so urgently desire…”
Jubilee Worldwide Events
Jubilee 2025: The Holy Father will open the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on December 24 at 7pm.
The 2025 Jubilee will officially open on December 24, 2024 at 7pm, with the rite of Opening of the Holy Door of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter by the Holy Father, who will then preside over the celebration of the Night Mass of the Lord’s Birth inside the Basilica.
Jubilee Diocesan Events
Diocese of Orlando – Jubilee Year Opening Mass, Dec. 28 – Bishop John Noonan invites all the faithful to join him in the opening liturgy for the Jubilee Year, Spes non confundit (“Hope does not disappoint.”), declared by Pope Francis. The Jubilee Year opens as a gift from God. In the Diocese of Orlando our observance will begin December 28, 2024 with an anticipated Mass for the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Sunday, Dec. 29, at 4 p.m. at St. James Cathedral, 215 N. Orange Ave., Orlando. The Diocesan Jubilee will conclude on the Feast of the Holy Family on December 28, 2025 with the concluding Mass of the Ordinary Jubilee Year of 2025. The Jubilee Year will be a time of pilgrimage, and pious visits; a time to practice the works of mercy and penance; to renew our common baptism; to seek to be “Pilgrims of Hope.” Bishop Noonan has designated St. James Cathedral as a place of pilgrimage for all to “come and see.”