Jubilee Year 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope

Jubilee Year 2025 – Pilgrims of Hope

Jubilee Year – Pilgrims of Hope

The 2025 Jubilee Year ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ is now underway.

The Jubilee Year began with the opening of the Holy Door in St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, on Tuesday 24 December 2024. In Catholic tradition, the Holy Door represents the passage to salvation — the path to a new and eternal life, which was opened to humanity by Jesus. The Jubilee runs to the Feast of Epiphany 2026. A jubilee year ordinarily occurs every twenty-five years. Throughout the year we will be running events exploring how hope is intrinsic to the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ, and a critical message, especially for all those suffering the impacts of war, the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a climate crisis.

Bishop Mark celebrated Mass for the Solemn Opening of the Year, at Shrewsbury Cathedral on Sunday 29 December 2024.

On this page you will find an introduction to the Jubilee, upcoming Jubilee events, Resources and Pilgrimage Opportunities

For more information email the team Visit the Catholic Bishops' Jubilee page

An Introduction to the Jubilee Year

Pope Francis' Letter Promoting the Jubilee Year

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The Jubilee Logo

The logo shows four stylised figures, representing all of humanity, coming from the four corners of the earth. They embrace each other to indicate the solidarity and fraternity which should unite all peoples. The figure at the front is holding onto the cross. It is not only the sign of the faith which this lead figure embraces, but also of hope, which can never be abandoned, because we are always in need of hope, especially in our moments of greatest need. There are the rough waves under the figures, symbolising the fact that life’s pilgrimage does not always go smoothly in calm waters. Often the circumstances of daily life and events in the wider world require a greater call to hope. That’s why we should pay special attention to the lower part of the cross which has been elongated and turned into the shape of an anchor which is let down into the waves. The anchor is well known as a symbol of hope. In maritime jargon the ‘anchor of hope’ refers to the reserve anchor used by vessels involved in emergency manoeuvres to stabilise the ship during storms. It is worth noting that the image illustrates the pilgrim’s journey not as an individual undertaking, but rather as something communal, marked by an increasing dynamism leading one ever closer to the cross. The cross in the logo is by no means static, but it is also dynamic. It bends down towards humanity, not leaving human beings alone, but stretching out to them to offer the certainty of its presence and the security of hope. At the bottom of the logo is the motto of the 2025 Jubilee Year: Peregrinantes in Spem (Pilgrims in hope), represented in green letters.

Jubilee Hymn

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Jubilee 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

Jubilee Churches in the Diocese of Shrewsbury

Bishop Mark Davies has designated two Jubilee Churches within the Diocese of Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury Cathedral

St Joseph’s Eucharistic Shrine, Stockport

Both churches are designated as places of pilgrimages in which the faithful might obtain a jubilee indulgence.

How to obtain a plenary indulgence

Jubilee Resources

CAFOD Pilgrims of Hope Reflection Guide

CAFOD Jubilee 2025 Parish Poster

CAFOD Jubilee Resources for Schools

CAFOD Jubilee Icon images

CAFOD Jubilee of Hope Home Page

We Dare to Hope - Resources from the Dominican Sisters of St Joseph

Shrewsbury Caritas - Resources for Parishes

CELEBRATE@Home - Jubilee For all - for Primary Schools and Young Children

Resources and reflections from the Carmelites

Pilgrimage Opportunities

Walking Pilgrimage across our Diocese

The Hearts in Search of God project aims for there to be a walking pilgrimage route in each of the 22 Catholic dioceses of England & Wales starting at the cathedral of the diocese and ending at a shrine within the same diocese.

St Philomena’s Way is a Pilgrim Way for the Diocese of Shrewsbury from the Cathedral of Our Lady Help of Christians & Saint Peter of Alcantara in Shrewsbury to the Shrine Church of Ss Peter & Paul and St Philomena in New Brighton. St Philomena was a virgin martyr whose remains were discovered in 1802 in the Catacomb of Priscilla. She is the patron saint of infants, babies, and youth.

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St Philamena's Way

Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2025

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Visiting Rome during the Jubilee

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