Jubilee Year 2025:
Pilgrims of Hope
The Holy See has announced that the Jubilee Year of 2025 will be marked by the theme “Pilgrims of Hope”. This theme calls us to reflect on how we can exemplify the theological virtue of hope even amidst a world as troubled as our own.
There will be a variety of commemorative events, pilgrimages and other initiatives as part of this Jubilee Year. Our archdiocese has prepared several resources as well as a year-long archdiocesan pilgrimage to help us commemorate this most sacred year locally.
Marian Pilgrimage of Hope
Throughout the Jubilee Year, we are encouraging faithful of the Archdiocese to embark on a Marian Pilgrimage of sorts.
The “Pilgrim’s Passport” provides a special prayer chaplet, reflecting upon the ways Mary exemplifies the virtue of hope. We encourages persons in the archdiocese to offer these prayers at the various Marian churches, Marian grottos and/or any Marian statues or icons in our churches around the archdiocese. (All Marian churches and grottos are identified in the passport).
We assume that just about every church in our archdiocese has at least one statue or icon of Mary, so in this way, we ensure every church is a part of this pilgrimage and all persons can participate.
Through the intercession of Mary, may we all act as “Pilgrims of Hope” this Jubilee Year.
Download the Pilgrim’s Passport here. (To print, ensure you choose the settings “Print on both sides” and “Flip on the short dge”.
Jubilee Events
Over the course of the 2025 “Pilgrims of Hope” Jubilee Year, the Catholic Church is proposing a multitude of individual jubilee celebrations. We have provided a Jubilee Year Program to our parishes and deaneries to offer guidance and directives in honouring these Jubilee events in our communities.
For the Jubilee Year, we are hoping to bring the people of the archdiocese together for one major archdiocesan Jubilee celebration and Mass at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in McLennan. It will take place on Saturday, Oct. 4th, 2025 beginning with a Mass at 4:00 pm.
This event will have a threefold purpose: 1) It will commemorate the anniversary of the dedication of the St. John the Baptist Cathedral in McLennan, 2) It will be a way to honour together the Jubilee of Missions, and 3) It will be a commemorative event for the archdiocesan pilgrimage held throughout the Jubilee Year.
October 1st will mark the 78th anniversary of the dedication of the cathedral, and this celebration will be in-part a way to honour this anniversary.
Since it takes place during the Jubilee of Missions (Oct.4th-5th), this event will honour many of the missionaries that served the archdiocese over the decades. It will also include a reflection on how the lay faithful and priests in our missions are “pilgrims of hope”.
Finally, all attendees that bring their pilgrim’s passport to the Mass will receive a blessed Miraculous Medal as a keepsake for the Jubilee Year. Before Mass, we will pray together the “Mary: Exemplar of Hope” prayer chaplet as an archdiocesan family.
We hope to see as many of our priests and parishioners as possible for this special Jubilee celebration in McLennan!
Learn more about the Jubilee Year here.
See the official Vatican calendar of Jubilee events here.
You can read Pope Francis Papal Bull related to the theme “Pilgrims of Hope” here: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/bulls/documents/20240509_spes-non-confundit_bolla-giubileo2025.html
To take part in some continuing seminars the CCCB’s committee for the Jubilee Year are currently hosting, visit here: https://www.cccb.ca/announcement/a-great-symphony-of-prayer-the-our-father-as-a-programme-of-life/