Jubilee Year 2025
The theme of Jubilee Year 2025 is Pilgrims of Hope. Pope Francis will launch it on Tuesday, 24 December, with the Opening of the Doors of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome and Christmas Eve Mass. The first Catholic Jubilee Year was held in 1300. The People of Israel practiced a Jubilee (Lev 25:8-13) as a way of renewing relationships with God, others, creation through reconciliation, renewal and re-moval of debts. Since 1470, Jubilee Years have been held every 25 years, characterized by pilgrimages to Rome and local Churches events. All Saints will be holding a number of Jubilee initiatives next year.