We Are Pilgrims Of Hope
Jubilee Year
at Sacred Heart Primary School
What is a Jubilee Year?
In the Catholic Church, a Jubilee Year or a Holy Year is a special year of forgiveness and reconciliation, in which people are invited to come back to a relationship with God, with one another and with all of creation
How often is a Jubilee Year?
A Jubilee Year is celebrated by the Church every 25 years. This has been the case since 1470, when Pope Paul II changed it from every 50 years. A Pope can also proclaim and Extraordinary Jubilee, like the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy which Pope Francis inaugurated in 2015. Pope Francis has announced that the theme for the Jubilee Year is: Pilgrims of Hope.
A Jubilee Year is recognised and respected throughout the world as a significant part of the history of our faith.
When does the Jubilee Year start and finish?
The 2025 Jubilee Year begins on Christmas Eve 2024 and concludes on 6 January 2026
More information is available on the Jubilee website: https://www.iubilaeum2025.va/en.html
Jubilee launch day at Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart will be holding their whole school launch day on Friday 24th March where they will take part in many different activities including learning one of the Jubilee songs
A Year of Prayer
Pope Francis wants us to undertake a year of prayer with a particular emphasis on the Lord’s Prayer. He asks us all to join in a great “symphony” of prayer, “to renew our desire to be in the presence of the Lord, to listen to him and to adore him.”
“Prayer unites us; it makes us brothers and sisters. It is in prayer that our hearts find the strength not to be cold and insensitive in the face of injustice. In prayer, God keeps calling us, opening our hearts to charity.” Pope Francis
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
