Taken from the USCCB web page for Jubilee 2025.
“As the Universal Church looks toward the Jubilee Year 2025 (the 2,025th anniversary of the Incarnation of our Lord), the USCCB is thrilled to support the Holy Father in this ‘event of great spiritual, ecclesial, and social significance in the life of the Church.’
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…'”
From the Archdiocese of Newark
The Christian life is a journey calling for moments of greater intensity to encourage and sustain hope as
the constant companion that guides our steps towards the goal of our encounter with the Lord Jesus.
–Spes non confundit, 5
In May of 2024, Pope Francis announced that a Holy Year of Jubilee, entitled Jubilee 2025–Pilgrims of Hope, will open in Rome on the eve of the Nativity of the Lord, December 24, 2024, and conclude on the Epiphany of the Lord, January 6, 2026.
Jubilee 2025 promises to be a time of grace for the Universal Church. In the Archdiocese of Newark each of the parishes and the entire Catholic community—clergy, those in consecrated life, and the lay faithful—should have many opportunities to share in this grace. Pope Francis has directed that “on Sunday, 29 December 2024, in every cathedral and co-cathedral, diocesan bishops are to celebrate Holy Mass as the solemn opening of the Jubilee Year” (Spes non confundit, 6).
All of the priests, religious, and lay faithful of the Archdiocese of Newark are invited to join Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin on Sunday, December 29, 2024, the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, for the opening Mass at 12:00 Noon at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark All are invited to visit the Archdiocesan Jubilee 2025 website at rcan.org/jubilee-2025.
Resources
Please see the USCCB web pages for the following:
Jubilee Information Document: https://www.usccb.org/resources/information-jubilee-2025
Jubilee of Young People: https://www.usccb.org/resources/usccb-information-sheet-2025-jubilee-young-people-vatican-and-rome
The 2025 Jubilee Calendar of Events: usccb.org/resources/jubilee-celebration-calendar-2025
Spes Non Confundit – Bula de Indicación: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/bulls/documents/20240509_spes-non-confundit_bolla-giubileo2025.html
The Jubilee Prayer: https://www.usccb.org/prayers/jubilee-prayer
Plenary Indulgences: https://www.usccb.org/resources/jubilee-indulgence-eng
Church of the Holy Rosary, Edgewater, NJ 