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Jubilee of Migrants USCCB Resource Packet (English)
Pilgrims on the Way of Hope: A Resource for the Jubilee of Migrants
Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Jubilee of Migrants: Resource Packet
October 4-5, 2025
INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW
A Jubilee Year is an important and historical event in the life of the Church designed for the faithful to experience God’s loving mercy in a special way. Traditionally, a Jubilee is proclaimed every twenty-five years, and the activities include pilgrimages, processions, special celebrations of Mass, and an invitation to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This Jubilee’s theme is “Pilgrims of Hope”, and it begins on Christmas Eve 2024 in Rome and concludes the following year on the Epiphany in 2026. The Jubilee’s activities are meant to encourage Catholics to both receive God’s mercy and invite participation in acts of mercy in our daily lives and communities.
The Holy See has designated several Jubilee Days throughout 2025 to recognize and celebrate diverse groups of people and various ministries in the Church. The Jubilee of Migrants will be held on October 4-5, 2025; however, these resources can be used for engaging and celebrating migrants at any time throughout the Jubilee Year.
This resource is for anyone who finds it useful. It can be used and/or adapted by dioceses, parishes, schools, campuses, religious communities of men or women, organizations, or individuals to plan to pilgrimage as Jubilarians for Migrants. It might also serve as a catalyst or inspiration for the creation and development of local or year-round resources for migrants living in your community and for those who support them.
For migrant ministries that are making a Jubilee pilgrimage to Rome or to a particular Jubilee celebration or designated special location in a diocese or parish within the United States during 2025, this packet can also serve as an aid in the preparation or experience of that trip. Additional resources for the Jubilee of Migrants and other celebrations can be found online at the USCCB Jubilee Year web pages: available in English at https://www.usccb.org/committees/ jubilee-2025 and in Spanish at https:// www.usccb.org/es/committees/jubileo-2025.
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