2025 Jubilee Year of Hope
December 2024 – December 2025
“Brothers and sisters, with the opening of the Holy Door we have inaugurated a new Jubilee, and each of us can enter into the mystery of this extraordinary event. Tonight, the door of hope has opened wide to the world. Tonight, God speaks to each of us and says: there is hope also for you! There is hope for each of us.”
– Pope Francis, December 24, 2024
What is a Jubilee Year?
Jubilee Years take their roots from Jewish tradition as a special year of reconciliation, pilgrimage, and coming home. The first Jubilee in the Catholic Church was celebrated in 1300 and over time has continued as a year of pilgrimage and renewal in the Church. Pope Boniface VIII referred to the first Jubilee as a “Holy Year,” since it is a time in which God’s holiness transforms us.
The frequency of Holy Years has changed over time: at first, they were celebrated every 100 years; later, in 1343 Pope Clement VI reduced the gap between Jubilees to every 50 years, and in 1470 Pope Paul II made it every 25 years.
Traditionally, Catholic travel to Rome to enter the four major basilicas through a “Holy Door.” By participating in the Holy Year, one is granted a plenary indulgence.
“Pilgrims of Hope”
The 2025 Jubilee Holy Year celebrates the 2,025th anniversary of the Incarnation of our Lord. Pope Francis has designated the 2025 Holy Year as a time to renew ourselves as “Pilgrims of Hope.”
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone also spoke on the Jubilee Year and the virtue of Hope at the 2025 Women’s Conference, the first Archdiocesan Jubilee event. Read his homily below!
Traveling to Rome?
Planning a trip to Rome to participate in the Jubilee Year? The Bishops Office for United States Visitors, based at the Pontifical North American College, has many resources for travelers. The Vatican’s Jubilee website also offers information and advice to those coming to Rome for the Jubilee Year.
Resources for parishes and pilgrims
Download resources for your parish Jubilee celebrations or your local pilgrimage!
Parish Pilgrimages to Rome
Join parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco on their Jubilee pilgrimage to Rome!
- April 21 – May 5: Filipino Ministry Pilgrimage to the Marian Sites and Jubilee Holy Door
Information found here. - May 18 – June 1: St. Augustine Church Pilgrimage to Italy and Switzerland including the Jubilee tour of Rome
Information found here. - September 15 – 27: Mission Dolores parish English pilgrimage to Rome
Information found here. - September 15 – 23: St. Robert Church pilgrimage to Rome
Contact the parish: (650) 589-2800 - September 16 – 24: St. Andrew Church pilgrimage to Rome
Contact St. Andrew Church: (650) 756-3223 - October 20 – 30: Our Lady of Mercy Church pilgrimage to Rome
Contact the parish: [email protected] - October 20 – 30: Mission Dolores parish Spanish pilgrimage to Rome
Information found here. - October 2025: St. Gregory Church pilgrimage to Rome
Contact the parish: 650-345-8506 - November 4 – 15: Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish pilgrimage to Rome
Contact the parish: (650) 755-9786 - November 5 – 15: St. Patrick Church pilgrimage to Rome
More information found here.
