Jubilee 2025 Pilgrims of Hope
In this Jubilee Year, Bishop Daniel E. Thomas has designated four locations in the Diocese of Toledo as Jubilee Pilgrimage Sites. A pilgrimage to any of these sites can apply to the reception of the Jubilee Indulgence. The four locations are:
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- Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral (Toledo)
- The Sorrowful Mother Shrine (Bellevue)
- The Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation (Carey)
- Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church (Attica)
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Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church was selected as one of the four sites, due to our patroness and her namesake link to the Jubilee Year of HOPE.
In his announcement of the Jubilee Year 2025, Pope Francis wrote: “Everyone knows what it is to hope. In the heart of each person, hope dwells as the desire and expectation of good things to come, despite our not knowing what the future may bring.”
Jubilee Year is a special time in the Church’s tradition, encouraging holiness through acts of Reconciliation and Communion with our brothers and sisters. The Church celebrates an Ordinary Jubilee every twenty-five years, with the last celebration having taken place in 2000. Jubilee Year 2025 is marked by special opportunities for grace through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, local pilgrimages and the Jubilee Indulgence.
An indulgence is a special grace given by God, through the Catholic Church, for the removal of temporal punishment for sins already forgiven in the Sacrament of Confession. While Confession absolves guilt, temporal punishment due to sin still remains. Through an indulgence, God’s mercy “reaches the sinner and frees him or her from every residue left by the consequences of sin,” as Pope Francis said. The Jubilee Indulgence is a special plenary indulgence available to the faithful during the Jubilee Year. It can be obtained – given the completion of the ordinary conditions – through pilgrimages, pious visits to holy sites, or works of mercy and penance.
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We hope to see you this year!
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Below is a graphic from the Diocese of Toledo with more information on obtaining the plenary indulgences:
Jubilee Prayer
Father in heaven,
may the faith you have gifted us in
your son Jesus Christ, our brother,
and the flame of charity
kindled in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
reawaken in us, the blessed hope
for the coming of your Kingdom.
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May your grace transform us
into diligent cultivators of the evangelical seeds
that make humanity and the cosmos rise
unto the confident expectation
of the new heavens and the new earth,
when with the powers of Evil overcome,
your glory shall be manifested eternally.
May the grace of the Jubilee
reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
the yearning for heavenly treasures
and pour over all the earth
the joy and peace
of our Redeemer.
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To you God blessed in eternity,
be praise and glory for ever and ever.
Amen.