The concept of "Jubilee" has its origins in the Book of Leviticus (chapter 25) as a special year of reconciliation, pilgrimage, and coming home. Pope Francis has designated the 2025 Holy Year as a time to renew ourselves as "Pilgrims of Hope."
Visit a pilgrimage site in Ohio!
A plenary indulgence is granted once each day of the Jubilee Year to Christ’s faithful when they:
Visit a pilgrimage site, including outside our diocese.
Offer prayers at the site.
Pray for the Holy Father’s intentions by offering at least 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, 1 Glory Be, and recite the Creed.
Have an interior disposition of complete detachment from all sin, even venial sin.
Be truly penitent and compelled by charity as part of your pilgrimage.
For those unable to make a pilgrimage, a plenary indulgence may be obtained by doing works of mercy and penance, including the other conditions above.
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.
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.
To you God blessed in eternity,
be praise and glory for ever and ever.
Amen.