On Christmas Eve 2024, Pope Francis symbolically opened the Holy Door at St Peter’s Basilica, marking the start of the 2025 Jubilee Year.
Jubilee years happen every 25 years and are times of reconciliation and renewal. The theme of this Jubilee is Pilgrims of Hope.
This Year of Jubilee in the universal Church calls us to embrace, and be renewed in, the hope of Christ—a hope that does not disappoint. We are embarking on a particular time of pilgrimage, and as the Holy Father has reminded us, Jesus, ‘is the destination of our pilgrimage’. He is both the way, and the path to be travelled.
Participate in the 2025 Jubilee of Hope
For those who are able to travel, we are offering a pilgrimage for youth to Rome this Jubilee Year.
If you are unable to travel to Rome during the Jubilee Year, we invite you to join us on a local journey of reconciliation and renewal by participating in the 2025 Jubilee at one or more of the many Pilgrim Places across the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne, where plenary indulgences may be obtained as part of this very special time.
Visit local Pilgrim Places
Pilgrim Places across the Archdiocese of Melbourne will offer various experiences for pilgrims this Jubilee Year, including Masses, Reconciliation and adoration. Please visit the website of each Pilgrim Place for details of what is offered, the time it is offered and who to contact to make arrangements for group pilgrimages.
Jubilee of Youth Pilgrimage
Bookings are now open for Catholics aged 18 to 30 to join the Archdiocese of Melbourne’s 2025 Jubilee of Youth Pilgrimage. This inspiring journey will explore Italy’s towns, cities, and the homes of great saints, culminating in a visit to Rome to walk through the Holy Doors of St. Peter’s Basilica and take part in Jubilee celebrations.
Jubilee plenary indulgences
While indulgences do not absolve us of sin—that is for the sacrament of Reconciliation—they do orient our hearts towards God and free us to continue the journey to heavenly glory unhindered. There is a mysterious interior renewal that takes place. Just taking the time out of your day to visit a Pilgrim Place is an occasion to receive the Jubilee indulgence.
To obtain the Jubilee plenary indulgence, either during, before or within a short time after your visit to a Pilgrim Place, you are required to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation, be refreshed by Holy Communion and pray for the intentions of the Holy Father with at least an Our Father and a Hail Mary.
Resources to help parishes prepare for and participate in the 2025 Jubilee of Hope are available for download via the Parish Jubilee resources page of this website.
Resources for schools are available on the Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS) Jubilee resources website.
May this Year of Hope be a time of reconciliation and renewal for all!
29 Dec: Local opening of the Jubilee Year at St Patrick’s Cathedral
28 Jan: Red Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral, our local Jubilee of Justice
1 Feb: Consecration of Bishops
21–23 Feb: Jubilee of Deacons
5 Mar: Ash Wednesday
8–9 Mar: Jubilee of Volunteering
9 Mar: Rite of Election
17 Mar: Patrick Oration
17–21 Mar: Catholic Education Week
25 Mar: Feast of the Annunciation
28–30 Mar: Fiat and 24 Hours for the Lord prayer weekend
5–6 Apr: Jubilee of the Sick and Healthcare Workers
11 Apr: Chrism Mass (to be confirmed)
17–19 Apr: Easter
1–4 May: Jubilee of Workers
30 May – 1 Jun: Jubilee of Children, Families, Elderly and Grandparents
May 30 – 1 Jun: Jubilee of Children, Families, Elderly and Grandparents
1 Jun: Marriage Anniversary Mass
22 Jun: Corpus Christi Procession—Jubilee Eucharistic Procession (to be confirmed)
23–24 Jun: Jubilee of Seminarians
25 Jun: Jubilee of Bishops
26–27 Jun: Jubilee of Priests
6 Jul: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday
20 Jul: Archdiocesan Pilgrimage for Youth to Rome
28 Jul – 3 Aug: Jubilee of Youth
28 Jul – 3 Aug: Jubilee of Youth
18–22 Aug: Clergy Conference
20 Sep: Ordinations to the Priesthood
18 Sep – 1 Oct: MACS Leaders Pilgrimage (to be confirmed)
4 – 5 Oct: Jubilee of Migrants
5 Oct: Mass for All Nations
8–9 Oct: Jubilee of Consecrated Life
9 Oct: Mass for Religious
16 Nov: Jubilee of the Poor
30 Nov – 2 Dec: Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF)
30 Nov – 2 Dec: Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF)
14 Dec: Jubilee of Prisoners
6 Jan: Feast of the Epiphany
6 Jan: Official close of the Jubilee Year
A full list of major Jubilee events in Rome is available on the Vatican’s Office Jubilee Website.
