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FORT WAYNE - The late Pope Francis designated the 2025 Holy Year as a time to renew as “Pilgrims of Hope.”
2025 is the Jubilee Holy Year, the 2,025th anniversary of the Incarnation of Our Lord, a year of great significance in the life of the church, according to a news release of Fort Wayne-South Bend.
In the papal document outlining his vision for the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025, Spes Non Confundit, Pope Francis wrote, "The Jubilee churches can serve as oases of spirituality and places of rest on the pilgrimage of faith, where we can drink from the wellsprings of hope."
At the beginning of the Holy Year, Bishop Kevin Rhoades designated nine Jubilee churches in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. During the Jubilee Year of Hope, the faithful are invited to visit and spend time in these churches where they can receive a plenary indulgence. He also invited them to attend the special Jubilee Masses, which he will celebrate throughout the year, stated the release.
“I am really looking forward to celebrating the Jubilee Masses throughout the diocese in the coming weeks,” said Bishop Rhoades. “They are a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our common hope in Christ and to be renewed in the virtue of Christian hope that gives inward direction and purpose to our lives. These Jubilee Masses remind us that we are pilgrims of hope on this earth and called to spread our hope to all who anxiously seek it in the world today.”
Rhoades will celebrate eight scheduled Jubilee Masses.
The full schedule of upcoming Jubilee Masses is:
• St. Anthony of Padua, Angola: Wednesday, Aug. 13, 6:30 p.m.
• Our Lady of Guadalupe, Warsaw: Saturday, Aug.16, 6:30 p.m. (in Spanish)
• St. Pius X, Granger: Thursday, Aug. 21, 6:30 p.m.
• St. Michael, Plymouth: Wednesday, Sept. 3, 6:30 p.m.
• Basilica of the Sacred Heart, University of Notre Dame: Wednesday, Sept. 24, 5:15 p.m.
• St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Fort Wayne: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 6:30 p.m.
• SS. Peter and Paul, Huntington: Wednesday, Oct. 29, 6:30 p.m.
• Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception: Sunday, Dec. 28, 11:30 a.m. – Closing Mass of the Jubilee Year
For information about each of the nine Jubilee churches in the diocese or how to receive the special Jubilee Indulgence, visit the diocesan Jubilee information page at diocesefwsb.org/jubilee25.
