Pilgrims of Hope

Introduction

The Jubilee Year began December 24th, 2024 and will conclude January 6, 2026.

What is a Jubilee? The Year of the Lords Favor

Jubilee Year 2025 : A Time of Transformation

The Jubilee Year is a sacred period for renewal, focusing on restoring our relationship with God, each other, and creation. Initiated every 25 years since 1470 by Pope Paul II, this Holy Year features pilgrimages, calls for repentance, and a deepened experience of God’s grace through the sacraments.

Pope Francis has named this Jubilee Year the “Year of Pilgrims of Hope,” emphasizing our journey toward eternal life. Baptized as hopeful pilgrims, we are called to be transformed by grace, sustained by Christ, and led by the Holy Spirit. This year invites the Sacramento Diocese to live in hope, witnessing faith and love, and anticipating God’s redemption –Want to know more?

What to know for our particular diocese?

Bishop Soto has created 12 Pilgrimage Sites for the Jubilee Year. There are also three themes for the Jubilee. All Catholic are encouraged to participate. As a participate in the pilgrimages and/or practices you can earn partial and plenary indulgences. Want to know more about indulgences and what they are? Do Catholics Still do Indulgences? well yeah!

He has also set up an event entitled: 24 Hours for the Lord. This event will be celebrated throughout the Diocese beginning at Noon on Friday, March 28, 2025 until Noon on Saturday, March 29, 2025. Every deanery in the Diocese will be offering 24 hours of continuous confessions.