*Bishop Fintan Monahan.
BISHOP FINTAN Monahan has launched a dedicated online page in preparation for Jubilee Year 2025.
With the theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope’, the Jubilee Year 2025 officially began on Christmas Eve with the opening of the Holy Door at Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The Catholic Bishops of Ireland have launched an official Jubilee page on CatholicBishops.ie.
This dedicated page will serve as a central hub for all Jubilee-related updates, ensuring the faithful remain informed about events and activities taking place both in Ireland and around the world.
Welcoming this new resource, Bishop Fintan Monahan, the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference designate for Jubilee 2025, said, “It is a comprehensive hub for all things Jubilee – offering downloadable resources, an event calendar for the year to promote and feature activities across Ireland and Rome, as well as hosting inspiring videos highlighting people and events from across the island”.
He added, “As we embark on this Jubilee Year of Hope, I encourage everyone to take part in Jubilee 2025 celebrations in whatever way possible – whether locally on the island or in Rome. The first of these events will be the celebration of Mass this weekend by Bishops in cathedrals across Ireland”.
The Jubilee has its origins in an ancient biblical tradition (Leviticus). Every 50th year was celebrated as a time for setting slaves free, for forgiving debts, and for allowing the land to rest. In our Christian tradition the Jubilee has a strong focus on reconciliation and renewal, including reaching out to people on the margins. It is normally celebrated every 25 years, so that more people can celebrate it at least once in a lifetime. Already in Ireland, many different groups: clergy, religious various ministries and lay apostolates, are preparing to celebrate specific jubilee occasions locally and in Rome over the year ahead.
At the same time, during Jubilee 2025, the Irish Synodal Pathway will also journey with the theme of ‘Hope’ at its many meetings and prayerful discernment gatherings which will lead to a national assembly in Ireland in 2025.
