Provincial's Musings

We begin the Jubilee Year under the theme “Pilgrims of Hope.” The Holy Year began officially with the opening of the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica by Pope Francis on 24 December before the Christmas Eve Mass.In May 2024, Pope Francis introduced the Jubilee Year 2025 with the Papal Bull Spes Non Confundit (translated as “Hope does not disappoint”), inspired by Romans 5:5. In the Bull, the Holy Father underlined that the coming Jubilee will “be a Holy Year marked by the hope that does not fade, our hope in God” and prayed that it may help us “to recover the confident trust that we require, in the Church and in society, in our interpersonal relationships, in international relations, and in our task of promoting the dignity of all persons and respect for God’s gift of creation” (SNC No. 25).