The Jubilee Year of Hope
Pope Francis has decreed that 2025 will be a year of Jubilee, a holy year which happens every 25 years in the Catholic Church.
“For all of us, may the Jubilee be an opportunity to be renewed in hope.”
Pope Francis
At Margaret Roper, in 2025 we will be journeying as Pilgrims of Hope and agents of change. We will be putting Catholic Social Teaching into action by caring for our common home and supporting our sisters and brothers who are experiencing war, hunger and poverty. We aim to join with the Church community to bring the light of hope and the message of God's love to the whole world.
Follow us on our journey this year. See more here: Jubilee Year 2025 CAFOD Jubilee Animation
The Jubilee Prayer
Father in heaven,
may the faith you have given us
in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,
and the flame of charity enkindled
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
reawaken in us the blessed hope
for the coming of your Kingdom.
May your grace transform us
into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.
May those seeds transform from within both humanity and the whole cosmos
in the sure expectation
of a new heaven and a new earth,
when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,
your glory will shine eternally.
May the grace of the Jubilee
reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
May that same grace spread
the joy and peace of our Redeemer
throughout the earth.
To you our God, eternally blessed,
be glory and praise for ever.
Amen