Join Fr. Paul Asoh and Deacon Matt Newsome on a special Jubilee Year pilgrimage to Italy, May 12-20, 2025.
On May 9, 2024, Pope Francis announced the Jubilee Year of Hope with the Papal Bull Spes non confudit, or “Hope does not disappoint” (Rom 5:5). This year of holy Jubilee will run from Dec. 29, 2024 through Jan. 6, 2026.
“Hope is also the central message of the coming Jubilee that, in accordance with an ancient tradition, the Pope proclaims every twenty-five years. My thoughts turn to all those pilgrims of hope who will travel to Rome in order to experience the Holy Year and to all those others who, though unable to visit the City of the Apostles Peter and Paul, will celebrate it in their local Churches. For everyone, may the Jubilee be a moment of genuine, personal encounter with the Lord Jesus, the “door” (cf. Jn 10:7.9) of our salvation, whom the Church is charged to proclaim always, everywhere and to all as “our hope” (1 Tim 1:1).
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Jubilee Years are celebrated every 25 years in the Catholic Church, as times of special prayer, indulgences, and to re-establish our relationship with God, one another, and creation. Pilgrimages are a special part of Jubilee celebrations. The Holy Father writes:
Pilgrimage is of course a fundamental element of every Jubilee event. Setting out on a journey is traditionally associated with our human quest for meaning in life… Journeying from one country to another as if borders no longer mattered, and passing from one city to another in contemplating the beauty of creation and masterpieces of art, we learn to treasure the richness of different experiences and cultures, and are inspired to lift up that beauty, in prayer, to God, in thanksgiving for his wondrous works. The Jubilee Churches along the pilgrimage routes and in the city of Rome can serve as oases of spirituality and places of rest on the pilgrimage of faith, where we can drink from the wellsprings of hope, above all by approaching the sacrament of Reconciliation, the essential starting-point of any true journey of conversion.
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We invite all St. Mary’s parishioners, family, and friends to join us in a special Jubilee Year pilgrimage to Italy where we will visit Rome and Assisi, walk through the Holy Doors (opened only on Jubilee Years), attend an audience with Pope Francis, tour St. Peter’s, the Vatican museums, the Roman catacombs, visit Assisi, and more!
The Holy Doors
Our schedule will include Mass each day, and opportunities for confession, including a plenary indulgence.
The cost per person is $3999 (double occupancy), which includes airfare from Atlanta, all accommodations and travel within Italy, breakfast and dinner each day, and admission fees for all sites. Only a $300 deposit is needed to secure your registration, with the balance due 100 days before departure.
Download a brochure of our full itinerary or register today online!
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