{"id":38881,"date":"2024-12-18T09:50:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T14:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/?p=38881"},"modified":"2024-12-19T16:53:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T21:53:07","slug":"jubilee-2025-and-prayerful-strength-for-fortitude-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/uncategorized\/jubilee-2025-and-prayerful-strength-for-fortitude-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Jubilee 2025 and Prayerful Strength for the Fortitude Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Journey into Grace: Become a Pilgrim of Hope<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

On December 24, Pope Francis will open the Holy Door to St. Peter\u2019s Basilica to mark the opening of the Jubilee Year. With the theme, Pilgrims of Hope<\/a>, the Jubilee Year invites the faithful to go on a pilgrimage to enhance one\u2019s faith journey and offer \u201copportunities for reconciliation, indulgences, and other events intended to strengthen and revive faith.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Holy Doors to St. Peter\u2019s Basilica, Catholic News Service. The doors are one of five Holy Doors the Holy Father will open in Rome to begin the Jubilee Year. The other doors to be opened by Pope Francis include three basilicas in Rome: St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major, and St. Paul Outside the Walls. (Photo: Catholic News Service)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the former Pope Benedict XVI shared in November 2010 at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela<\/a>, the burial place of St. James and, for many pilgrims, the final stop on the Camino de Santiago, a popular pilgrimage route:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

To go on pilgrimage is not simply to visit a place to admire its treasures of nature, art or history. To go on pilgrimage really means to step out of ourselves in order to encounter God where he has revealed himself, where his grace has shone with particular splendour and produced rich fruits of conversion and holiness among those who believe. – Former Pope Benedict<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Traveling to Spain to traverse the Camino or visiting Rome is not the only way to experience a pilgrimage during the Jubilee Year. As Pope Benedict shared, God does not reveal himself only at the Vatican, but also in those places where we least anticipate such. That includes places throughout our Diocese or even in our backyard. (See below for local pilgrimage locations in our Diocese).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening the Jubilee Year in Our Dioces<\/em>e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday, December 29, at 3 p.m. in the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption<\/a>, I will join my brother Bishops throughout the world to celebrate a Mass to open our local observance of the Jubilee Year. I invite you to join us for the special liturgy to mark the beginning of the Jubilee Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local Pilgrimage Sites<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pilgrims across the Diocese are invited to travel to Vatican City during the Jubilee Year, but they are also invited to answer the call of the Holy Father to participate in a pilgrimage close to home. For those seeking a local pilgrimage, we have named pilgrimage sites throughout the Diocese of Fall River. They include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n