Ritual for Jubilee 2025 Released

New Delhi, November 30, 2024 (CCBI): Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto, Secretary General of the CCBI and Archbishop of Delhi, released the English translation of the Ritual for the Jubilee 2025. He ceremoniously handed over the first copy to Sister Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A., Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, during a special event held at Archbishop’s House, New Delhi, on November 30, 2024.

The Jubilee Ritual contains prayers and liturgical guidelines for various celebrations during the Jubilee Year 2025. It is designed to assist bishops and priests in leading meaningful liturgical events in their respective dioceses.

The Catholic Church will celebrate the year 2025 as a Jubilee Year, also known as the Holy Year, with the theme “Pilgrims of Hope.” The Jubilee will officially begin on December 24, 2024, with Pope Francis presiding over the Opening of the Holy Door at the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in Vatican City. In dioceses worldwide, the Jubilee will be inaugurated on December 29, 2024, with diocesan bishops or administrators celebrating Holy Mass in their cathedrals.

The Jubilee Year will conclude in dioceses on December 28, 2025. The official closing ceremony of the Holy Year will take place on January 26, 2026, when Pope Francis will solemnly close the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica.

The release ceremony of the Jubilee Ritual in New Delhi was attended by Bishop Ignatius Mascarenhas of Simla-Chandigarh, Bishop Deepak Tauro, Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi, Rev. Dr. Stephen Alathara, Deputy Secretary General of the CCBI, Rev. Dr. Christopher Vimalraj, Associate Deputy Secretary General, and other distinguished guests.

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By Dr. Stephen Alathara