2025 Jubilee Year of Hope
December 2024 – December 2025
“Brothers and sisters, with the opening of the Holy Door we have inaugurated a new Jubilee, and each of us can enter into the mystery of this extraordinary event. Tonight, the door of hope has opened wide to the world. Tonight, God speaks to each of us and says: there is hope also for you! There is hope for each of us.”
– Pope Francis, December 24, 2024
Participate in the Jubilee Year locally!
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone has designated the following Pilgrimage Sites in the Archdiocese of San Francisco:
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Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
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Mission Dolores Basilica
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National Shrine of St. Francis
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Mission San Rafael Arcángel
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St. Patrick’s Seminary & University Chapel
What is a Jubilee Year?
Jubilee Years take their roots from Jewish tradition as a special year of reconciliation, pilgrimage, and coming home. The first Jubilee in the Catholic Church was celebrated in 1300 and over time has continued as a year of pilgrimage and renewal in the Church. Pope Boniface VIII referred to the first Jubilee as a “Holy Year,” since it is a time in which God’s holiness transforms us.
The frequency of Holy Years has changed over time: at first, they were celebrated every 100 years; later, in 1343 Pope Clement VI changed the frequency to every 50 years, and in 1470 Pope Paul II set the Jubilee Years every 25 years.
Traditionally, Catholic travel to Rome to enter the four major basilicas through a “Holy Door.” By participating in the Holy Year, one is granted a plenary indulgence.
“Pilgrims of Hope”
Pope Francis has designated the 2025 Holy Year as a time to renew ourselves as “Pilgrims of Hope.”
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone also spoke on the Jubilee Year and the virtue of Hope at the 2025 Women’s Conference, the first Archdiocesan Jubilee event. Read his homily below!
Traveling to Rome?
Planning a trip to Rome to participate in the Jubilee Year? The Bishops Office for United States Visitors, based at the Pontifical North American College, has many resources for travelers. The Vatican’s Jubilee website also offers information and advice to those coming to Rome for the Jubilee Year.
Resources for parishes and pilgrims
Download resources for your parish Jubilee celebrations and find service opportunities for your parish!
Jubilee Indulgence
The Vatican issued a decree in May 2024 outlining the different ways that Catholics may obtain the Plenary Indulgence during the 2025 Jubilee Holy Year.
An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church, which as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints. (CCC 1471).
Local Pilgrimage Sites
Participate in the Jubilee Year locally! Visit the Pilgrimage Sites below and contact them for more information or to request a tour for your group.
Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption:
1111Gough Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Cathedral Hours:
Monday- Friday
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday
8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Sunday
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Musical Meditation Organ Concert, Sunday March 30 at 4:00 p.m.
Contact: Deacon Christoph Sandoval 415-567-2020 Ext. 203
Mission Dolores Basilica
3321 16th St
San Francisco, CA 94114
Basilica and Old Mission Hours
Tuesday – Sunday
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Contact: Andrew Galvan [email protected]
National Shrine of St. Francis
610 Vallejo St.
San Francisco, CA 94133
Shrine Hours:
Shrine
Monday – Saturday
10am – 5pm
Sunday
10am – 2pm.
Porziuncola Chapel
Wednesday – Saturday
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sunday
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Contact: [email protected]
Mission San Rafael Arcángel
1104 Fifth Ave.
San Rafael, CA 94901
Mission Chapel Hours:
Monday – Saturday
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Contact: Kenney Aguilar 415-454-8141
St. Patrick’s Seminary & University Chapel
320 Middlefield Rd.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
The chapel at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University will be available to Jubilee Pilgrims on the 2nd Wednesday of the month (dates below), except in October when it will be the third Wednesday of the month from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Please email [email protected] to reserve your time to visit.
- April 9, 2025
- May 14, 2025
- June 11, 2025
- July 9, 2025
- August 13, 2025
- September 10, 2025
- October 15, 2025
- November 12, 2025
- December 10, 2025
Events at St. Patrick’s Seminary & University
Contact: [email protected]
Parish Pilgrimages to Rome
Join parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco on their Jubilee pilgrimage to Rome!
- April 21 – May 5: Filipino Ministry Pilgrimage to the Marian Sites and Jubilee Holy Door
Information found here. - May 18 – June 1: St. Augustine Church Pilgrimage to Italy and Switzerland including the Jubilee tour of Rome
Information found here. - September 15 – 27: Mission Dolores parish English pilgrimage to Rome
Information found here. - September 15 – 23: St. Robert Church pilgrimage to Rome
Contact the parish: (650) 589-2800 - September 16 – 24: St. Andrew Church pilgrimage to Rome
Contact St. Andrew Church: (650) 756-3223 - October 20 – 30: Our Lady of Mercy Church pilgrimage to Rome
Contact the parish: [email protected] - October 20 – 30: Mission Dolores parish Spanish pilgrimage to Rome
Information found here. - October 2025: St. Gregory Church pilgrimage to Rome
Contact the parish: 650-345-8506 - November 4 – 15: Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish pilgrimage to Rome
Contact the parish: (650) 755-9786 - November 5 – 15: St. Patrick Church pilgrimage to Rome
More information found here.
