Jubilee Year 2025: Pilgrims of Hope

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.


For more than 700 years, the Church’s Jubilee Years have marked the passage of years and centuries and served as holy times to pause, pray, seek the Lord’s pardon, and praise him for his merciful grace.


One of the most important observances of a Jubilee Year is the pilgrimage, making our way through the world so as to appreciate the beauty of creation, recall the need for silence and recollection, form friendships with fellow travelers, and seek Christ, who is the way (John 14:6) and the gateway (John 10:9) to eternal life, in every encounter and situation.


Knowing that very few of us can travel to Rome to pass through the jubilee’s Holy Doors in the Eternal City, Archbishop Vigneron has designated several pilgrimage sites throughout the Archdiocese, where the faithful will be able to pray the official prayer for Jubilee Year 2025 and unite themselves spiritually with all who will journey as pilgrims to Rome.


Archdiocesan Pilgrimage Sites

  • Basilica of Ste. Anne, Detroit
  • Blessed Solanus Casey Center, Detroit
  • Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Detroit
  • Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield
  • Madonna University, Livonia
  • National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica, Royal Oak
  • Our Lady of Fatima Shrine, Riverview
  • Our Lady of Hope Cemetery, Brownstown
  • Shrine of Jesus, The Divine Mercy, Clinton Township
  • Shrine of St. John Paul II, Orchard Lake
  • Shrine of St. Joseph, Detroit
  • Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pontiac
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