Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope

Catholics have the opportunity to gain indulgences by making pilgrimages, prayerful visits, to specific churches or by practicing works of mercy during the Holy Year. A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus Christ to remove the temporal punishment due to sin.

The indulgence applies to sins already forgiven. A plenary indulgence cleanses the soul as if the person had just been baptized. Plenary indulgences obtained during the Jubilee Year can also be applied to souls in purgatory with the possibility of obtaining two plenary indulgences for the deceased in one day.

In order to receive a plenary indulgence, the following conditions must be fulfilled:

1. Detachment from all sin, even venial.
2. Sacramental Confession, Holy Communion, and Prayer for the Intentions of the Pope - these three conditions can be fulfilled a few days before or after performing the works to gain the indulgence, but it is appropriate that Communion and the prayer take place on the same day that the work is completed.

Here are some of the many ways one can obtain indulgences during the 2025 Jubilee Year:

Make a pilgrimage to Rome

Catholics who make a pilgrimage to Rome during the 2025 Jubilee Year can obtain a plenary indulgence by visiting at least one of the four major papal basilicas:

• St. Peter’s Basilica

• The Archbasilica of St. John Lateran

• St. Mary Major

• St. Paul Outside the Walls

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Spend time in prayer in several other churches in Rome:

• Rome’s Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem

• Basilica of St. Lawrence Outside the Walls

• Basilica of St. Sebastian

• Sanctuary of Divine Love (the “Divino Amore”)

• Church of the Holy Spirit in Sassia

• Church of St. Paul at Tre Fontane (the site of St. Paul’s martyrdom)

• The Roman Catacombs

A plenary indulgence is also granted by specifically making a pilgrimage to churches in Rome connected to great female saints:

• Basilica of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva (tomb of St. Catherine of Siena)

• St. Brigid at Campo de’ Fiori (St. Brigid of Sweden)

• Santa Maria della Vittoria (St. Teresa of Ávila)

• Trinità dei Monti (St. Thérèse of Liseux)

• Basilica of St. Cecilia in Trastevere (St. Cecilia)

• Basilica of Sant’Augustino in Campo Marzio (St. Monica)

Other sacred places are also designated pilgrimage locations where one can obtain a plenary indulgence:

In Italy:

• Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi

• Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Assisi

• Basilica of Our Lady of Loreto

• Basilica of Our Lady of Pompeii

• Basilica in St. Anthony in Padua

Perform Works of Mercy

The Jubilee Year is a time when Catholics are especially encouraged to practice the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, such as, visiting prisoners, spending time with lonely elderly people, aiding the sick or disabled, and helping those who are in need, as instances to obtain an indulgence. 

Indulgences for works of mercy can be received multiple times throughout the jubilee year, even daily, according to the decree. If the indulgence is being applied to the deceased, two plenary indulgences can be obtained on the same day.

The decree says: “Despite the rule that only one plenary indulgence can be obtained per day, the faithful who have carried out an act of charity on behalf of the souls in purgatory, if they receive Holy Communion a second time that day, can obtain the plenary indulgence twice on the same day, applicable only to the deceased.”

Fast from Social Media, Defend Life, Volunteer

Acts of penance can also obtain a plenary indulgence. The Vatican lists several options, including:

• Abstaining for at least one day a week from “futile distractions,” such as social media or television

• Fasting

• Donating “a proportionate sum of money to the poor”

• Supporting religious or social works, especially in the defense of life in all phases

• Offering support to migrants, the elderly, the poor, young people in difficulty, and abandoned children

• Volunteering in service to your community

“The jubilee plenary indulgence can also be obtained through initiatives that put into practice, in a concrete and generous way, the spirit of penance which is, in a sense, the soul of the jubilee,” the decree states.

Visit your Cathedral, Church or Shrine Selected by Your Local Bishop

Download Jubilee Passport

1. St. Joseph Parish, Pulaski
   5895 S. State Road 119
   Star City, IN
   https://fultonpulaskipastorate.org/st-joseph-pulaski-pilgrimage-site

2. St. Mary Catholic Church
   2300 W. Jackson St.
   Muncie, IN
   https://munciecatholic.com/jubilee

3. Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception
   1207 Columbia Street
   Lafayette, IN
   https://saintmarycathedral.org/jubilee-year-of-hope

4. The Shrine of St. Mother Theodore Guérin and the Church of the Immaculate Conception
   1 Sisters of Providence Road
   Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN
   https://spsmw.org/about/saint-mother-theodore-guerin/

5. St. Maria Goretti Parish
   17102 Springmill Road
   Westfield, IN
   https://www.smgonline.org/

6. SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral
   1347 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN
   https://www.ssppc.org/

7. Saint Meinrad Archabbey Church
   200 Hill Dr.
   St. Meinrad, IN
   https://www.saintmeinrad.org/

Visit These Sites for a Passport Stamp

1. St. Joseph Retreat & Conference Center, Tipton
2. St. Joan of Arc, Kokomo
3. St. Thomas Aquinas, West Lafayette
4. St. Bernard Catholic Church, Crawfordsville
5. St. Michael the Archangel (St. Augustine, Rensselaer & Sacred Heart of Jesus, Remington)

1. The National Shrine of Mary, Mother of the Church
   Laurie, MO
   https://thenationalshrineofmarymotherofthechurch.com/

2. National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
   La Crosse, WI
   https://guadalupeshrine.org/

3. The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion
   Champion, WI 
   https://championshrine.org/

4. Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics
   Maria Stein, OH
   https://mariasteinshrine.org/

5. Go here to see all the national shrines: https://www.catholicshrines.org/jubileeofhope