The Diocese of Madison has named six sites for pilgrimage during the Jubilee Year of Hope. The sites are: Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Monona, St. Cecilia Church in Wisconsin Dells, St. Bernard Church in Watertown, Nativity of Mary Church in Janesville, St. Mary Church in Fennimore, and the Schoenstatt Shrine in Madison.
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The Jubilee Indulgence
A key part of a Jubilee celebration is the opportunity to gain an indulgence, which 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 actions 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).
Passport helps you visit Jubilee sites
An essential part of a Jubilee celebration is a pilgrimage. For the 2025 Jubilee, the Holy Father has asked all bishops around the world to designate sites in their dioceses as pilgrimage destinations, where the faithful may gain the Jubilee indulgence.
Jubilee Year of Hope: Inspiration for the youth
Every recent Jubilee Year in the Catholic Church, celebrated every 25 years, witnessed significant events that lifted up the beauty and truth of our faith, canonized new saints, or animated the evangelizing mission of the Gospel.
Bishop opens 2025 Jubilee in diocese
To open the 2025 Holy Year within his diocese, Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison celebrated Mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Monona, part of Stella Maris Pastorate, on December 29.
The importance of pilgrimage during the Jubilee Year
During the Jubilee Year of Hope — as with all jubilee years — the lay faithful are encouraged to participate in some sort of pilgrimage.
A New Year’s resolution to change the world through spiritual multiplication
As we begin this Jubilee Year, we proclaim that Jesus is indeed our hope as we commemorate the 2,025th anniversary of the Incarnation of Our Lord.
Pastoral letter for the Jubilee Year 2025
On Sunday, December 29, 2024, the Feast of the Holy Family, in union with the Holy Father, the bishops and the entire universal Church, we enter into the Jubilee Year of 2025!
Diocese of Madison joins in celebration of universal Church’s Jubilee Year in 2000
Pope John Paul II declared that the Catholic Church would celebrate a Holy Year or Jubilee Year from Christmas Eve, December 24, 1999, to the Epiphany, January 6, 2001.
Diocese of Madison celebrates its Golden Jubilee in 1996-1997
The Diocese of Madison celebrated its Golden Jubilee with a busy year of activities from April 21, 1996, to April 13, 1997.