Most Reverend John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe
Announces Jubilee 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope
New Website Launched and Pilgrimage Sites Revealed
ALBUQUERQUE – Monday, March 3, 2025–IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Most Reverend John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe, has released the pilgrimage sites for the Jubilee 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. The Jubilee 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope is a journey to bring together faithful from across the world. This transformative pilgrimage, set to take place throughout 2025, invites participants to deepen their faith, unite in prayer, and experience the profound spiritual significance of pilgrimage.
As part of the Jubilee celebration, the archdiocese is unveiling a dedicated website where parishes and pilgrims can find essential information, details on pilgrim sites, prayers and reflections, and other resources. It is designed to serve as a resource hub for those wishing to take part in this spiritual journey. The URL is archdiosf.org/2025jubilee. Pilgrims are encouraged to visit regularly for updates and information on how they can take part in this spiritual journey.
The Jubilee 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope includes a series of specially chosen sites throughout the archdiocese that hold significant religious and cultural importance. Archbishop Wester stated, “I am pleased to announce the pilgrimage sites designated for the 2025 Jubilee of Hope in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. These sacred locations will serve as spiritual havens for all pilgrims seeking renewal and grace. Each site has been thoughtfully chosen to reflect our rich heritage and the vibrant faith of our community. I invite you to join us in this journey of reflection, prayer, and unity. Together, let us embrace the spirit of hope in this blessed year.”
The Vatican'sDecree on the Granting of the Indulgencestates, "During the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025, by will of the Supreme Pontiff, this 'Court of Mercy', which Is responsible for all that concerns the granting and use of indulgences, wishing to encourage the souls of the faithful and nourish the pious desire to obtain the Indulgence seen as a gift of grace specific to each Holy Year, establishes the following indications, so that the faithful may take advantage of the 'norms for obtaining and rendering spiritually fruitful the practice of the Jubilee indulgence' (Spes non confundit, 23). During the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025, all other indulgences previously granted remain in force. All the faithful, who are truly repentant and free from any affection for sin (cf. Enchiridion Indulgent/arum, IV ed., norm. 20, § 1), who are moved by a spirit of charity and who, during the Holy Year, purified through the sacrament of penance and refreshed by Holy Communion, pray for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff, will be able to obtain from the treasury of the Church a plenary indulgence, with remission and forgiveness of all their sins, which can be applied in suffrage to the souls in Purgatory in the following ways":
Pilgrimages - The faithful, pilgrims of hope, will be able to obtain the Jubilee Indulgence granted by the Holy Father if they undertake a pious pilgrimage by visiting the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi or other pilgrimage sites in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe;
Pious visits to sacred places - Likewise, the faithful can obtain the Jubilee Indulgence if, individually or in a group, they devoutly visit any Jubilee site and there, for a suitable period of time, engage in Eucharistic adoration and meditation, concluding with the Our Father, the Profession of Faith in any legitimate form, and invocations to Mary, the Mother of God, so that in this Holy Year everyone "will come to know the closeness of Mary, the most affectionate of mothers, who never abandons her children" (Spes non confundit, 24).
Works of mercy and penance - In addition, the faithful will be able to obtain the Jubilee Indulgence if, with a devout spirit, they participate in popular missions, spiritual exercises, or formation activities on the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, held in a church or other suitable place, according to the mind of the Holy Father.
Jubilee 2025 - Pilgrims of Hope Masses are held the first Sunday of every month. The pilgrimage sites and Mass times are: