Jubilee Year 2025-Pilgrims of Hope
The 2025 Jubilee Year 'Pilgrims of Hope' is now underway. The Jubilee Year began with the opening of the Holy Door in St Peter's Basilica in Rome, on Tuesday 24 December 2024 and runs to the Feast of Epiphany 2026.
On Sunday, 29 December 2024, Bishop Mark celebrated Holy Mass in Shrewsbury Cathedral to mark the solemn opening of the Jubilee Year for our Diocese, using the ritual indications that will be provided for that occasion. The Cathedral and St Joseph’s Eucharistic Shrine in Stockport-our parish church have been designated as Jubilee places of pilgrimage for our Diocese, and the launch event for St Joseph’s will take place on the 12th of January 2025. Children from St Joseph's Primary School will be representing the school at this special Mass led by the Bishop.
In this Jubilee Year, Pope Francis hopes that the light of Christian hope illumines every man and woman as a message of God’s love addressed to all and that the Church will bear faithful witness to this message in every part of the world.
