Celebrate Jubilee 2025: St. Matthew's Events

January 13, 2025

Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope. A complete list of events and activities planned for this sacred year is available on this page. We invite everyone to participate in the celebrations. Additional events will be added as they are confirmed. Jubilee 2025 events led by St. Matthew's Faith Formation Director, L.J. Milone, can be found HERE.

Jubilee Events

Past Events

The Jubilee is a holy year. It is a time to draw closer to God in Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit, to show mercy to others, and to re-establish a proper relationship with all of creation. The Jubilee fosters a spirit of penance, or turning to God in faith and away from sin. The Jubilee Year involves the forgiveness of debts. By participating in the Holy Year, one is granted a plenary indulgence. Find out what a plenary indulgence is HERE.

Now the time has come for a new Jubilee, when once more the Holy Door will be flung open to invite everyone to an intense experience of the love of God that awakens in hearts the sure hope of salvation in Christ. – Pope Francis

We participate in the Jubilee by:

  • Going on a pilgrimage to a Jubilee Church
  • Celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation
  • Praying
  • Celebrating the Eucharist
  • Professing faith with the Creed
  • Experiencing Plenary Indulgences
  • Performing the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy
  • Participating in Evenings of Recollection, Prayer Times, and Catechesis

To facilitate the local celebration of the Jubilee, Cardinal Gregory issued a decree on December 12, 2024, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, establishing nine parishes and one Catholic Student Center as Jubilee Churches throughout the archdiocese.  These Jubilee Churches will serve as places where the faithful can make a pious visit, participate in liturgical celebration and other events, and in doing so, fulfill some of the requirements for obtaining plenary indulgence. The Jubilee Churches are:

  • Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle - Washington D.C.
  • Holy Comforter - Saint Cyprian Catholic Church, Washington D.C.
  • Shrine of Saint Jude the Apostle, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland
  • Saint John Neumann Catholic Church, Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Bowie, Prince George's County, Maryland
  • Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church, Riverdale, Prince George's County, Maryland 
  • Saint Anthony Catholic Church, North Beach, Calvert County, Maryland
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Church, La Plata, Charles County, Maryland
  • Saint Aloysius Catholic Church, Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, Maryland
  • University of Maryland Catholic Student Center, College Park, Prince George's County, Maryland