Jubilee Year of Hope

As we leave the Jubilee Year of Hope behind, Chris Sparks says t’s worth reminding ourselves how deeply informed the Divine Mercy message and devotion is by the Church’s practice of Jubilee Years.

As the Jubilee Year concludes, with the last Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica closed on the feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 6, Chris Sparks says it’s worth reminding ourselves how closely tied every single Jubilee is to the Divine Mercy.

Happy New Year! But as we welcome 2026, we bid farewell to another year: the Jubilee Year of Hope! And what a year it was!

Happy New Year! The Jubilee Year of Hope concludes when Pope Leo XIV closes the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica on January 6, 2026, the feast of the Epiphany.

The holy Jubilee Year of Hope winds to a close this month, literally, as three Holy Doors are closed on Dec. 28.

In November, the Holy See celebrates Jubilees of three groups: the World of Education (Oct. 27-Nov. 2); the Poor (Nov. 16); and Choirs (Nov. 22-23). 

In October, the month of the Holy Rosary, we celebrate the Missions (Oct. 4-5);Migrants (Oct. 4-5); Consecrated Life (Oct. 8-9); Marian Spirituality (Oct. 11-12); and the Roma, Sinti and Traveling Peoples (Oct. 18).

In October, we celebrate five particular jubilees: Missions (Oct. 4-5); Migrants (Oct. 4-5); Consecrated Life (Oct. 8-9); Marian Spirituality (Oct. 11-12); and the Roma, Sinti, and Traveling Peoples (Oct. 18).

This September, Jubilee celebrations in Rome honor two new Saints (Sept. 7), Consolation (Sept. 15),  Justice (Sept. 20),  and Catechists (Sept. 26-28).

This June, we celebrate seven particular Jubilees opening our hearts to the gift of hope, from Ecclesial Movements and the Holy See, to Sport and Governments, and on to Seminarians, Priests, and Bishops.