2025 will mark 60 years since the second Vatican Council, or Vatican II. Following a Year of Prayer in 2024, celebrations will now begin. The theme is Pilgrims of Hope.
Events
The Vatican will be hosting a number of events throughout the year, which can be seen below.
Our own events will be coming soon. Watch this space!
Letter from Pope Francis.
Pope Francis has also released the following letter ahead of the Jubilee.
Prayer
There is also a prayer from Pope Francis ahead of this special celebration.
"May the grace of the Jubilee reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope, a yearning for the treasures of heaven. May that same grace spread the joy and peace of our Redeemer throughout the earth."
21 September 2024
Following the national Adoremus gathering, the Archbishop has decided that we will have a similar event within the archdiocese. This will take place at the Metropolitan Cathedral and at the Co-Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Isle on 21 September 2024.
The event itself is free and available to all.
At the Metropolitan Cathedral, there will be Eucharistic Adoration throughout the day from 10am until 5pm, Holy Mass, opportunities for confession, a variety of workshops, and a shared time of prayer during the day for all
A timetable can be found below:
09:00 – Holy Mass and Exposition
10:00 – Adoration begins
10.15 – Workshop 1: Care for Creation 11.15 – Workshop 2: Listening to the still small voice
12.15 – Workshop 3: Discerning, Choosing, Deciding
13:15 – Workshop 4: Praying with Carlo Acutis 14:00 – Holy Hour, Eucharistic Procession and Benediction
15.15 – Workshop 5: Young Adult Lectio Divina 17.00 – Mass and Children’s Liturgy
All visitors are welcome to drop in and out throughout the day and only need to sign up to participate in the workshops due to the limited number of spaces.
Click here to sign up for the workshops
To mark the theme, we are encouraging people to make their own pilgrimages throughout the archdiocese. We have plenty of Saints and Venerated people in our archdiocese to visit.
They are:
St John Almond (Liverpool)
St Edmund Arrowsmith (Haydock)
St John Rigby (Eccleston)
St John Wall (Preston)
Blessed Dominic Barberi (Buried in St Helens)
Venerable Elizabeth Prout (St Helens)
Venerable Ignatius Spencer (Buried in St Helens)
Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour at Bishop Eton
If you want inspiration to do your own pilgrimage, then head to the Pilgrim Way website, where there is a suggested route for Liverpool!
