2025 is the Jubilee Year – Holy Year in Rome and around the World
Started Christmas of 2024 | Ends Epiphany of 2026
More Information about the Jubilee and the Holy Doors
During the 2025 Jubilee Year, the Catholic Church allows pilgrims to obtain a Jubilee Indulgence when traveling on a pious pilgrimage. In addition to Italy, the Church has designated a number of other holy destinations one can visit to participate in the Jubilee and obtain the indulgence:
Holy Sites Around the World: the two Minor Papal Basilicas in Assisi; the Pontifical Basilicas of Our Lady of Loreto, Our Lady of Pompeii, and St Anthony in Padua; any minor basilica, cathedral church, co-cathedral church, Marian sanctuary, any distinguished collegiate church or sanctuary designated by the diocesan bishop or Eparchy for the benefit of the faithful, and national or international sanctuaries.
Many associate the Jubilee Year with traveling to Rome, but the Church also designates a number of other holy sites around the world where pilgrims can receive the graces of the Jubilee. One of the most notable destinations is The Holy Land where three Churches have been designated as having Holy Doors for the Jubilee Year:
- Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth
- Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
Not only will you be able to obtain the Jubilee Year indulgence, but you can do so by visiting some of the most sacred places in Catholicism where Our Lord lived, died, and rose again. 206 Tours anticipates that our Holy Land Pilgrimages will resume in Summer 2025.
2025 Pilgrimages to Italy with 206 Tours:
Classic Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Joe Fitzgerald
February 17 – 27, 2025
New York (JFK)
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Shrines of Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Stan Fortuna, CFR
Group Leader: Debbie Womack
Feb 24 – Mar 6, 2025
Jacksonville (JAX)
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All Italian Shrines Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Robert Hughes
Spiritual Director: Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan
Mar 24 – Apr 2, 2025
Philadelphia (PHL)
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Jubilee Year
Rome Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Bishop Robert Hennessey
Spiritual Director: Dcn. John Hunt
April 7 – 14, 2025
Boston (BOS)
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Jubilee Year Canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis: Shrines of Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Eric Leyble
Spiritual Director: Fr. Patrick Riviere
Spiritual Director: Fr. Alex Gaudet
April 21 – 29, 2025
New Orleans (MSY)
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Rome, Assisi & Orvieto Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Daniel Hennessey
Group Leader: Jodi Sampson
Apr 27 – May 5, 2025
Boston (BOS)
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Turin, Florence, Assisi, San Giovanni Rotondo & Rome Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Tristan Dillon
Group Leader: Timothy Kockler
Apr 28 – May 9, 2025
Las Vegas (LAS)
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Turin, Florence, Assisi, San Giovanni Rotondo & Rome Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Victor Ulto
Apr 28 – May 9, 2025
Miami (MIA)
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Jubilee Year Diocese of Grand Rapids: Shrines of Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Lam Le
Group Leader: Pattie Reynolds
Apr 28 – May 7, 2025
Grand Rapids (GRR)
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Turin & Shrines of Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Msgr. James Kee
Group Leader: Laura Keas
May 5 – 16, 2025
Mobile (MOB)
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Jubilee Year Faith & Food Pilgrimage to Italy
Spiritual Director: Fr. Philip Mahalic
May 12 – 22, 2025
San Antonio (SAT)
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Jubilee Year Rome & San Giovanni Rotondo Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Bill Swengros
Group Leader: Maritza Lourdes Reyes
May 15 – 22, 2025
Tampa (TPA)
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Jubilee Year Rome & Assisi Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Francis Pizzarelli
June 1 – 9, 2025
New York (JFK)
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Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Rome, Cascia, Assisi, Orvieto, Siena, Florence, Pisa & Turin
Spiritual Director: Fr. Stephen Vrazel
June 16 – 27, 2025
Mobile (MOB)
SV061625
Jubilee Year The Parishes of Saint Simon and Jude, and Saint Laurence
Shrines of Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Anthony Albanese
Spiritual Director: Fr. Kenneth Omeke
Group Leader: Vince Strate
Jun 23 – Jul 2, 2025
Newark (EWR)
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Jubilee Year All Italian Shrines Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Matthew MacDonald
Group Leader: Penny Abbruzzese
Jun 29 – Jul 9, 2025
New York (JFK)
PA062925
Jubilee Year Turin, Florence, Assisi, Orvieto & Rome Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Tim Farrell
Jun 30 – Jul 11, 2025
Durango (DRO)
TF063025
Canonization Pilgrimage to Italy: In the Footsteps of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati & Blessed Carlo Acutis
Spiritual Director: Fr. Dennis Suglia
Spiritual Director: Fr. Charles Mangano
Spiritual Director: Fr. Anthony Stanganelli
Jul 26 – Aug 6, 2025
New York (JFK)
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Canonization Pilgrimage to Italy: In the Footsteps of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Jul 26 – Aug 6, 2025
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Canonization Pilgrimage to Italy: In the Footsteps of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Spiritual Director: Fr. John Sims Baker
Group Leader: Christine M. Wohar
Jul 26 – Aug 6, 2025
New York (JFK)
USAPGF2
Jubilee Year Canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati with Frassati Catholic Church
Spiritual Director: Fr. David Nerbun
Group Leaders: Mary Audino & Poppy Hepp
Jul 26 – Aug 4, 2025
Myrtle Beach (MYR)
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Jubilee Youth Pilgrimage to Rome
with Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Canonization
Spiritual Director: TBD
Jul 27 – Aug 4, 2025
New York (JFK)
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Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Milan, Turin, Florence & Rome Canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Group Leader: “Miracle Hunter” Michael O’Neill
Jul 28 – Aug 4, 2025
Chicago (ORD)
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Jubilee Year Medjugorje & Rome Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Edwin Leonard
Group Leader: Brandy Osterberger
Jul 29 – Aug 7, 2025
Dallas (DFW)
BO072925
Canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati: Rome Italy
Spiritual Director: Fr. John Sims Baker
Group Leader: Christine M. Wohar
Jul 31 – Aug 6, 2025
New York (JFK)
USAPGF1
Canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Rome, Italy
Group Leader: Chris Stefanick
Spiritual Director: Fr. Michael O’Loughlin
Spiritual Director: Fr. Sean Conroy
Jul 31 – Aug 5, 2025
New York (JFK)
RLC073125
Canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati: Shrines of Italy
August 1 – 11, 2025
New York (JFK)
PGF96
Canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati: All Italian Shrines
August 1 – 15, 2025
New York (JFK)
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Jubilee Year Malta, Rome & Assisi Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Seán Connolly
August 1 – 12, 2025
New York (JFK)
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Jubilee Year
Shrines of Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Rex Familar
Group Leader: Winnie Magdangal
August 11 – 20, 2025
Seattle (SEA)
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Jubilee Year All Italian Shrines Pilgrimage: Rome, San Giovanni Rotondo, Loreto, Lanciano, Assisi, Orvieto
Spiritual Director: Fr. Vincent Pineda
Group Leader: Jackie Nguyen
September 1 – 10, 2025
San Francisco (SFO)
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Poland & Rome Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Steve Williams
Group Leader: Dana Hammele
September 8 – 19, 2025
Mobile (MOB)
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Poland & Rome Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Joe Wormek
Group Leader: Diane Valentine
September 15 – 26, 2025
Saint Louis (STL)
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Shrines of Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. David Darcy
Group Leader: Anne Werbicki
Sep 28 – Oct 7, 2025
Boston (BOS)
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Jubilee Year Shrines of Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Brian McGrath
Sep 28 – Oct 7, 2025
Boston (BOS)
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Jubilee Year
Shrines of Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Brian D. Konopa
Group Leader: Linda Schwartz
Sep 29 – Oct 8, 2025
La Crosse (LSE)
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M and M Travel Jubilee Year pilgrimage to Rome, Cascia, Assisi, Orvieto, Florence, Pisa, Cinque Terre, Turin & Milan
Group Leader: Mike Milano
Sep 29 – Oct 12, 2025
New York (JFK)
MM092925
Jubilee Year Lourdes, Paris, Rome & Assisi Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Mark Wagner
Sep 30 – Oct 11, 2025
San Francisco (SFO)
MW093025
Malta, Sorrento & Rome Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director:
Msgr. Mariano Balbago, Jr
Group Leader: Alexis Isip
October 2 – 13, 2025
AI100225
Jubilee Year Shrines of Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director and Leader: Fr. James Dodson
October 6 – 15, 2025
Boston (BOS)
JD100625
Jubilee Year Shrines of Italy & Lourdes Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Peter Mactutis
October 6 – 18, 2025
Seattle (SEA)
DP100625
Jubilee Year Shrines of Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Ravi Gudipalli
Spiritual Director: Rev. George Sanders
Group Leader: Janet Borchert
October 6 – 16, 2025
Little Rock (LIT)
JB100625
Jubilee Year All Italian Shrines Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Archbishop Patrick C. Pinder, STD. CMG
Group Leader: Renee Knowles
Group Leader: Dcn. Michael Checkley
October 7 – 15, 2025
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Jubilee Year
Rome & Assisi Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Msgr. John Hart
October 13 – 22, 2025
New York (JFK)
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Jubilee Year Rome & Assisi Pilgrimage
Spiritual Leader: Fr. Kevin McCracken
October 13 – 22, 2025
New York (JFK)
AMM101325
Jubilee Year Shrines of Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Butch Malana
Group Leader: Evelyn Irizari
October 13 – 27, 2025
New York (JFK)
EI101325
St. Pius X Catholic Church: All Italian Shrines Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Christian Cook
Group Leader: Lindsay Sartorio
October 13 – 23, 2025
LS101325
Jubilee Year Sicily & San Giovanni Rotondo Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Michael Lombardi
Group Leader: Penny Abbruzzese
October 13 – 26, 2025
New York (JFK)
PA101325
Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Juan Mercado
Group Leader: Susan and Dody Foster
Oct 23 – Nov 6, 2025
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Jubilee Year Shrines of Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Marco De Loera
Group Leader: Cynthia Nastars
Oct 27 – Nov 6, 2025
Wichita (ICT)
MD102725
Rome & Medjugorje Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Jason Brooks
Group Leader: Martha Morgan
Group Leader: Sandy Morgan
November 3 – 13, 2025
Detroit (DTW)
MM110325
Jubilee Year Shrines of Italy Pilgrimage
Spiritual Director: Fr. Robert Kuznik
Group Leader: Miriam Salerno
Group Leader: Margo Arceri
November 10 – 18, 2025
New York (JFK)
RK111025
Complete Pilgrimage Directory
Join us during this special year of grace, on a pilgrimage of a lifetime. During a Jubilee Year, the Catholic Church offers faithful a the plenary indulgence, that is, the remission of sins for themselves or for deceased relatives.
The most exciting and well-known rite during a Jubilee Year is certainly the opening of the Holy Doors.
These special Jubilee Doors will be open throughout the period mentioned and are only open during the Jubilee Year! The four Jubilee Doors are in four major basilicas of Rome:
- Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome (Rome, Italy)
- Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Rome, Italy)
- Basilica of Saint John Lateran (Rome, Italy)
- Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls (Rome, Italy)
The first door to be opened is St. Peter’s Basilica on December 24, 2024. The other doors are opened in the following days and remain open until the end of the Jubilee when they are once again walled up. Pilgrims will have the opportunity to walk through all four doors during the Jubilee Year while they are opened.
Many are also expecting that the Shroud of Turin will be exhibited during this time. Currently, no specific date has been announced. However, the exhibition is likely to happen sometime between May – June 2025. We will share updates as they become available.
If you are interested in arranging a group pilgrimage with 206 Tours to Rome and Italy during the Jubilee Year, please let us know as soon as possible, as we expect that it will be a very busy year!
Pilgrims visiting Rome in 2025, may be required to obtain a special pilgrim’s card. 206 Tours will handle this registration for you and will ensure that you will be able to attend Jubilee Year events.
The Vatican has said that for the 2025 Jubilee, there will be a specia portal that will include news, notes, information in ten languages available to all pilgrims and has promised to give special attention to all pilgrims, especially: Families, Children, Youth, Movements and Associations, Elderly, Grandparents, Disabled, Sports, Sick and Health Care, Universities, World of Work, Choirs and Choruses, Confraternities, Priests, Consecrated Persons, Eastern Catholics, Catechists, the Poor, Prisoners, and many others.
The Jubilee Year will begin on December 24, 2024, with the opening of the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica. The Holy Door is a special door that is only opened during Jubilee Years, and it symbolizes the opening of the gates of mercy. Pilgrims from all over the world will come to Rome to walk through the Holy Door and to receive a plenary indulgence, which is a complete remission of their sins.
During the Jubilee Year, there will be many special events and activities taking place in Rome and Vatican City. There will be Masses, processions, and pilgrimages, as well as opportunities to visit the many shrines and holy sites in the city.
The Jubilee Year is a time for Catholics to renew their commitment to their faith and to strengthen their relationship with God. It is also a time for Catholics to come together as a community and to celebrate their faith. The 2025 Jubilee Year is sure to be a memorable and meaningful event for Catholics around the world.
Here are some of the religious and moral activities that pilgrims can participate in during the Jubilee Year:
- Attending Mass and receiving the Eucharist
- Making a pilgrimage to the many shrines and holy sites in Rome
- Praying for forgiveness of their wrongs
- Renewing their commitment to their faith
- Strengthening their relationship with God
- Coming together as a community and celebrating their faith
More information about the Holy Doors:
The Holy Doors are four special doors located in the four major basilicas in Rome: St. Peter’s Basilica, the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, and St. Mary Major. The Holy Doors are only opened during Jubilee Years, which are special occasions that occur every 25 years.
The Holy Doors symbolize the opening of the gates of mercy. When the Holy Doors are opened, it is a sign that God is calling all people to repentance and to a new life of grace. Pilgrims from all over the world come to Rome during Jubilee Years to walk through the Holy Doors and to receive a plenary indulgence, which is a complete remission of their sins.
Here are some of the significances of the Holy Doors
- They symbolize the opening of the gates of mercy.
- They are a sign of God’s call to all people to repentance and to a new life of grace.
- They are a source of hope for all people, regardless of their sins or their circumstances.
- They are a call to renewal and transformation.
- They are a reminder of God’s love and forgiveness.
Plenary Indulgence
There are three primary ways by which the faithful may obtain a plenary indulgence during a Jubilee Year. The primary way is through the means of a pious pilgrimage to any of the following places:
- Rome: Pilgrims must visit at least one of the four Major Papal Basilicas: St. Peter’s in the Vatican, St John Lateran’s, Saint Mary Major’s, and St. Paul’s Outside the Walls.
- The Holy Land: Pilgrims must visit at least one of the three basilicas: the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem, or the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth.
- Other ecclesiastical areas: Local Bishops can designate a local Cathedral, Church or sacred site as participating in the Jubilee Year to be available for those who cannot travel as far.
The two additional ways in which the indulgence may be obtained is through pious visits to sacred places and through works of mercy or penance.
Read the Holy Father’s Official Decree on the Granting of the Indulgence
The Seven Churches Pilgrimage
The pilgrimage of the ‘Seven Churches’, originally conceived by St Philip Neri in the 16th century, is one of the oldest Roman traditions. It involves a walk of about 25 km which snakes through the whole city, reaching out to the Roman countryside, the catacombs and with stops at some of Rome’s magnificent basilicas. Learn more about the Seven Churches Pilgrimage
Iter Europaeum
The itinerary of the churches of the European Union, in Latin, the ‘Iter Europaeum’, involves stop-offs at 28 churches and basilicas. Each church on the pilgrim path is linked to a member state of the EU either for artistic or cultural reasons or because the church has a tradition of welcoming pilgrims to Rome who have come from a specific state of the EU. Learn more
Pilgrimage Route Honoring the Patronesses of Europe and Doctors of the Church
This pilgrimage route will bring pilgrims along a journey to which highlights European female saints, in particular, those who have been proclaimed by the Church as Patronesses of Europe and Doctors of the Church. The Churches which have been selected as part of this pilgrimage route are either named after the Saint or house the relics of one of these holy women.
Learn more about this pilgrimage route
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