Year of Jubilee- Pilgrims of Hope

Every 25 years, the Church celebrates a Jubilee Year—a special time for reflection, renewal, and opening ourselves to grace. The upcoming Jubilee Year, running from December 24, 2024, to December 14, 2025, is called ‘Pilgrims of Hope’. It’s a time to focus on the needs around us and respond with mercy, compassion, and hope.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) wants to join you on this journey. We have a few resources to support your year of pilgrimage, these are designed especially to help us reflect on the challenges in our communities and consider how we can act with Christ-like mercy. It’s all about looking at the world through a lens of hope and taking action to make things better.

As young adults, this is our chance to dive deep into what hope and mercy really mean in the world today. How can we be a light in our communities? How can we show up for those who need it most? These are the questions we'd love to explore with you this Jubilee year

Use what is helpful in your parish or your university setting to help support your journey and inspire others. For more information or to ask any questions contact Kezia Harrow at [email protected]

 

Media Resources

What is Jubilee?  Watch this 1 minute video explaining what this year of Jubilee is all about!

Pilgrims of Hope - Are you ready?  A Vincentian reflection on how we can be Pilgrims of Hope in a Jubilee year.

Spoken Word Video With an Advent theme.

Parable of the Doors A short reflection

 

Jubilee Posters

These posters are being sent to every university in England and Wales (Keep an eye out for yours!)

These online ones are free to download and use in your setting. Click here!

Door Stop of Hope

Door stop of hope activity. An activity designed to help prop open the doors of welcome and hope in our community.

Click Here!

Prayer Resources

Jubilee Prayer Stations - Leaders Guide: This guide offers helpful tips on how to set up and prepare for each of the prayer stations. It provides step-by-step instructions to ensure everything is organised and ready, allowing for a smooth and meaningful prayer experience

Jubilee Prayer Stations: Here you will find all the resources you need, including cut-outs and descriptions for each prayer station. These sheets can be placed at each station to guide participants through their prayer experience.

Monthly Prayer PowerPoint: This resource is to support prayer during the Year of Jubilee. Each month, a different group of people are being invited to Rome, these will serve as the focus for our prayer and action.

Lenten Campaign 2025 - A Time for Hope

This Lent, we’re inviting all SVP members to go deeper in prayer and take action as Pilgrims of Hope. Our Lenten pack includes a Reconciliation Service, Weekly 2 minute reflection videos and the SVP Lenten Campaign Materials. We’d love to hear your campaign stories! Don’t forget to tag us on social media with #DoorsofHope and send any stories to [email protected].

Things are changing quickly, so we don’t have all the campaign details just yet. Check back after the February half-term for more information and to download the full pack. You’ll be able to see some of the resources now, which should help with your Lent planning, but be sure to download the finalized ones after the half-term.

Reconciliation Service - This is a simple Reconciliation service with accompanying slides that can be easily adapted to suit your specific needs and circumstances.

Leader's Guide and Script

Accompanying Powerpoint

Parable of the Doors Video

Parable of the Doors Script

Weekly 2 minute reflections - These reflections are designed to be brief and perfect to start CathSoc/ Chaplaincy gatherings. Each one includes: short reflection on Scripture, a question for discussion and a set of examination of conscience questions to encourage participants to reflect on their faith and apply it to their daily lives.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Campaign Materials - (Coming February half term.) 

Stories of Hope

By sharing our stories of often small but meaningful acts, we aim to explore Catholic social teaching in action and inspire others to take take up the challenge to turn concern into action. Click Here!