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.

Writing a letter to your MP: One of the call to actions in the monthly prayer resource is writing to an MP, use this guide to help write your letters. 

Lenten Campaign 2025 - A Time for Hope

This Lent, we’re inviting all young adults to go deeper in prayer and take action as Pilgrims of Hope. Our Lenten pack includes a Reconciliation Service, Weekly 2 minute reflection videos, prayer stations 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]

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

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!

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 - What are we campaigning for?

The government has recently changed its policy on the number of days refugees have to find permanent accommodation, before the government support is stopped. This used to be 7 days, which later increased to 28 days, and now it is 56 days. This change gives many people hope, but we believe hope doesn’t need to be temporary. We are informed that the policy is a temporary measure until June 2025 and are calling all young adults this Lent to get involved in our campaign, by writing to their local MP to ask that this policy is made permanent. 

Campaign video 

The following campaign video contains content around asylum seekers and refugees.

Tariku's Story

The following video share's Tariku's Story, a refugee from Ethiopia who found safety in the UK. 

Letter to MP template

This letter can be sent to your local MP from your university/parish, alongside your own door hanger messages of hope. 

 MP Engagement Pack 

Not sure how to contact your MP? What to say? How to plan a visit? This resource details all the information you will need!

Door Hanger of Hope 

This is your chance to share with your MP what you are doing to bring hope to others. These door hangers can then be sent alongside the letter to your MP. 

A Prayer of Hope

A template to pray for asluym seekers and refugees. This could form a prayer display for your Catholic Society or parish.