When Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of Saint Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve 2024, the 2025 Jubilee of Hope officially began. “During the Holy Year may the light of Christian hope illumine every man and woman, as a message of God’s love addressed to all,” the Holy Father said. “And may the Church bear faithful witness to this message in every part of the world!”
Throughout Our Lady of the Angels Province, Sacred Spaces-Pilgrimage Sites have been designated by local bishops. They include:
St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Basilica/Chicopee
566 Front Street
Chicopee MA 01013
413-594-6669
Shrine of St. Anthony/Ellicott City
12290 Folly Quarter Rd.
Ellicott City, MD 21042
410-531-2800
Our Lady of Hope Church
863 W. Chestnut St.
Coal Township, PA 17866
570-648-4432
The Chapel at State Corrections Institution Coal Township
Coal Township, PA
The friars have a thriving prison ministry. Mass or confessions are held on alternating weeks. The friars also offer adoration weekly and RCIA. There are 15 to 20 music/liturgical ministers and usually get about 70 men for Mass weekly, and usually a full docket of 15 to 18 confessions a session.
Jubilee Pilgrimages are also scheduled:
Assisi by the Chesapeake Youth Retreat (14-29 years old)
June 27-29, 2025, at Sandy Cove Ministries in North East, Maryland
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For more information contact Fr. Chris Dudek
Fourth Annual Franciscan Pilgrimage to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Friday, Oct. 24, 2025
400 Michigan Avenue, Northeast
Washington, D.C. 20017
Pilgrimage to the Shrines of Spain
Nov. 3-14, 2025
Barcelona, Montserrat, Zaragoza, Cangas de Onis, Oviedo,
Santiago De Compostela, Salamanca, Avila, Madrid
Fr. Jobe Abbass, OFM Conv., Pilgrimage Director
Fr. James McCurry, OFM Conv., Spiritual Guide
For more information contact Fr. Jobe
Jubilee 2025 Links:
The Vatican’s Official Jubilee Page
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Dioceses and Archdiocese where the friars minister:
Archdiocese of Atlanta, Georgia
Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Archdiocese of Charlotte, North Carolina
Archdiocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida
Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina
Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts
Archdiocese of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
