Pilgrimage of Hope, June 9, 2025

2025 is the Jubilee Holy Year, the 2,025th anniversary of the Incarnation of our Lord, an “event of great spiritual, ecclesial, and social significance in the life of the Church.” The concept of “Jubilee” has its origins in the Book of Leviticus (chapter 25) as a special year of reconciliation, pilgrimage, and coming home. Pope Francis has designated the 2025 Holy Year as a time to renew ourselves as “Pilgrims of Hope.”

Visit to St. James Cathedral and Our Lady, Queen of the Universe Basilica in Orlando for the Jubilee Year and receive plenary indulgences. ($30 per person)

Itinerary for Pilgrimage of Hope Jun-25

9am Leave Dunnellon

11am  Arrive at Cathedral

11 to 12 Adoration

11:30 to 12:30 

Confessions Optional

12:10 Mass Fr. Ramon to Concelebrate

12:40 Lunch in Social Hall bring bagged lunch

1:15 Cathedral Tour

2pm Drive to Mary, Queen of the Universe 2:30-4 Tour basilica and gift shop

4:15 Drive back to Dunnellon

6:15 (approximately) Arrive at St. John’s

The Vatican has detailed how to obtain plenary indulgences — removing temporal punishment for sin through Christ’s merits — during the 2025 Jubilee Year. 

Requirements: detachment from sin (even venial), confession within about 20 days, Communion, and prayer for the Pope’s intentions (e.g., an Our Father and Hail Mary). Each indulgence requires a separate Communion and prayer, ideally on the day of the indulgenced act. Only one plenary indulgence can be obtained per day, but a second is possible if applied to souls in purgatory. 

One of the ways to receive the indulgence is to visit any site designated for Jubilee pilgrimages by the local bishop. St. James Cathedral and the Basilica of Our Lady, Queen of the Universe are both designated sites.

You can register below. Make $30 checks payable to St. John the Baptist Church