The Bishop has designated three Pilgrimage sites for the Jubilee Year 2025.
According to the Decree on the Granting of the Indulgence during the Ordinary Jubilee Year 2025, “the faithful,
pilgrims of hope, will be able to obtain the Jubilee Indulgence granted by the Holy Father if they undertake a
pious pilgrimage” and participate in any of the celebrations and/or devotions described below.
In the Diocese of Richmond, one Pilgrimage site will be dedicated in each vicariate, as follows:
Central Vicariate: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. Richmond
Eastern Vicariate: Basilica of Saint Mary, Norfolk
Western Vicariate: Basilica of Saint Andrew, Roanoke
The Faithful are invited to devoutly visit any Jubilee site [individually or in a group] and participate in:
- Holy Mass
- Ritual Mass for the conferral of the sacraments of Christian Initiation or the Anointing of the Sick
- Celebration of the Word of God
- Eucharistic Adoration and meditation, concluding with:
Our Father
Profession of Faith [in any legitimate form]
Invocations to Mary, the Mother of God
- A penitential celebration [which ends with the individual confessions of the penitents, as established in the
Rite of Penance (form II)]
- Liturgy of the Hours [Office of Readings, Lauds, Vespers]
- Other Pius exercises:
Via Crucis [The Way of the Cross]
Marian Rosary
Recitation of the Akathist hymn [Eastern Marian hymn, “Rejoice…”]
The usual conditions for a Plenary Indulgence remain in effect for those who complete a Pilgrimage to one of
these sites:
- True repentance and freedom from any affection for sin (cf. Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, IV ed.,norm. 20, § 1)
- Confession
- Reception of Holy Communion [“fitting that Communion be received and the prayer for the intention of the Holy Father be said on the same day as the work is performed.” Manual of Indulgences, 20.3.]
- Prayers for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff
We encourage you to publicize this news in your community and to educate the Faithful concerning the conditionsvfor the Indulgence.