Jubilee Celebrations

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The Jubilee of Workers reminds us that we are our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers and have a responsibility to ensure that the dignity of all workers across all sectors is upheld.  “Let us recommit ourselves to building together a society that honors the human dignity of all who labor. Through the treasure of Catholic social teaching, we have a long history of proclaiming the essential role labor plays in helping people to live out their human dignity” (USCCB Labor Day Statement 2024). 

Prayer for the Dignity of Work and Rights of Workers

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The Jubilee of Entrepreneurs for those pilgrims who will come to Rome on those dates, only the Jubilee rite of pilgrimage and crossing of the Holy Doors of the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter and the other Papal Basilicas will take place – a privileged moment of Hope and Faith.

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The hearing and making of sound are part of the human experience. Music has an important, natural role for humanity, and sacred music adds a sacramental quality to this. 

Religious music continues to inspire and be inspired
Even in the changed climate of more recent centuries, when a part of society seems to have become indifferent to faith, religious art has continued on its way. This can be more widely appreciated if we look beyond the figurative arts to the great development of sacred music through this same period, either composed for the liturgy or simply treating religious themes. Apart from the many artists who made sacred music their chief concern—how can we forget Pier Luigi da Palestrina, Orlando di Lasso, Tomás Luis de Victoria?—it is also true that many of the great composers—from Handel to Bach, from Mozart to Schubert, from Beethoven to Berlioz, from Liszt to Verdi—have given us works of the highest inspiration in this field. (Letter to Artists, John Paul II, n. 9) Art bridges culture with faith through beauty You know, however, that the Church has not ceased to nurture great appreciation for the value of art as such. Even beyond its typically religious expressions, true art has a close affinity with the world of faith, so that, even in situations where culture and the Church are far apart, art remains a kind of bridge to religious experience. In so far as it seeks the beautiful fruit of an imagination which rises above the everyday, art is by its nature a kind of appeal to the mystery. Even when they explore the darkest depths of the soul or the most unsettling aspects of evil, artists give voice in a way to the universal desire for redemption. (Letter to Artists, John Paul II, n. 10)

The faith of musicians nourishes the faith of others 
The Church also needs musicians. How many sacred works have been composed through the centuries by people deeply imbued with the sense of the mystery! The faith of countless believers has been nourished by melodies flowing from the hearts of other believers, either introduced into the liturgy or used as an aid to dignified worship. In song, faith is experienced as vibrant joy, love, and confident expectation of the saving intervention of God. (Letter to Artists, John Paul II, n. 12)

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The Jubilee of Eastern Churches welcomes all the faithful and representatives of the Eastern Catholic Churches, with their patriarchs and metropolitans, to this special Jubilee event in Rome with will conclude with a special Liturgy organized by the Melkite Greek-Catholic Church, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Romanian Greek-Catholic Church, together with the other sui iuris Churches of the Byzantine Rite.

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Confraternities are Christian voluntary associations, often coordinated by lay women or lay men to promote charitable works, devotional life, or a particular mission in the Church. Well-known examples include the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Knights of Columbus, National Council of Catholic Women, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Order of Malta, and Knights of Peter Claver, among many others.

The active and engaged mission of the lay faithful are essential to the work of the Church. While each of us on our own are called to this missionary fervor, it is also helpful for members of the lay apostolate to come together under a common charism, history, purpose, or passion for charity, devotion, or spirituality. This synodal “journeying together” can thus enrich the cultures in which the laity find themselves.

Holy Companions for Confraternities and Associations

• Mary, Queen of the Apostles (can be celebrated at Pentecost), the Blessed Mother who joins in prayer with the Apostles in the Upper Room (the Cenacle) at Pentecost, where the outpouring of the Holy Spirit occurred, and the Church began her mission in the world (see Acts 2:1-47). 
• St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660, feast day September 27), patron of charities, volunteers, and hospitals and co-founder of the Congregation of the Mission (the Vincentians) and the Confraternity of Charity. A native of France, Vincent was a humble, compassionate priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor. 
• St. Vincent Pallotti (1795-1850, feast day January 22), founder of the Union of the Catholic Apostolate and the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (in 1835), who believed that all (ordained, consecrated, and lay alike) are called to be apostles, co-responsible for the Church’s mission.
• Bl. Michael McGivney (1852-1890, feast day August 13), founder of the Knights of Columbus (in 1882) and filled with a “zeal for the proclamation of the Gospel and generous concern for his brothers and sisters” that “made him an outstanding witness of Christian solidarity and fraternal assistance.” 

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In anticipation of the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly, set within a yearlong celebration of hope, we remember the words of Pope Francis to families in his exhortation, Amoris Laetitia (AL):   

The incarnation of the Word in a human family, in Nazareth, by its very newness changed the history of the world. We need to enter into the mystery of Jesus’ birth, into that “yes” given by Mary to the message of the angel, when the Word was conceived in her womb, as well as the “yes” of Joseph, who gave a name to Jesus and watched over Mary. (Amoris Laetitia, no. 65) 

Prayer for Families

We bless your name, O Lord, for sending your own incarnate Son, to become part of a family, so that, as he lived its life, he would experience its worries and its joys. We ask you, Lord, to protect and watch over this family, so that in the strength of your grace its members may enjoy prosperity, possess the priceless gift of your peace, and, as the Church alive in the home, bear witness in this world to your glory. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. 
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