The Most Reverend David J. Bonnar, Bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown, has released the following Decree Designating Sacred Jubilee Sites for 2025:
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In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Whereas, the Holy Father FRANCIS, BISHOP OF ROME, has decreed that the Holy Door of the Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican will be opened on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, inaugurating the ORDINARY JUBILEE of the YEAR 2025 with the theme Pilgrims of Hope (Spes non confundit, 6); and
Whereas, the Holy Father FRANCIS, has further decreed that each diocesan bishop throughout the Church is to solemnly open the HOLY YEAR in the local Church with the celebration of Holy Mass in the cathedral on Sunday, December 29, 2024 (ibid.); and
Whereas, the Holy Father FRANCIS, desires to set forth the Jubilee Indulgence as a gift for “discovering the unlimited nature of God’s mercy” (Spes non confundit, 23) as a special Jubilee grace and has directed the Apostolic Penitentiary to set forth nonns for obtaining the Jubilee Indulgence; and
Whereas, within said norms it is laid out that the diocesan bishop may establish SACRED JUBILEE SITES within his jurisdiction to which the faithful can undertake a pious pilgrimage or make a pious visit, which when completed along with the usual conditions, i.e. being “moved by a spirit of charity and… [being] purified through the sacrament of penance and refreshed by Holy Communion, pray for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff” (Decree on the Granting of Indulgence During the Ordinary Jubilee Year 2025), afford for obtaining a PLENARY INDULGENCE for oneself or a soul in Purgatory;
I, therefore,
DAVID J. BONNAR
BISHOP OF YOUNGSTOWN
hereby decree
on this Thirty-First Day of January 2025
that for the period of the ORDINARY JUBILEE of the YEAR 2025
the CATHEDRAL of ST. COLUMBA
in Youngstown, Ohio
OUR LADY of MOUNT CARMEL BASILICA
in Youngstown, Ohio
BASILICA of ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
in Canton, Ohio
POOR CLARE NUNS of PERPETUAL ADORATION
in Canton, Ohio
be designated as SACRED JUBILEE SITES
wherefrom the faithful through
DIVINE GRACE
will experience the hope offered from forgiveness and
“hearts and minds open to the need to forgive others in tum” (Spes non confundit, 23).
Signed:
Most Reverend David J. Bonnar, Bishop of Youngstown
Given at Youngstown, Ohio, this 31st day of January 2025
Joan Lawson, Chancellor
