CAFOD's Message in the
Jubilee Year
2025 is a Year of Jubilee! Traditionally a time of renewal, freedom and celebration: Debts were cancelled, people and the land could rest, prisoners and slaves freed, and land redistributed fairly, a year of the Lord’s favour. In Luke, Jesus read from the prophet Isaiah.
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.”
Jesus makes clear his mission to bring the justice and freedom of the Jubilee, and we are called to share in it. This is at the heart of all CAFOD does.
During this Jubilee Year CAFOD is challenging Parishes to join with their mission in 5 ways.
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1. Make a Jubilee Pledge – Share the newsletter announcement and invite parishioners to make a monthly donation to share hope with communities around the world in the Year of Jubilee. Download the newsletter announcement HERE
2. Discover the Jubilee Icon – commissioned from a former student of a college supported by CAFOD, the icon interprets Jesus’ teaching in the temple from Luke4 and is a gift for the Catholic community of England and Wales to celebrate the Jubilee. Share the icon with your parish by downloading our Jubilee poster HERE
3. Pray with us – sign up to receive the weekly Gospel reflections for ways to give, act and pray with CAFOD in the Jubilee year. Click HERE to sign up to Gospel reflections
4. Be a pilgrim of hope – Join the National Pilgrimage of Hope or organise your own pilgrimage and walk with CAFOD to build a better world. For more information click HERE
5. Jubilee reflection Guide – over four sessions, on your own or in a group, reflect on the meaning of the Jubilee Year and how it calls us to renew our faith and commit to building a fairer world. Download you copy HERE