02 Pilgrim Churches for Jubilee 2025

02 Pilgrim Churches for Jubilee 2025
By CBCP News

Most Rev. Pablo Virgilio S. David, D.D., Bishop of Kalookan, and current President of the CBCP.

For the Jubilee 2025, several churches across the Philippines are designated as destinations for pilgrims.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said these churches will serve as places of pilgrimage for the special “time of spiritual renewal and grace for the universal Church.”

“These sacred sites will offer the faithful an opportunity for deeper reflection, conversion, and the experience of God’s infinite mercy,” said Cardinal-elect Pablo Virgilio David, CBCP president. Jubilee pilgrimages also offer the faithful the chance to receive a plenary indulgence under the usual conditions: sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion, and prayer for the intentions of the Holy Father.

Pope Francis has urged pilgrimages to Rome, local churches andshrines in this holy year. He emphasized the blessings of pilgrimage and indicates that the Sacrament of Reconciliation is the starting point for such a journey.

Since many cannot travel to Rome for a pilgrimage, bishops worldwide designated their cathedrals and shrines as special places of prayer for pilgrims.

“These designated places will offer opportunities for reconciliation, indulgences, and other events intended to strengthen and revive faith,” said Msgr. Bernardo Pantin, CBCP secretary general. The Jubilee of Hope will officially open on Dec. 24, 2024, with the pope opening the “Holy Door” in St. Peter’s Basilica and presiding over a Mass.

 

Archdiocese of MANILA

National Shrines and Minor Basilicas in the Archdiocese of Manila:

 

Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Manila Cathedral) – Intramuros, Manila

National Shrine of Saint Jude Thaddeus (San Miguel, Manila)

Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno (Quaipo, Manila)

National Shrine of Saint Michael & the Archangels (San Miguel, Manila)

Minor Basilica of San Sebastian (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel) – Quiapo, Manila

 

Pilgrim Churches in the Diocese of San Fernando, La Union 

St. William the Hermit Cathedral (San Fernando)

Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Namacpacan (Luna)

Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Charity (Agoo)

Diocesan Shrine of Nuestra Señora Virgen Del Mar Cautiva (Sto. Tomas)

We twins were born at San Fernando, La Union belonging to this diocese. In 1980, Nila got married to Pacifico Argel from Vigan City so she belongs to the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia _ St. Paul’s Cathedral. 

 

The Jubilee Prayer 2025

Father in heaven,
may the faith you have given us
in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,
and the flame of charity enkindled
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
reawaken in us the blessed hope
for the coming of your Kingdom.

May your grace transform us
into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the
Gospel.
May those seeds transform from within
both humanity and the whole cosmos
in the sure expectation
of a new heaven and a new earth,
when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,
your glory will shine eternally.

May the grace of the Jubilee
reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
May that same grace spread
the joy and peace of our Redeemer
throughout the earth.
To you our God, eternally blessed,
be glory and praise for ever. Amen.