Welcome to Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope
Let us join Pope Francis in prayer and live our lives as “Pilgrims of Hope.”
This year’s Simbang Gabi in our parish kicks off two significant events:
- First, the 9-day of Simbang Gabi masses, which will end on December 24th, will lead us to Pope Francis’ opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome to mark the beginning of the year-long celebration of the 2025 Jubilee of the Universal Church which happens every 25 years. The theme of this year’s jubilee is that we are,
“Pilgrims of Hope.”
- Second, the 9-day of Simbang Gabi masses will start our nine-month preparations for the 55th-year Anniversary of our Saint Augustine Parish. Plans are underway to celebrate this momentous event with themes of gratitude and hope leading to our Parish Fiesta in August 2025.
Cardinals and bishops attend vespers after the proclamation of the papal bull “Spes Non Confudit,” meaning “Hope Does Not Disappoint,” at the Vatican on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Hope Does Not Disappoint
The Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee was officially proclaimed on Thursday, May 9, 2024 by Pope Francis, who presided over a formal reading of the Jubilee’s papal bull of indiction.
The papal bull, titled “Spes Non Confudit,” meaning “Hope Does Not Disappoint,” declares that the Jubilee Year will officially begin with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve 2024.
Monthly Activities and Special Intentions
The Jubilee Year will offer the faithful opportunities to participate in various jubilee events and activities here at St. Augustine. The great tradition of opening the Holy Door will begin when Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica on December 24, 2024. Other holy doors will be opened at the Rome basilicas of St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major and St. Paul Outside the Walls.
For pilgrims who cannot travel to Rome, bishops around the world are expected to designate their cathedrals or a popular Catholic shrine as special places of prayer for Holy Year pilgrims, offering opportunities for reconciliation, indulgences and other events intended to strengthen and revive faith. We are in the process of planning local pilgrimages in our area and will finalize our plans once the list of designated churches are announced by the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
Here at SAC, we will also be inviting parishioners each month (along with their friends and family members) from different professions and/or walks of life, to celebrate, recognize and pray for each of them.
Please stay tuned for updates and monthly invitations from our Pastor!
JANUARY
This month is dedicated to creating awareness with the parishioners in the pews by introducing the meaning of jubilee, its components such as pilgrimages, holy doors, plenary indulgences. The faithful will be encouraged to actively participate in the various upcoming SAC-Jubilee activities.
January will focus efforts on:
(1) parish registration/updating contact info,
(2) subscription to weekly Flocknote.
And (3)Parish volunteer sign-up.
FEBRUARY
This month will be dedicated to Journeying with the Sick (at home or in hospital), the Homebound, the Elderly (frequently feel lonely and abandoned), and their Caregivers. It will be a month of introducing ways to bring the Church to our brothers and sisters who can no longer come to Church for worship. Please check the flyer on the celebration of the World Day of Prayer for the Sick at SAC.
A Great Symphony of Prayer
Pope Francis has asked that the year 2024 be dedicated to a
"great symphony of prayer"
as the Church prepares for the Jubilee of 2025. The Jubilee prayer can be found below.
Additional information about Jubilee events and materials can be found in the Calendar of Events at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) site (link below) and on the Vatican website
here. As information becomes available for parish activities and specific initiatives of the USCCB, that information will be available on this page.
Join our Jubilee Pilgrimage of Hope from May 18 to June 1, 2025
15 Days
Italy & Switzerland
Enter the 4 Holy Doors in Rome
Gain Plenary Indulgence
OUR VISION
Saint Augustine Parish is a worshiping community that enthusiastically manifests faith through action, with open arms for all of God's children.
OUR MISSION
We live God's Word and continue His Work.
STEWARDSHIP
The grateful response of a Christian disciple who recognizes, receives and cultivates God’s gifts, and generously shares these gifts in love of God and neighbor.
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