PRESS RELEASE
JUBILEE OF CONSECRATED LIFE
From 8 to 12 October, initiatives of the Dicastery for Evangelization and the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life
(Vatican City, 7 October 2025) – On Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 October the Jubilee of Consecrated Life will be held in Rome, with the participation of over sixteen thousand pilgrims, including men and women religious, monks and contemplatives, members of secular institutes and of the Ordo virginum, hermits, and members of the “New Forms” of consecrated life. Approximately one hundred countries will be represented at the Jubilee, organized in collaboration with the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life, including delegations from Italy, Poland, France, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Croatia, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, El Salvador, the Philippines, India, South Korea, Indonesia, Nigeria and Congo.
The Jubilee event will begin on Wednesday 8 October with some events in which everyone can participate: the pilgrimage to the Holy Doors, between 13.00 and 17.00, which each person can live in a personal way. Subsequently, at 19.00, a prayer vigil will be held, presided over by Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B., pro-prefect of the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, in Saint Peter’s Basilica. On Thursday 9 October, at 10.30, Mass will be held for everyone in Saint Peter’s Square, presided over by Pope Leo XIV.
Another event in which everyone is invited to participate is that of the Dialogues with the city, to be held in the evening of 9 October, in various squares in Rome: in Piazza dei Mirti, the meeting on the theme “Commitment towards the ‘last’ – Hearing the cry of the poor”; in Piazza Don Bosco the meeting “Care and stewardship of creation – Protection of the environment”, and in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele the meeting “Universal fraternity – Solidarity”.
From the afternoon of Thursday 9 October, there will be several initiatives organized by the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life for the four thousand pilgrims accredited to these events.
From 15.00 to 17.30, meetings will take place for reflection, divided according to form of consecrated life: in the Paul VI Hall for the religious institutes, at the Pontifical Urbaniana University for the contemplative institutes, at the University of the Holy Cross for the secular institutes, in the New Synod Hall for the members of the Ordo virginum, in the Hall of the General Curia of the Jesuits for the “New Forms” of consecrated life, and at the headquarters of the UISG for the Societies of Apostolic Life.
The Jubilee event will continue on Friday 10 October with a morning of listening and reflection on the theme of “Hope”, from 8.00 to 12.00 in the Paul VI Hall, with the Eucharistic celebration, the intervention of Fr. Giacomo Costa S.J., consultor of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, and the meeting with the Holy Father. From 15.30 to 1830 it will be possible to participate in a “Spiritual conversation”, again divided according to the form of life, in the same places as the events of Thursday 6 October. In the evening, from 20.00 to 21.00, there will be a moment of prayer in the city, open to all, in various languages, presented by consecrated men and women: in Italian in the church of Santa Maria in Via, in English in the church of San Silvestro, in French in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi, in Portuguese in the church of Sant’Andrea della Valle, and in Spanish in the Basilica of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva.
On Saturday 11 October, there will be a meeting at 8.00 in the Paul VI Hall on the theme of “Peace” for accredited participants. After Mass, there will be an intervention by Sr. Teresa Maya, CCVI, former president of the Conference of Major Superiors LCWR. Then, after lunch offered by the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, from 14.30 to 17.00 workshops will be held, again in the Paul VI Hall, on mediation and conflict management skills, organized by the team led by Fr. David McCallum, S.J., director of the Discerning Leadership Program and member of the Methodological Commission of the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops. The Jubilee will conclude with a moment of prayer in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls, open to all, from 19.00 to 21.00, including passage through the Holy Door.
On Sunday 12 October, the pilgrims will participate in Holy Mass in Saint Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality.
PRESS OFFICE – JUBILEE 2025
Dicastery for Evangelization
Section for Fundamental Questions regarding Evangelization in the World
press@iubilaeum2025.va
PRESS OFFICE
Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life
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