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The faithful are encouraged to join Bishop Donald J. Hying for Mass at each of the six Jubilee pilgrimage sites throughout the Diocese of Madison in September and October as part of the Church’s 2025 Jubilee celebration.

Whether you travel to Rome or participate locally during the special celebration, God’s grace still flows to the faithful through his Church.

Jubilee, Holy Door, indulgence, bull of indiction, major basilica … Here’s a glossary of some of the key terms for the Great Jubilee of 2025.

The Vatican has detailed how to obtain plenary indulgences — removing temporal punishment for sin through Christ’s merits — during the 2025 Jubilee Year.

“We are called to proclaim from the housetops the Gospel of Life, to speak publicly as we are today,” said Bishop Donald J. Hying of Madison at the March for Life Wisconsin event held at the State Capitol in Madison on June 24. “That every single human life is sacred, made in the image and likeness of God to be respected, to be nurtured, and to be loved.”