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As preparations continue for the Holy Year, the Dicastery for Evangelization presents the official Jubilee Calendar, website and app and announces the winner of the Competition for the official Jubilee Hymn.
By Lisa Zengarini
The Holy Year 2025 is approaching and preparations are
well underway.
At a press conference held on Tuesday in the Holy See
Press Office, officials of the Section for Fundamental Questions regarding
Evangelization in the World of the Dicastery for Evangelization detailed the
several projects envisioned and the preparatory work achieved so far.
Speaking at the conference, Archbishop Rino
Fisichella, the Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery’s Section in charge of
coordinating the Vatican’s efforts for the event, said that preparations
are proceeding at full speed and are progressing significantly.
Besides starting a series of operational meetings with
the Italian government and authorities of the Lazio Region, and the City of
Rome to discuss the realization of the infrastructure needed to facilitate the
reception of the millions of pilgrims expected to visit the Eternal City in
2025, over the past year the Vatican Dicastery has set up four Commissions and
a Technical Committee to support it in outlining the general programme.
Official Logo of Jubilee unveiled
Four Commissions
These include a Pastoral Commission, a working group
composed of representatives of each Dicastery of the Roman Curia and pastoral
contact persons of some ecclesial entities, and whose purpose is to promote
preparatory initiatives particularly in the local Churches.
Also, a Cultural Commission has been established to
help promote and coordinate cultural activities including exhibitions, concerts
and performances, which will accompany and enrich the pilgrims’ spiritual
experience.
El Greco exhibition in the Vatican
These activities will kick off in September with an
exhibition in the Vatican of three masterpieces of Spanish Renaissance artist
El Greco: The Baptism of Christ, Christ Carrying the Cross, and Christ
Blessing. This first "symbolic event" , said Archbishop
Fisichella, will help visitors reflect on the of "Hope in Christ,"
which is the theme underlining the 2025 Jubilee, whose motto is “Pilgrims of
Hope”.
Also included in the Jubilee preparatory initiatives
is the traditional exhibition "100 Nativity Scenes in the Vatican", a
popular annual event held in Rome during the Christmas season in which creches
from across the globe are displayed.
The information and communication work of the
Dicastery will be supported by a Communications Commission bringing
together journalists from various newspapers, academics, and new media experts,
while an Ecumenical Commission will provide, not only support for
inter-religious dialogue on the central theme of Hope, but will also contribute
with the Dicastery to the organization of the celebrations for the 17th
centenary anniversary of the historic Council of Nicaea, the first
Christological Council in Church history, which also falls in 2025.
One further goal achieved over the past months has
been the involvement in the Vatican’s Jubilee preparation projects of Dioceses
from all around the world. The Dicastery, said Archbishop Fisichella, has
already met with the 212 delegates of the Italian dioceses and the 90
representatives of Bishops' Conferences.
Publication and translation of "Council
Notebooks”
Following a request by Pope Francis that 2023 be
dedicated to the “rediscovery” of the four Constitutions of the Second Vatican
Council on the occasion of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of its
opening, the Dicastery has published the "Council Notebooks”, a series of
35 small volumes, on the contents of the Dei Verbum, Sacrosanctum Concilium,
Lumen Gentium and Gaudium et Spes.
The "Notebooks" have already been translated
into Spanish by the Bishops' Conference of Spain under the title
"Cuadernos del Concilio," and are also being translated by the
Mexican, Brazilian, Czech Bishops’ Conferences and in India into English.
In view of 2024, which Pope Francis has asked to
dedicate to prayer, the Dicastery is also studying the possibility of setting
up a "School of Prayer," and plans to publish a series of resources
titled "Notes on Prayer," aimed at encouraging the faithful to
rediscover the value of prayer sustained by the great Christian tradition.
Competition for Jubilee 2025 Hymn kicks off
Winner of the Competition for the official Jubilee
Hymn
During the press conference, the Vatican Pro-Prefect
also announced that the Dicastery has selected the winner of the Competition
for the official Jubilee Hymn. His name is Maestro Francesco Meneghello,
from Mantua, Italy, who is to set to music the text by Italian theologian and
musicologist Pierangelo Sequeri.
The Calendar of the Holy Year and Jubilee website
One of the highlights of the conference was the
presentation of the Calendar of the Holy Year, though for the moment it
only covers major jubilee events (Jubilee of young people, movements,
confraternities, catechists, the world of work, schools). It will be gradually
updated as the Jubilee year approaches.
Visitors will be able to ask information on the
Jubilee Year, at a Pilgrims Center - Info Point to be inaugurated on June
1 in the premises of Via della Conciliazion, 7 in front of st.Peters’
Basilica .
As from 10 May information can also be found on the
Jubilee website www.iubilaeum2025.va .
The new portal, explained Monsignor Graham Bell, the
Dicastery’s Section undersecretar is available in 9 languages and already
presents some of the most important content for learning about the Jubilee
event, including information on the Holy Door of St. Peter's and the
other Roman Basilicas. News will be updated daily and, starting in September
this year, pilgrims will be able to register for the Jubilee events and the
pilgrimage to the Holy Door.
The “Pilgrim Card"
From that date the Pilgrim's Zone, the personal page
accessed after registering, will be active. Upon registration, after entering
the required data, pilgrims will receive the “Pilgrim Card" in digital
version, with a personal Qr code needed to access Jubilee events and to
organize the pilgrimage to the Holy Door. The use will be intended not only for
individuals, but also for groups.
The Jubilee App
Also, from September social media pages and the new
Jubilee App, iubilaeum2025, be officially active and accessible. The app, which
will be downloadable for iOs and Android, will allow users to access all the
news already on the website, but also make it easier and faster to register for
Jubilee events, with the option of receiving personalized information.
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