Indulgences

What is a Jubilee Year?

A Jubilee Year is a special time in the Church’s tradition encouraging holiness through acts of reconciliation and communion with our brothers and sisters. Year 2025 will be marked by special opportunities for grace through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, local pilgrimages and the Jubilee Indulgence. The theme is “Pilgrims of Hope”.
Pilgrimage Sites in Western Oregon
One of the most important observances of a Jubilee Year is a pilgrimage, recalling the need for silence and recollection, forming friendships with fellow travelers, and seeking Christ, the way and the gateway to eternal life. Knowing that very few of us can travel to Rome to pass through the jubilee’s Holy Doors, Archbishop Sample has designated 10 pilgrimage sites throughout the Archdiocese, where the faithful can pray and unite spiritually with all pilgrims.

PILGRIMAGE INDULGENCE FOR THE 2025 JUBILEE

What is a Plenary Indulgence?
A plenary indulgence is a special gift from Christ’s Church that completely removes the temporary consequences of sins already forgiven in confession. These consequences are often called the temporal punishment due to sin, which is purified in purgatory. A plenary indulgence can help us or the souls in purgatory on the journey to heaven.
The Church has the authority to grant indulgences through Christ's power to bind and lose sins (Matthew 16:19). This authority allows the Church to share the grace of Christ’s sacrifice and the merits of the saints with the faithful. During the Jubilee Year 2025, you have a unique chance to receive this grace through pilgrimage, prayer, and fulfilling a few important steps outlined by the Church.

How to Obtain a Plenary Indulgence during the Jubilee Year 2025
The Archdiocese of Portland invites the faithful to embrace the Jubilee Year of Hope by seeking a plenary indulgence through pilgrimage and prayer. Here’s how:

Fulfill the Following Conditions
Be in a state of grace.
Have complete detachment from sin, even venial sin.
Make a sacramental confession within 20 days.
Receive Holy Communion.
Pray for the Pope’s intentions (e.g., say an Our Father and a Hail Mary).

Special Provisions for the Jubilee Year 2025
You may obtain a plenary indulgence twice in one day if you receive Holy Communion a second time during a Eucharistic celebration and apply it to the souls in purgatory. The Jubilee Year began on December 24, 2024, and will conclude on January 6, 2026.

Make a Pilgrimage
Visit one of the 10 pilgrimage sites in western Oregon designated by Archbishop Alexander Sample:

1. St. Mary's Cathedral, Portland
2. The Grotto, Portland
3. Holy Rosary, Portland
4. Our Lady of Lavang, Happy Valley
5. St. Paul, St. Paul
6. St. Vincent de Paul, Salem
7. St. Alice, Springfield
8. Shepherd of the Valley, Central Point
9. Sacred Heart, Newport
10. St. Monica, Coosbay