St Augustine's Catholic Primary School

What is the Jubilee?

• A Jubilee is a significant moment in the life of the Church that happens every 25 years.
• Biblically, the Jubilee is a time of renewal, celebration, rest and freedom.
• In Old Testament times, debts were cancelled, prisoners and enslaved people were freed, and even the land was able to rest.
• Pope Francis has called this Jubilee Year ‘Pilgrims of Hope’. It’s an invitation to renew our hope, a hope which comes from knowing that God loves each one of us, whoever we are.
• He has asked us to be signs of hope for others, by putting Catholic Social Teaching into action through caring for our common home, and supporting our sisters and brothers who are experiencing war, hunger or poverty.