Diocese of Lubbock to celebrate Mass opening Jubilee Year

LUBBOCK- All people of good will are invited to join Most Rev. Robert M. Coerver, Bishop of Lubbock, who will celebrate the opening of the Jubilee Year with Mass at Christ the King Cathedral on Sunday, December 29 at 1:30 p.m.

The year will offer opportunities to participate in various jubilee events at the Vatican and in dioceses. Pope Francis will open the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica on December 24. Other holy doors will be opened at the Rome basilicas of St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major and St. Paul Outside the Walls.

For pilgrims who cannot travel to Rome, bishops around the world are expected to designate their cathedrals or a popular Catholic shrine as special places of prayer for Holy Year pilgrims, offering opportunities for reconciliation, indulgences and other events intended to strengthen and revive faith.

“The forthcoming Jubilee can contribute greatly to restoring a climate of hope and trust as a prelude to the renewal and rebirth that we so urgently desire..."

The Diocese of Lubbock’s Jubilee Year Opening Mass will include the presentation of pilgrim crosses to be put in place at five churches in the deaneries of the Diocese of Lubbock: Immaculate Conception Church in Muleshoe; St. Ann Church in Morton: St. John Church in Hermleigh; and St. Clare Church and Christ the King Cathedral in Lubbock.

Dioceses of Lubbock Jubilee Year celebrations will include – already scheduled events— a pilgrimage with Bishop Coerver to the Shrines of Italy, and the November 1, 2025, Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee Conference.

Diocese of Lubbock Pilgrim Churches:

  • Immaculate Conception Church in Muleshoe
  • St. Ann Church in Morton
  • St. John Church in Hermleigh
  • St. Clare Church in Lubbock
  • Christ the King Cathedral in Lubbock

"We must fan the flame of hope that has been given us and help everyone to gain new strength and certainty by looking to the future with an open spirit, a trusting heart and far-sighted vision,” Pope Francis stated in his February 2022 letter announcing the Jubilee 2025. “The forthcoming Jubilee can contribute greatly to restoring a climate of hope and trust as a prelude to the renewal and rebirth that we so urgently desire..."

Additional information about Jubilee events and materials can be found – as they are announced — on the diocesan online calendar.

More information on the Jubilee Year: