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The celebration of the Jubilee is a journey, a gradual process over time. It is not an event or a happening.
It is a time of opening ourselves to the "divinizing light of God" (Prologue, Rule of St Benedict). As with all jubilees it is a time of taking stock, of penitence, of celebrating, and above all of springing into new life and hope. The Jubilee year of 2029 will be more launchpad than destination. This is why we continue our celebration, overflowing into 2030, and joining the worldwide Jubilee of the 2000th anniversary since Christ launched his mission.
The spiritual preparation follows the stages of St Benedict's life. Each year has a theme and a place of hope which is associated with it. We are using this time to contemplate the very roots of our Christian and monastic vocation.
Awaken In Norcia
Birthplace of St Benedict and St Scholastica (480 AD)
Benedictine focus
Family, Scholastica, gratitude and remembrance, baptism. Awakening to Christ's call (the Prologue).
Spiritual invitation
Begin the journey with joy and thanksgiving, and a spirit of penitence.
Listen in Rome
Place of formation for St Benedict (490–500 AD)
Benedictine focus
Youth, learning, courage, adventure, lectio divina. Listening to Christ's word.
Spiritual invitation
Listen deeply 'with the ear of the heart'.
Grow in Subiaco
Three years in a cave alone, then early years of community life (500–529 AD)
Benedictine focus
Dynamism, eremitical life, silence, struggle, conversion, departing. Christ in the desert.
Spiritual invitation
Embrace change, be prepared to leave.
Flourish In Montecassino
Mother of all monasteries, founded 529 AD. Where St Benedict wrote the Rule and died in 547 AD.
Benedictine focus
Perseverance, stability and humility. Community. The tools of good works. Balanced life. Christ the ideal of the monk
Spiritual invitation
Grow where you're planted. Stay faithful in tension. Embrace the cross.
Overflow
Benedictine focus
Mission, joy and transformation, obedience and discernment. Christ sending his disciples on mission (2,000 years since the start of Christ's mission).
Spiritual invitation
Celebrate the fruits of grace. Recommit with 'hearts enlarged'. Reach for the peripheries.
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Hope in Every Place
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How to take part
Go on Pilgrimage
Visit a Benedictine monastery near you or plan a longer journey. Order a Pilgrim Passport and collect stamps at each place of hope along the way.
Living stories
Read, watch, and listen to stories of Benedictine hope from monasteries around the world. Or share your own.
Host the Jubilee
If you are part of a Benedictine community, everything you need to welcome pilgrims, promote events, and create for the Jubilee is gathered in one place.
Come along
Jubilee events are being planned by communities across the world. Browse by region and find something near you.
Discover
Discover St Benedict, the Rule, and the living tradition that has shaped communities for fifteen centuries.
Support
Your generosity helps sustain the Jubilee and the communities at its heart. Every gift, however small, makes a difference.