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Year of St. Francis
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St. Francis and scenes from his life, 13th century, in Santa Croce, Florence.Year of St. FrancisJanuary 10, 2026 - January 10, 2027
His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has arranged that, from the January 10, 2026 to the January 10, 2027, the Year of St. Francis will be celebrated, during which all the Christian faithful are invited to follow the example of the Saint of Assisi, becoming models of holiness of life and constant witnesses of peace. The Apostolic Penitentiary grants the plenary indulgence under the usual conditions to those who participate devoutly in this extraordinary jubilee, which represents an ideal continuation of the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025.
This Jubilee Year is addressed especially to members of the Franciscan Families of the First, Second and Third Regular and Secular Orders, as well as to Institutes of Consecrated Life, Societies of Apostolic Life and Associations that observe the Rule of St. Francis or are inspired by its spirituality. However, the grace of this special year is also extended to all the faithful without distinction who, with their spirits removed from sin, visit in the form of a pilgrimage any Franciscan conventual church or place of worship dedicated to St. Francis in any part of the world.Pilgrim Site
In the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, the designated pilgrim site is:
St. Francis of Assisi Church, Houston
5102 Dabney St. Houston, TX 77026-3015
713-672-7773
stfrancisofhouston.org
The elderly, the sick and those who for serious reasons cannot leave home will also be able to obtain the plenary indulgence by spiritually joining the Jubilee celebrations and offering their prayers, pains or sufferings to God.
In this time of celebration that culminates eight hundred years of Franciscan memory, we cordially invite all the faithful to take an active part in this exceptional Jubilee. May the shining example of St. Francis, who knew how to make himself poor and humble in order to be true alter Christus on earth, inspire our hearts to live with authentic Christian charity towards our neighbor and with sincere longings for concord and peace among peoples. Following in the footsteps of the Poverello of Assisi, let us transform the hope that made us pilgrims during the Holy Year into fervor and zeal of effective charity. May this Year of St Francis be for each one of us a providential occasion for sanctification and evangelical witness in the contemporary world, for the glory of God and the good of the whole Church.
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Conditions for receiving the Indulgence
(for oneself or for the deceased)- Sacramental confession to be in God's grace (in the eight days before or after);
- Participation in Mass and Eucharistic Communion;
- To visit in the form of a pilgrimage any Franciscan conventual church or place of worship dedicated to St. Francis anywhere in the world, where one renews one's profession of faith, through the recitation of the Creed, to reaffirm one's Christian identity;
- The recitation of the Lord's Prayer, to reaffirm the dignity of children of God, received in Baptism;
- To pray for the intentions of the Holy Father, to reaffirm belonging to the Church, whose foundation and visible center of unity is the Roman Pontiff;
We publish the prayer that Pope Leo delivered to the Ministers General of the Conference of the Franciscan Family on the occasion of the opening of the 8th Centenary of the Transitus of St. Francis.
A prayer “that Saint Francis of Assisi may continue to instill in all of us perfect joy and harmony,” as his Letter reads.St. Francis, our brother, you who eight hundred years agowent to meet Sister Death as a man at peace,intercede for us before the Lord.You recognized true peace in the Crucifix of San Damiano,teach us to seek in Him the source of all reconciliationthat breaks down every wall.You who, unarmed, crossed the lines of warand misunderstanding,give us the courage to build bridgeswhere the world raises up boundaries.In this time afflicted by conflict and division,intercede for us so that we may become peacemakers:unarmed and disarming witnesses of the peace that comes from Christ.Amen
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