Dear Sisters and Brothers in the Lord:
TO ALL PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS WORKING IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LAGOS, AND THE LAY FAITHFUL
- POPE’S INTENTION FOR DECEMBER 2024: For pilgrims of hope: That this Jubilee year strengthen our faith, helping us to recognize the Risen Christ in our daily lives, and that it may transform us into pilgrims of Christian hope.
- ARCHBISHOP’S INTENTION FOR DECEMBER 2024: Gratitude to God: We thank God for His blessings throughout this year. May He accept our praise and thanksgiving and be with us till the end of the year.
- JUBILEE YEAR 2025, “PILGRIMS OF HOPE”: As stated by Pope Francis in the Bull of Induction in Spes non Confundit, the Jubilee year will be begin with the opening of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve, 24th December 2024. Later, on 29th December, the Pope will open the Holy Door of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateram, the Cathedral of Rome. On the same day, every Cathedral and co- Cathedral throughout the world will have Mass celebrated by the local Bishop to mark the opening of the Jubilee. The jubilee year 2025, Pilgrims of Hope will be declared opened by our Archbishop in the Cathedral on Sunday 29th December 2024.