SPECIAL JUBILEE YEAR OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

Following the conclusion of the Ordinary Jubilee Year of 2025, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV established a special Jubilee Year of St. Francis, from 10 January 20-26 to 10 January 2027 to commemorate 800 years of his birth into eternal life.

We pray that this will be a time of abounding blessings in which “we are all called to become saints in the contemporary world, following the example of the Seraphic Patriarch.”

A number of sacred places of worship are either named after St. Francis of Assisi or are currently minister by Franciscans. We encourage Catholics to visit these pilgrimage churches for pious meditation:

Northern Region:

St. Francis Centre, Orangeville

St. Francis of Assisi Mission, Washago

St. Peter’s Parish, Woodbridge

Central Region:

Immaculate Conception, Toronto

St. Bonaventure, Toronto

St. Francis of Assisi, Toronto

Western Region:

Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Toronto

St. Francis of Assisi, Mississauga

St. Jane Frances, North York

St. Philip Neri, North York

To learn more about Jubilee: https://www.archtoronto.org/en/outreach/news/archdiocesan/celebrating-the-special-jubilee-year-of-st.-francis/