Jubilee Pilgrim Passports

In much the same way as the famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage has a passport that can be stamped along the way, you can get a Jubilee Pilgrim Passport from your Parish to commemorate the Jubilee Year. When visiting the Cathedral and the 3 Shrines of Hope, you can have your Passport stamped as a memorial of your time there. A “complete” passport is one where you have visited the Cathedral and each of the Jubilee Shrines of Hope across the Diocese, and had your passport stamped at each. 

Upon completing your passport, you can receive the Jubilee Local Pilgrim of Hope Certificate, which together with your stamped Passport forms a momento of your participation in this Holy Year.

When you go to get your stamp

When you go to get your stamp: don’t forget all the wonderful graces that are available “the Treasury of the Church” in this Jubilee Year! God has entrusted the Church with the amazing gift of “Indulgences” – these gifts of grace are there waiting for us, but it is up to each one of us to actively receive them. Generally to obtain an indulgence, some form of sacrifice of our time and attention is required, but it is such a tiny sacrifice compared to the marvelous graces we receive. Even the grace of a “partial indulgence” (see “About Indulgences” to understand what this is) is so beneficial, so very worth a small gift of our time and attention to the God who loved us into being.

When you go to get your stamp, well… not to put too fine a point on it… don’t just go to get the stamp! Let that stamp be a memorial for you of the fact that you went and made a small offering of your time and attention to our Lord!

How do the Broken Bay Pilgrim Passports work?

  1. Visit each of the four Diocesan Pilgrimage Sites and get your passport stamped before you leave
  2. Once you have all four sites stamped on your passport, get your Parish Secretary to record your name on the list of pilgrims from your parish who have completed the Pilgrimage
  3. At the end of each month, your Parish Secretary should send the list to mission@bbcatholic.org.au
  4. Certificates will be issued for all Pilgrims and sent back via their Parish.
  5. Your Parish’s number of completed pilgrimages will be added to their tally on the Diocesan Leaderboard!

 

Did you miss out on a Passport and/or a Prayer Resource Journal?

Due to popular demand (and we really had no idea just how popular these would be!) we have made downloadable versions of both the Pilgrim Passports, and the Jubilee Prayer & Resource Journal, so that you can print them up at home or Officeworks or somewhere similar.

  1. Jubilee Pilgrim Passport: self-fold downloadable version
  2. Jubilee Prayer & Resource Journal

Here are some ideas for getting the best result if printing these up for yourself:

Printing the Jubilee Pilgrim Passport:

We recommend printing on light, non-glossy card, but paper works just as well! Make sure you set your printer to print double-sided. Follow the folding directions and you’re all set!

Printing the Jubilee Prayer & Resource Journal:

  • We recommend setting your printer to print 2 sheets to a page, single-sided, and then cut the sheets out and stick into an A5 sized journal.
  • Photo corners (like these) are great for holding your passport in place, while allowing you to remove it each time you need to get it stamped!
  • You could also print them in A4 size and slip the pages into a display book folder… you really can choose your own adventure here – get creative!