Jubilee of Prisoners

PROGRAM
  
Event at Fraterna Domus in Sacrofano (Via Sacrofanese n.25 – Rome) organized by the General Inspectorate of Italian Prison Chaplains

Friday December 12:

       - 5.00 pm:  Welcome

       - 6:50 pm: In the Chapel, before the Celebration, presentation of Vatican Radio Podcast by Dr. Roberta Barbi: "The Relationship Between Pope Francis and the Prison World"

       - 7:00 pm: Mass presided over by Archbishop Gian Franco Saba, Military Ordinary for Italy

 

Saturday December 13th:

       - 9.00 am – 12.30 pm:

• Greetings and opening remarks by Dr. Stefano Carmine Di Michele, Head of the Penitentiary Administration Department
  
  
• Prayer for peace with testimonies, led by Monsignor Marco Gnavi , Parish Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome;
  
  
• Testimony on restorative justice featuring a victim of crime and a prisoner
  
  

       - 3:30 PM – 5:00 pm:

• Showing of ‘Pope Francis and the World of Prisons’ by TV 2000
• Testimony of a war correspondent
  
  

        - 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm: Celebration animated by the RNS choir

        - 7:00 pm: Eucharistic Adoration

Sunday December 14th:

        - 8:30 am: Pilgrimage to the Holy Door of St. Peter's

        - 10:30 am: Mass presided over by the Holy Father (St. Peter's Basilica)

Free tickets to attend the Eucharistic Celebration can be collected at the Jubilee 2025 Official Info Point (Via della Conciliazione 7 - 00193 Rome), on the days preceding the event.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE : October 12, 2025

 

Bishops and Priests who wish to concelebrate, and Deacons who wish to participate, will have to make reservations at the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff through the following link:

https://biglietti.liturgiepontificie.va/

Registrations will open only after the official publication of the calendar of celebrations presided over by the Holy Father.