Plenary Indulgence

The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has granted the favor of a plenary indulgence on the occasion of our diocesan Golden Jubilee. The indulgence is granted to any member of the faithful who “visit the Cathedral Church of Saint Thomas More on pilgrimage and there devoutly attend the sacred Jubilee celebrations, or at least for a suitable period of time offer prayers to God for the fidelity of the United States of America to its Christian calling, for the obtaining of priestly and religious vocations and for the institution of the human family to be defended.”

Diocesan Jubilee Festival

Saturday, June 8, 2024

Join Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, family and friends from across the Diocese of Arlington as we celebrate our Golden Jubilee together.

Warren County Fairgrounds, 26 Fairground Road, Front Royal, VA 22630. 

Diocesan Jubilee Pilgrimage

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Join us for the Diocesan Jubilee Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington DC, on Oct. 5, 2024, His Eminence Cardinal Christophe Pierre, Papal Nuncio to the Holy Father, presides.

Solemn vespers and Eucharistic adoration inaugurate the Golden Jubilee Year

Anna Harvey | Arlington Catholic Herald

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated Solemn Vespers with Exposition and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament Inaugurating the Diocesan Golden Jubilee Year Nov. 26, on the solemnity of Christ the King.

In his homily, Bishop Burbidge described the two preparatory years preceding the jubilee year, with the themes “Remember” and “Rejoice.” The jubilee year’s theme “Renew” invites all to participate in the new evangelization, he said.