PILGRIMAGE CHURCHES FOR JUBILEE 2025
For the benefit of all the faithful, Archbishop Damphousse has decreed that in the Archdiocese of Ottawa- Cornwall, the following four churches may be visited as a pilgrimage destination by the faithful to fulfill the requirements for the Jubilee indulgence: Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica 56 Guigues Avenue, Ottawa; St. Finnan’s Basilica Saint-Joseph Church 70 St. Paul Street, Alexandria; 2737 St-Joseph Boulevard, Orleans; St. Patrick’s Basilica | 281 Nepean Street, Ottawa. To read the full decree: 2025-09D-Pilgrimage_churches-Jubilee_2025.
Jubilee 2025 resources from the CCCB can be found here: https://www.cccb.ca/evangelization-catechesis-catholic-education/the-ordinary-jubilee-of-the-year-2025/
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS 2025
If you use a box of donation envelopes for your donations to the church, you are familiar with the special collection envelopes that are scattered through your box. For those who donate by other methods, here is a list of the special collections.
January 1 New Year’s Day
February 2 Heat
February 23 Poor and Needy
March 9 Diocesan & Missionary Works
April 6 Share Lent (Development & Peace)
April 18 Holy Land
April 20 Easter
May 4 Poor and Needy
May 11 Oblate Vocations
May 25 Pastoral Works of the Holy Father
June 15 Oblate Missions
September 28 Needs of the Canadian Church
October 19 Evangelization of the Nations (World Mission Sunday)
November 2 Heat
November 9 Oblate Missions
December 7 Christmas Offering for the Poor
December 25 Christmas Offering
Liturgical calendar Year C 2024-2025