Dear brothers and sisters of the human family, peace be with you all!
We are about four thousand consecrated women and men, coming from every part of the world, and we have set out on our journey to celebrate together our jubilee, guided by a light—our motto: Pilgrims of hope, on the path of peace! We wish to reach you with this greeting before parting and returning to our lands. We do so with the confidence of those who know one another, who remember names and faces… for we meet in the squares, on the roads—sometimes dusty, sometimes muddy— of the most remote places, in offices, in markets, on public transport, in churches, in our children’s classrooms and those of catechism, in hospitals beside the bed of a sick person or behind the coffin of a loved one who has passed away. By choice, you find us where war rages, where nature rebels, and where dictatorships deny every kind of human right. We share with all of you the sufferings in life’s critical moments, as well as the joy of achievements and goals reached.
We entrust everything, with faith and gladness, in our prayer to God, who cares for us and enfolds us with His tenderness. On the day we said our “yes” to Jesus’ call to live according to the Gospel in this form of life, we promised to be a presence—sisters and brothers among all—ready to give life, to generate it, to accompany it, and to believe in its power beyond appearances. In these days we have crossed the Holy Door, in communion with our Pastor, Pope Leo XIV. The Jubilee is an opportunity to ask forgiveness for the times when we failed to be a presence of listening and care, when we closed our eyes and hearts. It is also an opportunity to rejoice and give thanks for the good given and received.
We are now ready to set out again with all of you: from here we go forth to proclaim peace with our lives, to build it together with all who nurture the desire for a fully human life, asking respect for the rights of all, beginning with the poorest, the exploited, and the invisible, and appealing to those who hold responsibility in civil society, so that over the logic of profit that crushes the small may prevail the care that helps every seed of life to blossom.
Mary, Mother of Jesus and of us all, be the model of how to build true peace according to God’s plan.
Rome, October 11th, 2025