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Ahead of the beginning of the Jubilee of Hope in 2025, the Dicastery for Evangelization is hosting various events, including concerts and exhibitions.
In a press conference, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, Pro-prefect of the Dicastery, outlined the itinerary for some of the upcoming events.
A series of concerts, starting on Nov. 3, will begin the countdown to the Jubilee. At 6 p.m. at the Conciliazione Auditorium, the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia will perform Dmitrij Dmiitrievič Šostakovič’s Symphony No. 5 in D Minor Op. 7.
The curator of concerts and exhibitions for the program, “Jubilee is Culture”, Dr. Davide Mambriani, described this concert as important. He says because the Academy “has a particular relationship with the Holy See and the papacy as it was founded in 1585 when Pope Sixtus V published the bull ‘Ratione congruit’, establishing the Congregation of Musicians.”
Another major event ahead of the Jubilee is the exhibition of various rare icons from the Vatican Museums. A set of 18 different icons were chosen from all around Eastern Europe, including Greece, Bulgaria, Ukraine, and Macedonia. Archbishop Fisichella says this exhibition is the “fruit of two years of working with experts.”
Gathering all these icons together is an expression of peace and fraternity, says Vatican Museums director, Barbara Jatta, as it shows “we are all bearers of the same message.” The icons will be on display in the Church of St. Agnes from Dec. 14 to Feb. 16.