The Jubilee Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis will open Dec. 8. In the Archdiocese of Cincinnati the year will be celebrated with pilgrimages and other observances. The Catholic Telegraph and TheCatholicTelegraph.com will have updated information on the celebrations each month through the end of the jubilee year in November of 2016.

Below are the pilgrimage sites throughout the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

Cincinnati Locations:

Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains 

325 W. Eighth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513-421-5354
Website: www.stpeterinchainscathedral.org
Ritual for Opening the Holy Door of Mercy: Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Mass, Archbishop Dennis Schnurr, presider

St. Leo the Great Church 

1835 Baltimore Avenue
Cincinnati (North Fairmont), OH 45225
Phone: 513-921-1044
Website: www.saint-leo.org
Ritual for Opening the Holy Door of Mercy: Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. Mass

Monastery of St. Clare 

1505 Miles Road
Cincinnati, OH 45231
Phone: 513-825-7177
Website: www.poorclarescincinnati.org
Ritual for Opening the Holy Door of Mercy:  Sunday, December 13, 2015 before 9:00 a.m. Mass

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Dayton Locations:

St. Helen Church  
5100 Burkhardt Road
Dayton, OH 45431
Phone: 937-254-6233
Website: www.sthelenparish.org 
Ritual for Opening the Holy Door of Mercy:  10:30 Mass on Sunday, December 13, 2015

St. Mary Church

310 Allen Street (office)
Corner of Xenia Avenue & Allen Street (church)
Dayton, OH 45410
Phone: 937-256-5633
Website: www.stmarydayton.org
Ritual for Opening the Holy Door of Mercy:  Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 9:45 a.m. Mass

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Northern Area Locations:

Holy Angels Church 

324 South Ohio Avenue (office)
Corner of Main and Water Street (church)
Sidney, OH 45365
Phone: 937-498-2307
Website: www.holyangelssidney.com 
Ritual for Opening the Holy Door of Mercy:   Sunday, December 13, 2015 at the 12:00 Noon Mass

Maria Stein Shrine of Holy Relics 

2291 St. Johns Road
Maria Stein, OH 45860
Phone: 419-925-4532
Website: www.mariasteinshrine.org
Ritual for Opening the Holy Door of Mercy and Mass:  Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 1:00 p.m., Bishop Joseph Binzer, presider

This listing first appeared in the December 2015 print edition of The Catholic Telegraph.