Church Documents: Holy Years

This is a collection of links to English translations of Church documents relating to Holy Years and Jubilees found on-line. It is part of my Church Documents project.
Holy Years
5/5/1749: Peregrinantes by Pope Benedict XIV
Encyclical: Proclaiming a Holy Year for 1750

6/26/1749: Apostolica Constitutio by Pope Benedict XIV
Encyclical: On Preparation for the Holy Year

9/8/1953: Fulgens Corona by Ven. Pope Pius XII
Encyclical: Proclaiming a Marian Year to Commemorate the Centenary of the Definition of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception

6/30/1968: Solemni Hac Liturgia by Pope Paul VI
Motu Proprio: Credo of the People of God [Closing the Year of Faith]

3/31/1985: Dilecit Amici by Pope Bl. John Paul II
Apostolic Letter: On the Occasion of International Youth Year

4/3/1987: Orientations and Proposals for the Celebration of the Marian Year 1987-1988 by the Congregation for Divine Worship

10/08/2004: Mane Nobiscum Domine by Pope Bl. John Paul II
Apostolic Letter: For the Year of the Eucharist [October 2004-October 2005]

10/15/2004: The Year of the Eucharist: Suggestions and Proposals by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

10/11/2011: Porta Fidei by Pope Benedict XVI
Motu Proprio: For the Indiction of the Year of Faith
1/6/2012: Note with Pastoral Recommendations for the Year of Faith by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Jubilees  
1/12/1769: Cum Summi by Pope Clement XIV
Encyclical: Proclaiming a Universal Jubilee

12/12/1769: Inscrutabili Divinae Sapientiae by Pope Clement XIV
Encyclical: Proclaiming a Universal Jubilee

4/30/1774: Salutis Nostrae by Pope Clement XIV
Encyclical: Proclaiming a Universal Jubilee

5/24/1824: Quod Hoc Ineunte by Pope Leo XII
Encyclical: Proclaiming a Universal Jubilee

12/25/1825: Charitate Christi by Pope Leo XII
Encyclical: Extending Jubilee to the Entire Church

11/21/1851: Exultavit Cor Nostrum by Pope Bl. Pius IX
Encyclical: On the Effects of the Jubilee

12/24/1874: Gravibus Ecclesiae by Pope Bl. Pius IX
Encyclical: Proclaiming a Jubilee for 1875

12/22/1885: Quod auctoritate by Pope Leo XIII
Encyclical: Proclaiming an Extraordinary Jubilee5/9/1975: Gaudete in Domino by Pope Paul VI
Apostolic Exhortation: On Christian Joy [Jubilee of 1975]
Great Jubilee of 2000

11/10/1994: Tertio Millennio Adveniente by Pope Bl. John Paul II
Apostolic Letter: On Preparation for the Jubilee of the Year 2000

11/29/1998: Incarnationis Mysterium by Pope Bl. John Paul II
Apostolic Letter (Bull?): Bull of Indiction of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000

1/6/2001: Novo Millennio Ineunte by Pope Bl. John Paul II
Apostolic Letter: At the Close of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000

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