"and hope does not disappoint..."

- Romans 5:5

We are excited to celebrate 2025 as a Jubilee Year in the Catholic Church with the theme Pilgrims of Hope! This Year of Jubilee offers additional opportunities for spiritual growth and sharing of the Good News of Jesus Christ.  Several of these opportunities include an offering of plenary indulgences. Archbishop Naumann invites you to prayerfully consider how you (and your family) may engage in these opportunities through 2025 to celebrate the Year of Jubilee. 

The Catholic Church celebrates a Jubilee Year every 25 years, offering unique opportunities to receive special graces. This event is celebrated both in Rome and in our local dioceses in communion with the universal Catholic Church. Rome’s holy doors are opened, specific feast days are celebrated in Rome and numerous pilgrimages are offered to gather Catholics. Locally, we invite you to consider how you can be involved; a pilgrimage to our Cathedral of St. Peter is a wonderful way to receive grace and indulgences. 

The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas highlights these local opportunities to grow as missionary disciples, strengthen marriages and families, and to engage as Pilgrims of Hope in this 2025 Jubilee. Please check this page throughout the year as additional opportunities are anticipated!

"We must fan the flame of hope that has been given us and help everyone to gain new strength and certainty by looking to the future with an open spirit, a trusting heart and far-sighted vision. The forthcoming Jubilee can contribute greatly to restoring a climate of hope and trust as a prelude to the renewal and rebirth that we so urgently desire..."

Pope Francis - February 2022 letter announcing the Jubilee 2025

Local Opportunities

ArchKCK highlights these local opportunities to grow as missionary disciples, strengthen marriages and families,
and to engage as Pilgrims of Hope in this 2025 Jubilee.

Archdiocesan Holy Doors

Archdiocesan Holy Doors

Participate in the Jubilee Celebration by making a pilgrimage to the Cathedral of St. Peter and walk through the Archdiocesan Holy Door. Cathedral schedule and details on the indulgence opportunity for Cathedral visits can be found below:
Cathedral Schedule

Walk with One Movement

Walk with One Initiative

We are all called to evangelize, and thanks to the gift of the Holy Spirit, we can respond to the Lord who is asking each of us to step out of our comfort zone and evangelize one-on-one. Further details on the indulgence opportunity for this formation as a missionary disciple can be found below:
About Walk with One

Evangelization 101 Series

Evangelization 101 Series

This high-quality video series is designed to equip and empower individuals and parish groups with the practical tools and strategies needed to spread the Gospel within their unique spheres of influence. Each of these videos speaks to one of the five essential elements of effective evangelization. Further details on the indulgence opportunity for this formation as a missionary disciple can be found below:
Evangelization 101 Series

Dilexit Nos

Dilexit Nos

In October of 2024, Pope Francis released the encyclical letter Dilexit Nos: On the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ. Please read or listen to this encyclical (button below), maybe with your spouse and/or family, pondering together the great love that Christ has for all of his children. Explore opportunities to reverence His Sacred Heart in your life, home, and community. This may include personal/group study of Dilexit Nos (coming) or personal home enthronement (example below). Click below for more details on the indulgence opportunity for this study of Dilexit Nos.
More About Dilexit Nos

Acts of Mercy

Acts of Mercy

Pope Francis is offering Jubilee indulgences in conjunction with calling us to be Jesus's hands and feet and to flood our community with his sacred heart in the areas of mercy, justice and advocacy. ArchKCK recently hosted a Mercy Summit for priests and parish leaders to explore life on mission and to unite an active community of prayer and action to live as local Missionary Disciples, reflecting the love of Jesus through concrete acts of love and mercy for our neighbors. For mercy, justice and advocacy engagement opportunities and details on the indulgences for these acts of mercy click below:
Acts of Mercy Info

Additional Opportunities

Additional Opportunities

Friday observance, Almsgiving, Defense of Life Activities and ministry to foster children, migrants, and others in need. More details are available below:
More Info Here

Indulgence Information: Visiting the Cathedral for Mass & Pilgrimage

  • Making an intentional and pious pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Saint Peter the Apostle in Kansas City, KS and participating in the Holy Mass offered there.
  • Making an intentional and pious visit to the Cathedral, engaging in a suitable period of Eucharistic adoration (either through solemn exposition or simply adoration before the tabernacle), and offering an Our Father, either the Apostles’ Creed or Nicene Creed, the Hail Mary, and a Glory Be, joining themselves to the intentions of the Holy Father, Pope Francis.
  • Those confined to their homes due to sickness or age, those in hospitals and nursing facilities, the cloistered, and those incarcerated may gain the indulgence by uniting themselves in spirit with the faithful attending in person, by offering the prayers prescribed above, and by making a spiritual offering of the confinements, hardships, and sufferings of their lives to God.

Cathedral Regular Mass Schedule

  • Sunday: 8:00AM, 10:00AM, 12:00PM (Spanish)
  • Monday – Friday: 8:00AM
  • Wednesday: 6:00PM (Spanish)
  • Saturday: 4:00PM
  • 1st Friday: 7:00PM (Spanish)
  • 1st Saturday: 8:00AM (Spanish)

Confessions

  • Wednesday: 5:00PM-5:50PM
  • Saturday: 3:00-3:45PM
  • Sunday: 11:15-11:50AM
  • 1st Friday: 6:05pm-6:45PM

Adoration

  • Tuesday: 8:30AM-8:00PM

Docents

  • Thursday: 1:00PM-5:00PM
  • By Appointment

Parish or other church affiliated groups are welcome to schedule Mass, Adoration or Praise & Worship. They are required to bring their own ministers (Priest/deacon/musicians).

***Additional Information Regarding Holy Door During Jubilee Year***

Indulgence Information: Walk with One & Evangelization 101

2025 is also the national year of Going on Mission, issued by the U.S. Bishops. A plenary indulgence may be attained by studying the Walk With One initiative, completing the free Evangelization 101 video series in groups in a church or other suitable place (these may be determined and announced by the Archbishop or within a parish by the Pastor), and. asking God whom he wants you to accompany by interceding, connecting and inviting them home to the Church, as well as also fulfilling the general conditions of receiving any indulgence. 

This indulgence is offered by the pope under the wording, “participating in popular missions, spiritual exercises, or formation activities on the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, held in a church or other suitable place (these may be determined and announced by the Archbishop or within a parish by the Pastor), as well as also fulfilling the general conditions given above.”

Indulgence Information: Dilexit Nos

In October of 2024 Pope Francis released the ENCYCLICAL LETTER DILEXIT NOS: ON THE HUMAN AND DIVINE LOVE OF THE HEART OF JESUS CHRIST.  (Audio available here). A plenary indulgence may be attained by reading and discussing this encyclical, especially as married couples, in formation group(s) in a church or other suitable place (these may be determined and announced by the Archbishop or within a parish by the Pastor) and pondering the great love that Christ has for all of his children, implementing the yearnings of his Sacred Heart in your heart, home and community, as well as also fulfilling the general conditions of receiving any indulgence.  

Explore opportunities to reverence His Sacred Heart in your life, home, and community. This may include personal/group study of Dilexit Nos (coming) or personal home enthronement (one example HERE).

This indulgence is offered by the pope under the wording, “participating in popular missions, spiritual exercises, or formation activities on the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, held in a church or other suitable place (these may be determined and announced by the Archbishop or within a parish by the Pastor), as well as also fulfilling the general conditions given above.”

Indulgence Information: Acts of Mercy

Pope Francis is offering Jubilee indulgences, and he calls us to be Jesus’s hands and feet and to flood our community with his sacred heart in the areas of mercy, justice and advocacy for those in pain and disconnection. 

The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas recently hosted a Mercy Summit for priests and parish leaders to explore life on mission for themselves and their parish communities, in this Eucharistic Revival Year of Mission and the 2025 Jubilee, and to unite an active community of prayer and action to live as local Missionary Disciples, reflecting the love of Jesus through concrete acts of love and mercy for our neighbors. 

The summit gave us three local mercy, justice and advocacy engagement opportunities, for parishes and individuals, which can be viewed here. An plenary indulgence may be attained by visiting, for an appropriate amount of time, those who are in need or in difficulty (the sick, prisoners, the lonely among the elderly, disabled people, etc.), in a sense making a pilgrimage to Christ who is present in them (cf. Mt. 25, 34-36), as well as also fulfilling the general conditions of receiving any indulgence; the faithful can repeat these visits throughout the Holy Year, even daily, acquiring a plenary indulgence for each time. 

Indulgence Information: Additional Opportunities

According to the Decree on the Granting of Indulgence during the Ordinary Jubilee Year 2025 issued by the Holy See, the jubilee plenary indulgence “can also be obtained through initiatives that put into practice, in a concrete and generous way, the spirit of penance which is, in a sense, the soul of the Jubilee. In particular the penitential nature of Friday can be rediscovered through abstaining, in a spirit of penance, at least for one day of the week from futile distractions (real but also virtual distractions, for example, the use of the media and/or social networks), from superfluous consumption (for example by fasting or practicing abstinence according to the general norms of the Church and the indications of the Bishops), as well as by donating a proportionate sum of money to the poor; by supporting works of a religious or social nature, especially in support of the defense and protection of life in all its phases, but also by supporting the quality of life of abandoned children, young people in difficulty, the needy or lonely elderly people, or migrants from various countries ‘who leave their homelands behind in search of a better life for themselves and for their families’ (Spes non confundit, the Bull of Indiction for the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025, 13); it can also be obtained by dedicating a reasonable portion of one’s free time to voluntary activities that are of service to the community or to other similar forms of personal commitment.”

In each case, the general conditions for acquiring a plenary indulgence, given above, must be fulfilled.

Additional Information & Resources

Jubilee Indulgences Information

  • Making an intentional and pious pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Saint Peter the Apostle in Kansas City, KS and participating in the Holy Mass offered there.
  • Making an intentional and pious visit to the Cathedral, engaging in a suitable period of Eucharistic adoration (either through solemn exposition or simply adoration before the tabernacle), and offering an Our Father, either the Apostles’ Creed or Nicene Creed, the Hail Mary, and a Glory Be, joining themselves to the intentions of the Holy Father, Pope Francis.
  • Those confined to their homes due to sickness or age, those in hospitals and nursing facilities, the cloistered, and those incarcerated may gain the indulgence by uniting themselves in spirit with the faithful attending in person, by offering the prayers prescribed above, and by making a spiritual offering of the confinements, hardships, and sufferings of their lives to God.

Cathedral Regular Mass Schedule

  • Sunday: 8:00AM, 10:00AM, 12:00PM (Spanish)
  • Monday - Friday: 8:00AM
  • Wednesday: 6:00PM (Spanish)
  • Saturday: 4:00PM
  • 1st Friday: 7:00PM (Spanish)
  • 1st Saturday: 8:00AM (Spanish)

Confessions

  • Wednesday: 5:00PM-5:50PM
  • Saturday: 3:00-3:45PM
  • Sunday: 11:15-11:50AM
  • 1st Friday: 6:05pm-6:45PM

Adoration

  • Tuesday: 8:30AM-8:00PM

Docents

  • Thursday: 1:00PM-5:00PM
  • By Appointment

Parish or other church affiliated groups are welcome to schedule Mass, Adoration or Praise & Worship. They are required to bring their own ministers (Priest/deacon/musicians).

  • 2025 is also the national year of Going on Mission, issued by the U.S. Bishops. A plenary indulgence may be attained by studying the Walk With One initiative, completing the free Evangelization 101 video series in groups in a church or other suitable place (these may be determined and announced by the Archbishop or within a parish by the Pastor), and. asking God whom he wants you to accompany by interceding, connecting and inviting them home to the Church, as well as also fulfilling the general conditions of receiving any indulgence. 
  • This indulgence is offered by the pope under the wording, “participating in popular missions, spiritual exercises, or formation activities on the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, held in a church or other suitable place (these may be determined and announced by the Archbishop or within a parish by the Pastor), as well as also fulfilling the general conditions given above.”
  • In October of 2024 Pope Francis released the ENCYCLICAL LETTER DILEXIT NOS: ON THE HUMAN AND DIVINE LOVE OF THE HEART OF JESUS CHRIST.  (Audio available here). A plenary indulgence may be attained by reading and discussing this encyclical, especially as married couples, in formation group(s) in a church or other suitable place (these may be determined and announced by the Archbishop or within a parish by the Pastor) and pondering the great love that Christ has for all of his children, implementing the yearnings of his Sacred Heart in your heart, home and community, as well as also fulfilling the general conditions of receiving any indulgence.  
  • Explore opportunities to reverence His Sacred Heart in your life, home, and community. This may include personal/group study of Dilexit Nos (coming) or personal home enthronement (one example HERE).
  • This indulgence is offered by the pope under the wording, “participating in popular missions, spiritual exercises, or formation activities on the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, held in a church or other suitable place (these may be determined and announced by the Archbishop or within a parish by the Pastor), as well as also fulfilling the general conditions given above.”
  • Pope Francis is offering Jubilee indulgences, and he calls us to be Jesus's hands and feet and to flood our community with his sacred heart in the areas of mercy, justice and advocacy for those in pain and disconnection. 
  • The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas recently hosted a Mercy Summit for priests and parish leaders to explore life on mission for themselves and their parish communities, in this Eucharistic Revival Year of Mission and the 2025 Jubilee, and to unite an active community of prayer and action to live as local Missionary Disciples, reflecting the love of Jesus through concrete acts of love and mercy for our neighbors. 
  • The summit gave us three local mercy, justice and advocacy engagement opportunities, for parishes and individuals, which can be viewed here. An plenary indulgence may be attained by visiting, for an appropriate amount of time, those who are in need or in difficulty (the sick, prisoners, the lonely among the elderly, disabled people, etc.), in a sense making a pilgrimage to Christ who is present in them (cf. Mt. 25, 34-36), as well as also fulfilling the general conditions of receiving any indulgence; the faithful can repeat these visits throughout the Holy Year, even daily, acquiring a plenary indulgence for each time. 
  • According to the Decree on the Granting of Indulgence during the Ordinary Jubilee Year 2025 issued by the Holy See, the jubilee plenary indulgence “can also be obtained through initiatives that put into practice, in a concrete and generous way, the spirit of penance which is, in a sense, the soul of the Jubilee. In particular the penitential nature of Friday can be rediscovered through abstaining, in a spirit of penance, at least for one day of the week from futile distractions (real but also virtual distractions, for example, the use of the media and/or social networks), from superfluous consumption (for example by fasting or practicing abstinence according to the general norms of the Church and the indications of the Bishops), as well as by donating a proportionate sum of money to the poor; by supporting works of a religious or social nature, especially in support of the defense and protection of life in all its phases, but also by supporting the quality of life of abandoned children, young people in difficulty, the needy or lonely elderly people, or migrants from various countries ‘who leave their homelands behind in search of a better life for themselves and for their families’ (Spes non confundit, the Bull of Indiction for the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025, 13); it can also be obtained by dedicating a reasonable portion of one’s free time to voluntary activities that are of service to the community or to other similar forms of personal commitment.”
  • In each case, the general conditions for acquiring a plenary indulgence, given above, must be fulfilled.

"Patience, one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit, sustains our hope and strengthens it as a virtue and a way of life. May we learn to pray frequently for the grace of patience, which is both the daughter of hope and at the same time its firm foundation."

Pope Francis - Spes Non Confundit, 4