About the 2025 Jubilee
We are excited to celebrate 2025 as a Jubilee Year in the Church with the theme “Pilgrims of Hope”! This Year of Jubilee offers many opportunities for spiritual growth and sharing of the good news of Jesus Christ. Take advantage of our local opportunities to grow as missionary disciples, strengthen marriages and families, and engage as Pilgrims of Hope in 2025!
Pilgrims of Hope
This Jubilee Holy Year 2025 marks the 2,025th anniversary of the incarnation of Our Lord, an “event of great spiritual, ecclesial and social significance in the life of the church.” The concept of “jubilee” has its origins in the Book of Leviticus (chapter 25) as a special year of reconciliation and reunion. Pope Francis designated this a “Holy Year marked by the hope that does not fade, our hope in God.” We are called to consider our journey of faith as pilgrims who live joyfully that “through our witness, may hope spread to all those who anxiously seek it.”
Jubilee sites
Participate in the 2025 Jubilee celebration by making a pilgrimage to the Cathedral of St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles, in Kansas City, Kansas. The schedules for Mass, confession, eucharistic adoration and tours — including information on plenary indulgence opportunities for cathedral visits — can be found on the Jubilee website at: archkck.org/jubilee. Parish (or church-affiliated groups) are welcome to schedule Mass, eucharistic adoration or praise and worship gatherings with their own ministers. Along with the cathedral, all churches in the archdiocese under the patronage of the Sacred Heart of Jesus have been designated as sacred jubilee sites. During the 2025 Jubilee Year, you are invited to make a pilgrimage (pious visit) to one or more of these sites. A full list of all Sacred Heart of Jesus churches can be found below and at the website above.
What is a Jubilee Year?
A jubilee year is a year of forgiveness of sins and also the punishment due to sin; it is a year of reconciliation between adversaries; and one of conversion and receiving the sacrament of reconciliation. Consequently, it is also a year of solidarity, hope, justice and commitment to serve God with joy and in peace with our brothers and sisters. A jubilee year is above all the year of Christ, who brings life and grace to humanity.
What do I do on a pilgrimage?
A pilgrimage is a transformative journey to a sacred place reminding us that we are all pilgrims on a journey that begins and ends with God. Pilgrimages are an opportunity to encounter Christ in prayer, contemplation of one’s life and for personal transformation. The journey to and from a holy site is an opportunity for personal devotion, shared witness and prayer. In observance of this Holy Year, the church offers pilgrims the gift of indulgences as a chance to open themselves to increased purity of heart and penitential spirit.
Plenary indulgences
The Vatican has decreed an opportunity for Catholics to receive a plenary indulgence during the 2025 Jubilee Holy Year. A plenary indulgence is “a priceless gift of divine mercy” that “allows us to discover how limitless God’s mercy is.” For more information, refer to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (nos. 1471-1479) and the archdiocesan jubilee website at: archkck.org/jubilee.
This information was put together by the archdiocesan evangelization office, and Fathers Anthony Saiki and Mark Mertes.
Pro tip
For help in planning your trip, call or email the parish you plan to visit in advance. Ask for Mass, eucharistic adoration and confession times, or whether there are any special Jubilee Year displays or events.
Sacred Heart
357 N. 3rd St., Baileyville
(785) 336-6464
shbaileyville.com
Mass schedule
Sunday: 8:30 a.m.; Saturday: 7 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday: 8:30 a.m. The church is open during the day seven days a week. Visitors are welcome any day.
Sacred Heart
27 Cottonwood St., Emporia
(620) 342-1061
shemporia.org
Mass schedule
Sunday: 8 and 10 a.m.; Saturday: 4 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday at 8:15 a.m.
Divine Mercy
555 W. Main St., Gardner
(913) 856-7781
divinemercyks.org
Mass schedule
Sunday: 8 and 10:30 a.m.; Saturday: 4:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday: 6 p.m.; Wednesday: noon; Friday: 8 a.m. Pilgrims are welcome in the church anytime during office hours. Office hours are: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Tuesday: 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday: 8:30 a.m. to noon; and Sunday: 7:30 a.m. to noon.
Cathedral of St. Peter
416 N. 14th St., Kansas City, Kansas
(913) 371-0840
cathedralkck.org
Mass schedule
Sunday: 8 a.m., 10 a.m., noon (Spanish); Saturday: 4 p.m.; Monday – Friday: 8 a.m.; Wednesday: 6 p.m. (Spanish); First Friday: 7 p.m. (Spanish); First Saturday: 8 a.m. (Spanish)
Sacred Heart (part of Our Lady of Unity)
2646 S. 34th St., Kansas City, Kansas
(913) 677-4621
olukck.org
Mass schedule
Sunday: 9:30 a.m.; Saturday: 4:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday: 8:05 a.m.
Sacred Heart-St. Casimir
1405 2nd Ave., Leavenworth
(913) 772-2424
shsc.org
Mass schedule
Sunday: 11 a.m.; Saturday: 4:30 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday: 8:30 a.m.
Sacred Heart
727 E. Main St., Mound City
(913) 795-2724
miamilinncatholics.org
Mass schedule
Saturday: 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday: 6 p.m. Pilgrims are welcome at any time during the Jubilee Year to visit. To set up a tour of the church, send an email to: bclayton@archkck.org. A tour of the St. Philippine Memorial Park where the saint lived for about a year is available to schedule as well.
Sacred Heart
408 S. Cedar St., Ottawa
(913) 242-2174
sacredheartottawa.org
Mass schedule
Sunday: 9 and 11 a.m.; Saturday: 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday – Friday: 8:05 a.m. Sacred Heart, Ottawa, welcomes pilgrims during this special Jubilee year. Please sign in at the table in the vestibule and select a prayer card as a memento of your pilgrimage to the parish. To arrange a specific time to make a pilgrimage as a group, please call the parish office.
Sacred Heart
22298 Newbury Rd., Paxico
(785) 636-5578
sacredheartpaxico.com
Mass schedule
Sunday: 10:30 a.m.; Saturday: 8 a.m.; Monday-Wednesday, Friday: 8 a.m.
Sacred Heart
1031 S. 12th St., Sabetha
(785) 284-0888
nekansascatholics.org
Mass schedule
Sunday: 10:30 a.m.; Saturday: 4 p.m.; Second Wednesday of the month: 7 p.m. The church will be open to visitors Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturday: 3 to 4 p.m.; and Sunday 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Sacred Heart of Jesus
5501 Monticello Rd., Shawnee
(913) 422-5700
shoj.org
Mass schedule
Sunday: 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m.; Saturday: 4:30 p.m.; Monday – Friday: 6:30 and 8:15 a.m. For more information about Sacred Heart of Jesus’ jubilee offerings, go online to: shoj.org/uploads/docs/jubilee yearflyer2025v2.pdf. To listen to a message from pastor Father Jaime Zarse about the jubilee year, go to: www.you tube.com/watch?v=8qIKDHovUWo.
Sacred Heart
1100 West St., Tonganoxie
(913) 369-2851
shcct.com
Mass schedule
Sunday: 8 and 10:30 a.m.; Saturday: 5 p.m. (4 p.m. during standard time); Monday, Tuesday and Friday: 7:30 a.m.
Sacred Heart-St. Joseph
312 N.E. Freeman Ave., Topeka
(785) 234-3338
sacredheartstjosephcatholic.org
Mass schedule
Sunday: 10 a.m.; Saturday: 4 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday: 8 a.m.
Jubilee Prayer
Father in heaven, may the faith you have given us in your son,
Jesus Christ, our brother, and the flame of charity enkindled
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit, reawaken in us the
blessed hope for the coming of your kingdom.
May your grace transform us into tireless cultivators
of the seeds of the Gospel.
May those seeds transform from within both humanity
and the whole cosmos in the sure expectation
of a new heaven and a new earth, when,
with the powers of Evil vanquished, your glory will shine eternally.
May the grace of the Jubilee reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
May that same grace spread the joy and peace
of our Redeemer throughout the earth.
To you our God, eternally blessed,
be glory and praise for ever. Amen.
