About Church of the Santa Fe · Buckner, Missouri
Church of the Santa Fe is a small Roman Catholic parish serving Buckner, Missouri, a rural town east of Kansas City in Jackson County. The parish belongs to the Diocese of Kansas City–St. Joseph and offers Sunday Mass, weekly weekday Masses, a monthly First Saturday Mass, Eucharistic Adoration on Thursdays, and confessions before Mass. With its roots as a close-knit rural worship community, the parish maintains a simple but committed sacramental schedule from its church on South Sibley Street.
- Patron
- Holy Faith (Santa Fe, Spanish for 'Holy Faith')
- Rector
- Rev. Jayson Becker (Parochial Administrator, as listed in the 2021 diocesan directory)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph
Why belong here
Church of the Santa Fe is a tight-knit rural parish where regular worship is the rhythm of community life — Sunday Mass, weekday Masses, a beloved First Saturday Mass, and Thursday Eucharistic Adoration give parishioners multiple weekly touchpoints with the Eucharist. Confessions are offered before every Mass, and the small-town setting at 231 S Sibley Street in Buckner makes for an accessible, neighborly Catholic community east of Kansas City.
Mass times at Church of the Santa Fe
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday 8:30 AM – 8:50 AM
- Tuesday 8:30 AM – 8:50 AM
- Wednesday 8:30 AM – 8:50 AM
Adoration times
- Thursday 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM (after the 9 AM Mass)
Parish Overview
Church of the Santa Fe (commonly shortened to 'Santa Fe') is the Catholic parish serving Buckner, Missouri, in Jackson County. Listed among the 88 parishes of the Diocese of Kansas City–St. Joseph, it ministers to a small, rural community east of the Kansas City metro area. The parish operates from its church at 231 S Sibley Street, with mail directed to P.O. Box 317, Buckner, MO 64016.
- Diocese: Kansas City–St. Joseph
- Rite: Roman-Latin
- Address: 231 S Sibley St., Buckner, MO 64016
- Mailing: P.O. Box 317, Buckner, MO 64016
- Phone: (816) 650-9341
Clergy and Leadership
As listed in the 2021 Diocesan Directory published in The Catholic Key, Church of the Santa Fe is led by a Parochial Administrator — the canonical arrangement the diocese commonly uses for smaller parishes served by a priest who may also pastor neighboring communities. The pastor listed at that time was Rev. Jayson Becker.
- Rev. Jayson Becker — Parochial Administrator
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact phone: (816) 650-9341
Diocese and Canonical Affiliation
Church of the Santa Fe is a parish in the Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph, which covers the western and north-central portions of Missouri including the Kansas City metro area and surrounding rural counties. The parish appears on the official diocesan parish locator (kcsjcatholic.org) and is listed in GCatholic's directory of Catholic churches as GCatholic Church ID 35688.
- Diocesan website: kcsjcatholic.org
- Diocese listed among 88 parishes
- GCatholic Church ID: 35688
- Rite: Roman-Latin
Visiting and Contact
The parish office can be reached by phone at (816) 650-9341 and by mail at P.O. Box 317, Buckner, MO 64016. The church is located at 231 S Sibley Street in Buckner. The official parish website is bucknercatholic.com, and the diocesan profile is hosted at kcsjcatholic.org/parish/church-of-santa-fe/.
- Parish website: bucknercatholic.com
- Diocesan profile: kcsjcatholic.org/parish/church-of-santa-fe/
- Phone: (816) 650-9341
- Mailing: P.O. Box 317, Buckner, MO 64016