Events
Upcoming Events
CMA Kansas City has two core engagement opportunities: First Saturdays and the annual White Mass for the Healing Professions.
First Saturdays
"First Saturdays" is an initiative to connect area Catholic doctors and healthcare providers with Christ and His Church. Under the divine guidance of the Holy Spirit and through the intervention of Saints Cosmas and Damian, this innovation of the Kansas City guild of the Catholic Medical Association helps doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers deepen their faith and connect with their peers.
The events include Mass, recitation of the Rosary, an opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and social time with coffee and donuts. A short interactive lecture concludes each event, delivered by a variety of speakers and related to pertinent topics. In keeping with the "New Evangelization of the Catholic Church," this format allows us to be more active participants in our own formation and in applying our faith to our individual and collective lives. It also allows us to better discuss the role of our Catholic faith as it applies to our daily professional practices in healthcare.
The program covers a broad range of medical and spiritual topics related to all of the contemporary issues facing Catholic doctors and healthcare providers today. This is an interactive format with Catholic catechesis and discussion. The goal is to enkindle the fire of the Holy Spirit among doctors and healthcare providers, strengthening the spiritual foundation necessary to integrate Christ and His Church more fully into any healthcare setting. Like leaven (Matthew 13:33), we aim to transform our families, our parishes, our practices and our hospitals. Organized as the CMA, united in the Truth, and with the support of both the Diocese of Kansas City/St. Joseph (MO) and the Archdiocese of Kansas City (KS), Catholic doctors and healthcare providers will transform the future of healthcare in our community.
First Saturday gatherings are held at:
Christ the King Catholic Church,
8510 Wornall Rd, KCMO
St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, 14251 Nall Avenue, Overland Park, KS
St. Therese Catholic Church - Northland, 7207 MO-9, KCMO
White Mass
History of White Mass
The White Mass, as celebrated in the United States. finds its origins in the development of the national Catholic Medical Association in the early 1930s. From its inception, the medical profession has been understood as a healing profession, a way in which Christ’s work continues upon the earth. Moreover, since the apparitions at Lourdes in the late 19th century, the plight of the infirmed - and of those who care for them - has taken on renewed appreciation in participating in the mysteries of Christ’s own life. The White Mass, so named by the color worn by those in the healing profession of medicine, gathers health care professionals under the patronage of St. Luke to ask God’s blessing upon the patient doctor, nurse, and caregiver alike.
2027 White Mass
The 2027 White Mass of the Sts. Cosmas and Damian Guild of the Catholic Medical Association will be held Saturday, February 20, 2027, at 11:00 AM, at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, 14521 Nall Ave., Overland Park, KS.
Archbishop Shawn McKnight, Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, will be the main celebrant.
A catered meal will follow Mass in the church hall, lower level.
We will update with more details as they develop.
