Blessed Emil Kapaun/Footprints

Footprints for Blessed Emil Kapaun are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 6 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

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• St. John Nepomucene Church (Pilsen) – childhood parish & first Mass (Childhood & vocation) [Public] Parish – 2744 Remington Road, Pilsen, KS 66861, Pilsen, Kansas, United States
  • Year: 1916
  • Diocese: Diocese of Wichita
  • Czech-American parish that formed Fr. Emil Kapaun — baptism, vocation, first Mass, and early priesthood association. Primary small-town Kansas pilgrimage stop; pair with the museum in the old rectory next door.
  • Sources: https://hfpmc.org/churches/st-john-nepomucene-pilsen; https://frkapaun.org/visit-us/; https://catholicdioceseofwichita.org/

• Chaplain Kapaun Museum (old rectory, Pilsen) (Legacy) [Public] Other – 2744 Remington Road (old rectory), Pilsen, KS 66861, Pilsen, Kansas, United States
  • Year: 2001
  • Diocese: Diocese of Wichita
  • Museum in the old rectory where Father Kapaun lived, interpreting his childhood, priesthood, Korean War chaplaincy, and cause. Check published museum hours (often limited weekday afternoons) before driving from Wichita.
  • Sources: https://frkapaun.org/visit-us/; https://kansassampler.org/8wondersofkansas-people/emil-j-kapaun-pilsen

• Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Wichita) – tomb & diocesan cause focus (Legacy) [Public] Church – 430 North Broadway Street, Wichita, KS 67202, Wichita, Kansas, United States
  • Year: 2021
  • Diocese: Diocese of Wichita
  • Diocesan mother church holding Fr. Kapaun’s remains and the public urban focus of his cause for pilgrims who cannot reach rural Pilsen. Primary Wichita prayer stop.
  • Sources: https://catholicdioceseofwichita.org/; https://frkapaun.org/visit-us/

• Father Kapaun Memorial (Pilsen parish cemetery) (Legacy) [Public] Cemetery – Parish cemetery behind St. John Nepomucene, Pilsen, KS 66861, Pilsen, Kansas, United States
  • Year: 1951
  • Diocese: Diocese of Wichita
  • Local memorial landscape in the cemetery behind the childhood parish — complements the museum and church for a full Pilsen half-day. Quiet outdoor pin; cathedral holds the remains.
  • Sources: https://kansassampler.org/8wondersofkansas-people/emil-j-kapaun-pilsen; https://frkapaun.org/visit-us/

• Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School (Wichita) – living memorial (Legacy) [Limited] School – 8506 East Central Avenue, Wichita, KS 67206, Wichita, Kansas, United States
  • Year: 1971
  • Diocese: Diocese of Wichita
  • Diocesan high school named for Chaplain Kapaun — living educational memorial in Wichita. Limited active school; pair with cathedral tomb for a metro day.
  • Sources: https://www.kapaunmtcarmel.org/; https://frkapaun.org/

• Timken / Pilsen farm childhood landscape (Childhood) [Limited] Outdoor – Pilsen–Timken farm country, Marion County, KS, Pilsen, Kansas, United States
  • Year: 1916
  • Diocese: Diocese of Wichita
  • Czech farm childhood landscape around Pilsen. Limited private farm country — parish and museum remain public anchors.
  • Sources: https://frkapaun.org/