Jaesan Mission Station

About this place

Jaesan Mission Station is a rural Catholic community belonging to Bonghwa Parish in the Diocese of Andong. It serves as a local center where Catholics in Jaesan-myeon and nearby areas remain connected with the parish through Mass and shared community life. In the Diocese of Andong's mission-station interviews, members describe Jaesan as a “mission station like a parish” because Mass and liturgical life are held there regularly. A notable feature of the community is the high proportion of Catholics who moved to the area to farm or settle in the countryside, and the practice of sharing a meal and daily life together after Mass.

Recent diocesan parish notices continue to announce Mass at Jaesan and report plans for a new mission church as part of Bonghwa Parish's anniversary projects. This shows that Jaesan is not merely a surviving trace of older rural Catholicism but a living community that is receiving new residents and renewing its physical space as the local population changes. Visitors can therefore understand Jaesan Mission Station not simply as a small countryside chapel, but as a community in which long-time residents and newcomers share faith, meals, and everyday life while remaining connected with Bonghwa Parish.