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Dadae Parish is a Catholic parish in Dadae-dong, Saha-gu, Busan, belonging to the Hadan District of the Diocese of Busan. The Catholic Church directory in Korea records Saint Francis of Assisi as its patron and confirms that the Sisters of Christian Education participate in the parish apostolate. It is the center of the local Catholic community in the Dadaepo area, where the faithful celebrate Mass and the sacraments and continue catechesis and parish-group activities.
The parish has also sought to extend faith formation into the fields of culture and learning rather than limiting it to liturgy and ordinary catechetical classes. A diocesan record notes that Dadae Parish opened a “Culture Gospel College” and held a ceremony for its signboard. This offers one example of parish activity intended to help adult Catholics continue growing within the community through culture and learning.
Taken together, the patron Saint Francis of Assisi, the collaboration of a women’s religious community in the apostolate, and educational activities such as the Culture Gospel College show Dadae Parish as a place where liturgical life, learning, and fellowship meet for Catholics in the Dadaepo area. Specific Mass times and programs may change, but its character as the center of a local Catholic community remains the basic point for understanding the place.
History & origins
Dadae Parish was established as a parish of the Diocese of Busan on February 1, 1997. The Catholic Church directory in Korea records this date as the foundation of the parish, and a diocesan report describing the parish day in 2021 as its “24th anniversary” is consistent with a 1997 establishment. From this period, the Catholic community in Dadae began to organize its own liturgy, formation, and parish-group life within an independent pastoral structure.
After its establishment, the parish worked to secure a church of its own, and the new church was dedicated on October 23, 2001, with Bishop Jeong Myeong-jo presiding. The Catholic Times reported that the building included a hall and catechetical rooms on the first floor, the church on the second, and a choir area on the third. Within only a few years of becoming a parish, the community had therefore created its own space capable of accommodating liturgy, formation, and parish gatherings.
The new church was also distinctive for reflecting the local character of Dadaepo in its architecture. The report explained that the overall form was modeled after a ship and expressed the Christian image of the “ship of salvation.” Architectural elements also incorporated the “Canticle of the Sun,” reflecting the spirituality of the parish patron, Saint Francis, and thus connected the maritime image of the area with the Catholic identity of the parish.
The establishment of the parish in 1997 and the dedication of the new church in 2001 are two major landmarks in the early history of the Dadae community. The parish later continued to remember its foundation anniversary as a community. The available records show a progression through the formation of an independent parish, the establishment of its own church, and an architectural expression shaped by both the parish patron and the local setting.
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