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Mora St. John Catholic Church is a parish of the Gaya District in the Diocese of Busan, located in Mora-dong, Sasang-gu, Busan. The directory of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea and diocesan parish information identify the same name and address, and the parish has St. John the Apostle as its patron. It is the center of parish life where local Catholics celebrate Mass and the sacraments and take part in catechesis, prayer, and lay associations.
Diocesan records show the establishment of a Legion of Mary curia within the parish and the community gathering to mark anniversaries of its foundation. These records illustrate how a relatively young parish has developed its own organization and traditions through voluntary lay devotional groups and parish-wide events. With St. John the Apostle as its patron, Mora St. John Parish has become a local point of faith centered on the Word and communal fellowship.
History & origins
Mora St. John Parish was established on January 10, 2006, with St. John the Apostle as its patron. It began as an independent parish for Catholics in the Mora area of Sasang-gu, Busan, and within a relatively short period developed into a local community with an established liturgical life and lay organizations.
In 2016, the “Seat of Wisdom” Curia was established in the parish. Because a curia coordinates several Legion of Mary praesidia, its creation marks a point at which lay devotional activity within the parish had reached a stable organizational scale. That such a structure was established around the parish’s tenth year indicates the growth of the early community through active participation by the laity.
In 2021, the parish held a parish-day celebration marking the 15th anniversary of its foundation. The sequence from establishment, to the creation of a curia, to the fifteenth-anniversary celebration shows how Mora St. John Parish, founded in the mid-2000s, gradually rooted itself as a local parish by building up lay organizations and shared community traditions.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 1
- 4 above-ground floors · 1 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 2008
- Total floor area: 2,406㎡
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