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Seodaesin Catholic Church is a parish of the Hadan District in the Diocese of Busan and serves as the central church for Catholics living in and around Seodaesin-dong in Busan's Seo-gu. Its patron is Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and the current Diocese of Busan parish directory lists it as a parish of the Hadan District. Through Mass, the sacraments, catechesis, devotional life, and fellowship among parishioners, the parish supports the ordinary life of faith of the local Catholic community.
Located in one of Busan's long-established urban neighborhoods, Seodaesin Catholic Church is important to local Catholics as a place where they regularly participate in the liturgy, learn the faith, and sustain relationships within the community. It functions both as a parish community and as a church building for worship, allowing visitors to understand how the Diocese of Busan organizes and sustains Catholic life through local parishes.
The dedication to Our Lady of Perpetual Help also expresses the parish's spiritual identity. As a local Catholic church where Marian devotion, parish liturgy, and community life come together, Seodaesin remains a place where Catholics in Busan's Seo-gu continue prayer, sacramental life, and fellowship.
History & origins
Seodaesin Parish emerged in the years around the Korean War, when the number of Catholics in this part of Busan increased with the arrival of displaced people. Father J. Connors of the Maryknoll Fathers, then pastor of Choryang Parish, recognized the need for a new parish, secured a site, and promoted construction of a church. As a result, the parish was separated from Jungang Parish and established on February 1, 1955, and its new church was completed in April of the same year.
As the parish community became established and grew, its territory was gradually divided. In 1961 the Goejeong area became a separate parish, and when Dongdaesin-dong Parish was established in 1964, the former Daesin-dong Parish came to be called Seodaesin-dong Parish. Its name later settled into the present form, Seodaesin Parish, in step with changes in local place names and the parish structure.
The parish did not limit its work to constructing a church. It also developed activities connected with the local community, including a credit union and educational and welfare initiatives. In 1969 pastoral responsibility was transferred from the Maryknoll mission to the Diocese of Busan, after which the parish continued under diocesan administration. Records from the 1990s also note practical outreach to neighbors, including free meal service and cooperative activity.
In 2025 a Mass of thanksgiving marked the parish's 70th anniversary. The anniversary stands as a milestone showing how the community, begun amid the urban changes that followed the war, has continued to the present through several parish divisions and changes in pastoral administration.
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