Cheongcheon Church

About this place

Cheongcheon Catholic Church is a parish of the Central District of the Diocese of Cheongju, serving Catholics in and around Cheongcheon-myeon, Goesan County. The diocesan parish directory lists the church on Seonpyeong-gil and names St. Paul Chong Hasang, one of the Korean Martyrs, as its patron. Unlike a compact urban parish, its pastoral setting is a broad rural area in which the parish church and outlying Catholic communities are connected.

The Cheongcheon parish is more than its church building; it is the Catholic community through which local faithful participate in Mass and the sacraments, catechesis, and communal life. The Diocese of Cheongju and the Korean Catholic directory continue to identify it as a parish of the diocese. Its patronage under St. Paul Chong Hasang connects the local community with the witness of the Korean Martyrs and gives the parish a particular meaning as a center of Catholic life for Cheongcheon and the surrounding rural area.