Chilseong Mission Station
Chapel
칠성 공소
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About this place
Chilseong Outstation is a Catholic outstation connected with Goesan Parish in the Diocese of Cheongju, serving Catholics in Chilseong-myeon, Goesan County. The diocesan list of outstations still records it at its Chilseong-ro 2-gil address, and the Goesan parish information separately mentions Mass at Chilseong, confirming its pastoral connection with the parish. Its basic identity is therefore not that of an independent parish but of a local Catholic community cared for by Goesan Parish so that faithful can sustain their religious life closer to home.
In rural areas, outstations have long served as important centers for Catholics who live far from the parish church. Chilseong likewise provides a local place for prayer, liturgy, and relationships among the faithful of the area. Visitors can understand the place more accurately by focusing not on the size of the building or an independent administrative status, but on the continuity of a small local community linked to Goesan Parish.
History & origins
The exact date on which the Chilseong outstation was first established is not specified in the reliable sources reviewed for this work. The Catholic Encyclopedia of Korea does, however, state clearly that Goesan Parish built a chapel for the Chilseong outstation in August 1968 as part of its expansion of local outstation ministry. This confirms that by that time a Catholic community had become established enough in the Chilseong area to have its own worship space.
The same source lists Chilseong among the outstations of Goesan Parish, and the present Diocese of Cheongju outstation directory continues to list the community in Chilseong-myeon. The history that can be stated with confidence is therefore that a chapel was established in the late 1960s within the expansion of Goesan Parish's rural ministry and that the outstation has continued as a local center of Catholic life. Because earlier origins and the formation of the first community are not documented in the sources reviewed, no earlier chronology is inferred.
Weekly Mass Schedule
Sunday
한국 가톨릭 장소백과
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Cheongju Diocese (Diocese of Cheongju)
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