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Gangchon Catholic Church is the Gangchon Queen of Peace Parish in the Southern Chuncheon District of the Diocese of Chuncheon. Dedicated to the Queen of Peace as its patron, it is the parish community of Namsan-myeon in Chuncheon and serves as a local center where Catholics in the area continue their life of faith through Mass, the sacraments, catechesis, and community activities.
According to the Diocese of Chuncheon, Gangchon Parish currently has Gwangpan Mission Station under its care. Its pastoral responsibility therefore extends beyond the parish church itself and connects a geographically separate mission-station community within the same pastoral structure. This link between the parish church and a mission station illustrates the parish's present role in caring for Catholics dispersed across a wider area.
History & origins
The foundations of the Catholic community in Gangchon were laid during the mission-station period, before the parish itself was established. A mission-station building was erected in 1962 and dedicated at a Mass celebrated by Bishop Thomas Quinlan. Gangchon Mission Station then continued its community life under Jukrim-dong Parish.
In 1997, the interior of the mission-station building was repaired and renovated in preparation for elevation to parish status. On September 1 of that year Gangchon Mission Station became a parish, and on September 7 Bishop John of the Cross Chang Yik celebrated the Mass marking the elevation. The new parish was formed by bringing together Gangchon, Chugok, and Hudong mission stations of Jukrim-dong Parish with Gwangpan Mission Station of Hyoja-dong Parish; the Diocese of Chuncheon therefore describes it as a parish formed as a “union of mission stations.”
The parish later faced a major setback. In July 2005 a sudden gust of wind caused the church building to collapse. Reconstruction followed through the efforts of parishioners and benefactors, and the new church was dedicated on December 14, 2008. The history of Gangchon Parish is thus one of dispersed mission-station communities joining to form a parish and then rebuilding their church after disaster while preserving the community.
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