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Sachang-ri Mission Station belongs to Hwacheon Savior Parish in the Diocese of Chuncheon and serves as a local center for liturgy and Catholic community life in Sanae-myeon, Hwacheon County. The diocesan mission-station directory lists Sachang-ri under Hwacheon Parish, and a separate diocesan historical record confirms the same place and community as a mission station of that parish.
The community developed in close connection with the conditions of a border region with a strong military presence. There was a period when its independent mission-station life weakened as local Catholics attended a military parish, but the faithful later rebuilt their own community and constructed a new mission station. The significance of present-day Sachang-ri lies in this continuity: after periods of interruption and change, local Catholics again maintain their faith in connection with their territorial parish.
History & origins
The roots of Sachang-ri Mission Station go back to around 1959. A 2015 diocesan account states that the community began with a group organized by Park Bok-su, John Bosco, after he completed military service in a unit stationed at Sachang-ri. In September 1963, the community received diocesan approval and was formally established under the name Sachang-ri Mission Station.
In 1974 the mission station was incorporated into a nearby military parish, and after the military ordinariate’s Igija Parish was established in 1980, local Catholics attended Sunday Mass there. Independent mission-station activity remained weak for many years. A turning point came with a pastoral visit by Bishop Chang Ik in 1998, followed by the arrival of a missionary in 1999, after which the faithful began gathering again and reorganized the community.
As the number of faithful grew, the old mission-station building became inadequate, and a decision was made in 2013 to construct a new one. Parishioners visited numerous parishes to seek support and raised funds by selling agricultural products they had grown themselves. The new mission station was completed in 2015 and blessed by Bishop Lucas Kim Woon-hoe. Sachang-ri’s history is therefore a story of a community weakened by changes in border-region and military pastoral structures but later able to rebuild a stable local Catholic presence.
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- Passenger elevators: 0
- 1 above-ground floors · 0 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 2015
- Total floor area: 273㎡
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