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Seolcheon Mission Station belongs to Muju Parish in the Diocese of Jeonju and is the liturgical community for Catholics in Seolcheon-myeon, Muju-gun. The current mission-station list of the Diocese of Jeonju places Seolcheon under Muju Parish, whose pastoral territory also includes Seolcheon-myeon. It serves as a local base where Catholics living some distance from the parish church can pray together, prepare for the sacraments, and continue their life of faith.
A distinctive feature of Seolcheon is that the community grew through the voluntary participation and offerings of local Catholics. A small gathering that began in a private home eventually acquired its own church space through the community’s efforts, and it has continued as a place of faith shared by local residents and visiting Catholics. Within the broad pastoral territory of Muju Parish, its most important role today is to sustain the communal life of Catholics in Seolcheon-myeon.
History & origins
The beginnings of Seolcheon Mission Station are traced to April 3, 1977. Im Han-taek Augustine, who had recently entered the Catholic Church, asked Fr. James Kim Dong-jun of Muju Parish to designate one room of his home as a mission station, and communal prayers began there. In August of the same year, twelve people, including members of Im’s family, received baptism. As the number of baptized Catholics grew substantially over the next six years, a separate church building became necessary.
For the new mission station, Choi Hae-gwan Andrew donated land, but access-road problems made construction approval difficult. The Catholics therefore raised funds through agricultural production and sales and acquired the present site. Fr. Moses Lee Sang-seop designed the building, a Catholic carpenter undertook the construction, and members of the mission station contributed both labor and offerings, sometimes setting aside their regular work to help.
About eight years and eight months after the first mission-station prayers, a 138-square-meter brick church with a slate roof was completed on a 1,824-square-meter site. On December 5, 1985, Bishop Park Jeong-il presided at its dedication. This process shows that Seolcheon was not simply a facility established from outside, but a sacred space created as local Catholics themselves responded to the needs of their growing faith community.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 1 above-ground floors · 0 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 1985
- Total floor area: 136㎡
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