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Chilgok Catholic Church is a parish church of the Archdiocese of Daegu in Eupnae-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu, with Saint Joseph as its patron. It serves Catholics in the northern Chilgok area of Daegu for Mass, the sacraments, catechesis, and community life, and is one of the parishes established relatively early in this part of the city. Its continuity reaches back to the period before the area became fully absorbed into the expanding urban fabric of Daegu.
Saint Joseph, honored as a model of family life and work, forms an important part of the parish’s spiritual identity. Chilgok is not only a place for the liturgical life of its own community; as one of the older parishes in northern Daegu, it also formed part of the pastoral foundation from which the Catholic presence in the surrounding area later expanded.
History & origins
Current information from the Archdiocese of Daegu records April 9, 1957, as the establishment date of Chilgok Parish. At that time the Chilgok area had not yet developed into the large northern urban district of Daegu that it is today, and the parish became an independent pastoral center where local Catholics could regularly celebrate Mass and the sacraments.
As the community grew after the parish was founded, the church itself was rebuilt. A Catholic Times report from 1967 states that construction of a new church began on May 13 and that its blessing and completion ceremony took place on October 20. The new church was about 130 pyeong in size. Father Ernst of Seongju Parish contributed substantial construction funds, while about 1,350 members of Chilgok Parish took part in volunteer labor.
The record shows that the early development of Chilgok’s church building depended not only on outside assistance but also on the direct work and cooperation of the local faithful. Although urbanization and the creation of new parishes later changed the surrounding area, Chilgok has continued its parish role on the historical foundation of a Catholic community established in the 1950s.
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