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Wooksu Catholic Church is a parish of the Archdiocese of Daegu serving the Wooksu-dong area of Suseong-gu, Daegu. Its patron is Saint John Mary Vianney, widely venerated as the patron saint of parish priests. The archdiocese's current directory identifies it as a parish where Mass, the sacraments, and catechesis for those preparing for baptism are offered, and it also lists Vianney Kindergarten as an affiliated facility.
The character of the parish includes not only prayer and liturgy but also a clear commitment to works of charity. Records describe young parishioners living the spirituality of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul by visiting people in need and combining Gospel sharing with service. More recently, the parish has also created occasions of fellowship that welcome non-Catholic neighbors and Catholics who have become distant from parish life. Wooksu can therefore be understood as a local community that, under the patronage of Saint John Mary Vianney, seeks to hold together liturgy, formation, and charitable service.
History & origins
Wooksu Parish was established on February 17, 1995. It was created during a period of parish expansion under Archbishop Paul Ri Moun-hi, providing an independent pastoral community for Catholics in the eastern part of Suseong-gu. With Saint John Mary Vianney as its patron, the new parish gradually organized its liturgical life, catechesis, and lay associations.
Charitable activity by young Catholics also took root early in the parish's history. The archdiocesan magazine Bit records that Wooksu's youth group of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul began in 1997. Grounded in prayer and Gospel sharing, its members visited welfare facilities and reached out directly to older people living alone and to families with children in need. This shows how the young parish developed lay apostolates rather than merely establishing a place for worship.
In 2020, the archdiocese recorded a Mass of thanksgiving for the parish's twenty-fifth anniversary. The celebration marked the way Wooksu had become established as a local Catholic community over the course of a generation. Since then, the parish has continued to strengthen community spaces and activities that welcome neighbors, extending the patterns of faith formation and charitable service that had developed from its early years.
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