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Gwangcheon Parish belongs to the Hongseong District of the Catholic Diocese of Daejeon and serves as a local pastoral center where Catholics in Gwangcheon-eup, Hongseong-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, continue community life centered on Mass and the sacraments. The Catholic Church directory in Korea records the Immaculate Heart of Mary as the parish patron.
Within the community centered on Gwangcheon-eup, the parish helps Catholics participate regularly in the liturgy close to home and continue catechesis, faith formation, fellowship, and service. Its dedication to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is connected with a spirituality of following Mary's faith and love and being led toward Christ, while the parish itself provides a place where people of different generations and circumstances can share the Catholic faith together.
History & origins
Gwangcheon Parish was established on July 12, 1968. The Catholic Church directory in Korea records this date as the parish's founding date, after which an independent liturgical and pastoral life developed for the Catholic community centered on Gwangcheon-eup.
One documented strand of the parish's later history is the strengthening of faith formation for different generations. According to the Diocese of Daejeon, beginning in April 2015 Gwangcheon Parish operated a “Parents' Bible College” for older parishioners, combining Mass, Scripture lectures, and small-group sharing to support faith formation in later life. It is a concrete example of a rural township parish providing communal care for the spiritual life of its older members.
On June 5, 2022, the parishes of Hongseong, Gwangcheon, and Hongbuk jointly held a Pentecost Mass and a Catholic march calling for climate action, with about 600 participants. Since beginning as an independent parish, Gwangcheon has thus continued its history by combining intergenerational faith formation with district-wide cooperation and by sharing concerns that affect both the local Church and wider society.
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