Masan Mission Station

About this place

Masan Mission Station in Yeongin-myeon, Asan, belongs to Dunpo Parish in the Catholic Diocese of Daejeon. It is a small Catholic community in which local believers maintain liturgical and communal life in connection with the parent parish. Because another mission station with the same Korean name exists in Masan-myeon, Seocheon County, this site should be distinguished as the Masan Mission Station in the Asanho-ro area of Yeongin-myeon, Asan. Both the Catholic Church directory in Korea and the diocesan weekly identify Dunpo as its parent parish.

For Catholics living in villages at some distance from the parish church, a mission station provides a nearby place to pray together, celebrate Mass according to the local schedule, and remain connected with the wider parish community. Masan in Asan has this characteristic rural role. The reliable sources currently available establish its present affiliation and existence more clearly than its founding history, so it is best understood primarily as a local Catholic center under Dunpo Parish.