Weekly Mass Schedule
Korean
Select a Mass time to view sources or report a change.
About this place
Onyang Yonghwa-dong Catholic Church is the church of Onyang Yonghwa-dong Parish in the Asan District of the Catholic Diocese of Daejeon. The Korean Catholic directory lists the parish patron as the Passion of St. John the Baptist; it also records the presence of the Olivetan Benedictine Sisters and one mission station under the parish. The church is the parish center where Catholics around Yonghwa-dong in Asan celebrate Mass and the sacraments and continue faith formation and community life.
By taking the Passion of St. John the Baptist as its patronal mystery, the parish places fidelity to the Gospel and witness to the faith at the heart of its communal symbolism. The present name Onyang Yonghwa-dong clearly reflects the local identity, while the parish functions within the Asan District both as the center of liturgical life for local Catholics and as a pastoral unit connected with its mission-station community.
History & origins
Onyang Yonghwa-dong Parish was established in August 1985 when it was separated from Onyang Parish. The current Korean Catholic directory gives August 19 as the foundation date, while the Encyclopedia of Korean Catholicism gives August 29. Although the sources differ on the exact day, both confirm that the parish became independent from Onyang in the same month. Its original name was “Yonghwa Parish.”
The parish name was adjusted twice as local administrative names and patterns of daily life changed. According to the Encyclopedia of Korean Catholicism, it was renamed “Asan Yonghwa-dong” in 1994, and in December 2000 the older regional name Onyang was restored, producing the name “Onyang Yonghwa-dong.” The name in use today was established through this sequence.
These changes in name are best understood not as changes in the identity of the parish itself, but as efforts by the same Catholic community to express its local setting more clearly. Since becoming independent from Onyang Parish in the 1980s, the community has maintained its continuity through the growth of the Asan area and changes in administrative and everyday geography, eventually taking the present form of Onyang Yonghwa-dong Parish.
Korean Catholic Places Encyclopedia
Onyang Yonghwa-dong Church: history and architecture
Read about the place's history, architecture, people, and events in the Korean Catholic Places Encyclopedia.
Encyclopedia articles are currently available in Korean.
Would you like to record this place in your pilgrimage passport?
Sign in to keep this record with you.
Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 3 above-ground floors · 1 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 1996
- Total floor area: 2,938㎡
Building-register record · · Source
Accessibility information
Accessibility information is not available yet. Please check with the location before visiting.
Sources and updates
- Information Status
- Official
- Source
- Diocese source
- Data freshness
- Fresh
- Last updated
- Source
- Francisco Diary
Diocese
Daejeon Diocese (Diocese of Daejeon)
Official website: http://www.djcatholic.or.kr
Help verify information
Did the Mass schedule or church information change?
Let us know if you confirmed the displayed information or noticed something different.
Information Status: Official source
Visited here? Share details about toilets, parking or ramps.
Sign in to leave a visitor check.
Sign in to confirm the schedule or report a change.
Reports are saved for review. Mass times are changed after evidence such as official sources is checked, not automatically based on visitor confirmations.