About this place
Oduri Mission Station is a Catholic community in Bureun-myeon, Ganghwa, where local faithful have gathered to pray and continue their life of faith close to home. The official information of Onsu Parish lists Oduri as one of its mission stations, confirming its role as a local center of faith distinct in scale and function from a parish church with a resident priest.
A mission station is a place where the participation and common life of the faithful are especially important in an area without a priest permanently in residence. Oduri likewise became a place where prayer and Mass could continue within the village, built on a history in which the faithful themselves helped provide and preserve the community's space. Its essential meaning lies in the way a small community has sustained local Catholic faith over many years.
History & origins
The documented history of the Oduri community reaches back to 1961. According to a history of the mission station, the faithful secured land in Oduri, Bureun-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, and on June 6, 1961—the day the Diocese of Incheon was established—built a structure of about 40 square meters and held the first mission-station service. Though small, the building became the center where village Catholics gathered and sustained their faith.
As the years passed, the need for a new space grew. In 1993, Father Pellini, then serving in Ganghwa, approved construction of a new mission station. The present building, approximately 165 square meters in size, was completed, and Bishop William McNaughton (Na Gil-mo) presided at its blessing on June 16 of that year. This process marked the community's development from a modest gathering place into a lasting liturgical space.
Oduri subsequently continued as a mission station under Onsu Parish, providing a home for Mass and community life for local Catholics. The first building erected by the faithful in 1961 and the rebuilding and blessing in 1993 are the key milestones in a history of a small local community creating and passing on its own place of faith.
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Official website: http://www.caincheon.or.kr
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