About this place
Gahak-dong Mission Station is a small Catholic community in the Gwangmyeong district of the Second Vicariate of the Diocese of Suwon, under the pastoral care of Gwangmun Parish. The Catholic Directory of Korea classifies it as a mission station rather than an independent parish. It serves as a local point of Catholic life where believers in the Gahak-dong area can gather and pray closer to home.
Unlike a parish, a mission station is not an independent territorial unit with its own full pastoral jurisdiction and resident pastor. Its liturgical and sacramental life is therefore understood within the pastoral structure of its mother parish, Gwangmun. The mission station itself focuses on local gathering, prayer, and maintaining a practical link with the larger parish community.
The very small number of Catholics currently recorded for the mission station also illustrates its character. Its importance lies less in large facilities or programs than in helping nearby believers sustain their faith and remain connected with the mother parish. Visitors should therefore understand it as a local mission station belonging to Gwangmun Parish, not as an independent parish church.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 2 above-ground floors · 0 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 2003
- Total floor area: 199㎡
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- 한국천주교주교회의 온라인 주소록
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Suwon Diocese (Diocese of Suwon)
Official website: http://www.casuwon.or.kr
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