Current Missions: Korea

 

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Columban Father Sean Conneely (third from left) celebrates the end of a Marriage Encounter weekend with couples from South Korea.
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Columban Father Tony O’Brien with Catholic senior citizens in a park in Koyang City, South Korea.
Columbans arrived in Korea in 1933. Within a few years, they were entrusted with two missions, one each in KwangjuSouth Korea. These missions eventually grew into four dioceses. Each diocese now has its own Korean bishop and priests. and Chunchon in present-day

 

The Catholic Church in Korea experienced phenomenal expansion, growing from about 250,000 Catholics in the late 1950s to more than 3 million today.

With the Columbans’ original goal of creating a self-reliant Church met, today’s more than 50 Columban priests, lay missionaries and students focus on promoting a better life for the poor and those deprived of basic rights.

Traditional parish work has given way to new ministries reaching out to the urban poor, workers, farmers, alcoholics, gamblers and the disabled.

In collaboration with the Columban Sisters, who operate medical clinics, a strong effort is being made to reach out to the poor.

Visit the Korea Region’s Korean-language website at www.columban.or.k.

 
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