Marian devotion
La parroquia católica de Gunwi was born on 8 December 1956, precisely in the solemnity of his patron: Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. It serves a rural community today marked by the ageing and perseverance of its faithful.
Advocation: Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.
Korean name: The Holy Spirit of God without sin.
Temple: 군위성당 · Gunwi Catholic Church.
Address: 14 Dongseo 4-gil, Gunwi@@
Parish Foundation: 8 December 1956.
Jurisdiction: Catholic archdiocese of Daegu.
Coordinates checked: 36.2347215, 128.5691846.
Founded at his patron's party
The Episcopal Conference and a publication of the Archdiocese coincide on the date of December 8, 1956 and in the title Unbelievable Saint Mary.
Coherence is not a later reconstruction: the documented founding date is the very solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Each parish anniversary is thus linked to his patron's feast.
What the Immaculate Conception Celebrates
The doctrine states that Mary was preserved from the original sin from the first moment of her conception, by God's unique grace and in attention to the merits of Jesus Christ.
It does not refer to the virginal conception of Jesus. It speaks of the beginning of Mary's life and of an entirely received grace, which prepares her to respond freely to the call of God.
A long-term rural parish
Gunwi is located in an agricultural territory north of the city centre of Daegu. The parish has for decades accompanied scattered families and generations linked to rural life.
The archdiocesan publication describes a community in which a large majority of the faithful are between seventy and eighty years old. This data does not reduce its importance: it reveals a particular mission of accompaniment, transmission of memory and care of the elderly.
Faith in an aged community
Rural ageing poses difficulties in terms of mobility, generational relief and access to services. The parish can become a network of proximity for those who live alone or cannot easily move.
Devotion to the Immaculate invites everyone to look from grace, not from their economic utility. The elderly are not only recipients of help: they retain stories, prayer and experience that belong to the whole Church.
Mary and daily fidelity
Mary's response in Nazareth was simple and decisive. In a rural environment, their example can be seen in repeated work, land care, family care and prayer sustained for years.
Christian purity does not mean moving away from reality, but living it with an undivided heart, open to God and neighbor.
verified location for the map
The episcopal directory publishes 14 Dongseo 4-gil. The cartographic search for the United States of America returns Gunwi Catholic Church, the same address and parish phone, in 36.2347215, 128.5691846.
The marker corresponds to the Gunwi-eup building and not to the county's geographical center.
To visit and pray
It is an active and rural parish. It is appropriate to confirm the hours, provide for transport and respect the needs of a small community.
Luke 1, 26-38, the Magnificat and the joyful mysteries can be prayed, entrusting farmers, the elderly, those living alone and young families who remain in rural areas.
Prayer to the Immaculate Conception of Gunwi
Mary Immaculate, Patron of Gunwi from the day of its foundation, keeps this rural community. He accompanies his elders, blesses the work of the earth and provokes new generations of faith. Teach us to receive grace with humility and to serve Jesus Christ faithfully in every neighbor. Amen.
Sources consulted
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