Marian devotion
The parish of Bansong, in the industrial city of Changwon, is entrusted to Mary, Queen of the Martyrs. This title unites the maternal closeness of the Virgin with the testimony of those who remained faithful to Christ until they give up life.
Advocation: Mary, Queen of the Martyrs.
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Temple: 반송성당 · Bansong Catholic Church.
Address: 25 Woni-daero 473beon- gil, Seongsan@@
Parish Foundation: 26 January 1981.
Jurisdiction: Catholic diocese of Masan.
Coordinates checked: 35.2343244, 128.6698955.
documented Patronazgo
The Korean Episcopal Conference officially records 순교자의 소리 Voice of the Martyrs KoreaQueen of the Martyrs, as patron of Bansong. Its directory also confirms the diocese of Masan, the founding date and the direction.
There is no Mary's apparition related to this place. The advocation is the dedication of a parish and must be distinguished from other temples called Bansong, especially that located in Busan.
A community born with the industrial city
The parish was erected 26 January 1981, when Changwon grew up as a planned and industrial city. The story published by the diocese of Masan explains that he received families from different places to work and inhabit the new residential assemblies.
The community also attended to the working world of the industrial environment. Thus, faith was linked to the daily life of workers, families and neighbors who needed to build links in a young city.
The new temple of 2005
Urban reconstruction forced the temporary use of a given space. The current church was erected in the Banlim district and dedicated in December 2005, as the twenty-fifth parish anniversary approached.
This continuity shows that a parish is not only identified with a building: it is a community capable of persevering and redoing its common house.
Why Mary is Queen of the Martyrs
Mary remained next to the cross of Jesus. He did not suffer martyrdom by execution, but shared with maternal fidelity the passion of his Son and did not abandon the nascent community.
To call her Queen of the Martyrs does not separate her from Christ. He recognizes in her the first disciple who accompanies those who bear witness to him and leads them to the Paschal victory.
The martyrs of Korea
The Korean Church was born in a unique way on the initiative of laity who knew the faith through books from China. During the persecutions, men and women of different ages and conditions held that faith to death.
John Paul II recalled, in canonizing 103 Korean martyrs in 1984, that that community deepened its unity through prayer and fraternal love. His memory does not feed resentment: he calls to live the truth today with charity and freedom.
A crown made of service
Mary's royalty has the style of her Son: humility, service and dedication. That is why the invocation does not celebrate human power, but the fertility of a life that remains faithful to the Gospel.
In an environment marked by industrial work, this spirituality invites you to defend the dignity of the worker, to care for families and to accompany those who suffer from precariousness, accident or exhaustion.
Witnesses without violence
The Christian martyr does not seek death or impose his faith. He is a witness because he refuses to respond to evil with hatred and retains inner freedom even under duress.
Pope Francis presented the Korean martyrs as models of faith, charity and solidarity. Invoking them with Mary helps to ask for perseverance without fanaticism and courage without violence.
Report for reconciliation
Remembering those who suffered persecution requires protecting the freedom of conscience of all people today. The Christian memory must become hospitality and not an instrument against others.
Mary, Queen of the Martyrs, can gather prayer for the peninsula divided, for the Christian communities living in hiding and for a peace based on human dignity.
verified location for the map
The episcopal directory and the diocese place the parish in 25 Woni-daero 473beon-gilBanlim- dong. The open cartographic record identifies the cult building in 35.2343244, 128.6698955, next to the point returned by the independent geocoding of the direction.
The address, the name of the parish and the public telephone match in local sources. The marker has been placed on the Changwon cult compound and not on the general center of the neighborhood.
To visit and pray
One ten of the Rosary can be offered for those who suffer because of their conscience, one for the workers and their families, and another for the reconciliation of Korea. The hours can be changed and must be confirmed directly with the parish.
The visit must respect celebrations and community life. Bansong is a parish dedicated to Mary Queen of the Martyrs; it is not presented as a sanctuary of apparitions.
Prayer to Mary, Queen of the Martyrs, of Bansong
Mary, Queen of the Martyrs, you who stayed by the cross, guard the parish of Bansong and the city of Changwon. Praise us a humble faith, a firm hope and a charity that does not respond to evil with violence. It protects workers and their families, accompanies those who suffer for their conscience and opens up roads of reconciliation and peace for all Korea. Amen.
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