Marian devotion
In Yeompo, within the industrial city of Ulsan, a parish is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows. Mary appears as the Mother who remains with Jesus Christ and accompanies without fleeing those who go through suffering, loss or loneliness.
Advocation: Our Lady of the Dolores.
Official Korean name: The Holy Spirit Gong-ui Seongmo.
Temple: 염포성당 · Yeompo Catholic Church.
Address: 14 Ochigol 5-gil, Buk-gu, Ulsan 44260, Korea del Sur.
Official Foundation: August 25, 1981.
Jurisdiction: Catholic diocese of Busan, Boksan district.
Coordinates checked: 35.5473932, 129.3854393.
A confirmed patronage
The Bishops' Conference of Korea MatureOur Lady of the Dolores, as the patronage of Yeompo. The document also confirms its founding date, direction and belonging to the diocese of Busan.
Good News Catholic reproduces this data and allows you to contrast the record. There is no local Marian apparition: the dedication of a parish is documented.
A parish founded in 1981
The community was erected August 25, 1981. The accessible sources do not provide a detailed chronicle of their birth or explain the choice of patronage.
The file keeps that limit. It does not attribute founders, previous temples or specific industrial events that have not been verified.
Mary by the cross
The Gospel of John places the Mother of Jesus next to the cross. He cannot withdraw the sentence or avoid the death of his Son, but he refuses to abandon it.
John Paul II described Mary as a witness to passion through his presence and participation through his compassion. His pain remains attached to Christ.
The prophecy of Simeon
When Jesus is presented in the temple, Simeon announces that it will be a sign of contradiction and that a sword will pass through Mary's soul.
Faith does not grant him a life protected from loss. It allows you to pass through the test without breaking your trust or closing your heart to others.
The pains contemplated by tradition
The Marian tradition brings together episodes such as the prophecy of Simeon, the flight to Egypt, the loss of Jesus, the way of Calvary, crucifixion, descent and burial.
This enumeration helps to travel the Gospel, but the official name of Yeompo remains the general form "Our Lady of the Dolores."
Consuelo that remains
There are wounds that do not allow a quick explanation: duel, severe disease, accident, separation or fear. In those moments, a faithful presence can be more true than many words.
Mary Dolorosa teaches to listen, to keep silent when necessary and to support with concrete help those who cannot carry alone.
Not idealizing suffering
Christian devotion does not make pain a good for itself. Avoidable suffering must be prevented and victims needed protection, health care and justice.
To imitate Mary's permanence by the cross means to reject indifference and to act so that no one is abandoned in a dangerous situation.
Labour, industry and dignity
Ulsan is deeply linked to industry, shipbuilding and technical work. These activities support families, but may also involve tiredness, accident and uncertainty.
Without giving the parish a specific undocumented work history, his patronage invites workers and families to listen and to defend that productivity is never above the person.
Accompanying the duel
The duel doesn't follow a uniform calendar. Sadness, anger, guilt or disconcertation may appear in different ways.
The Christian community can offer prayer, company and practical help, respecting the times of each person and avoiding phrases that minimize loss.
Protection from violence
Mary's patience should not be used to ask a victim to tolerate abuse. In the face of danger, the priority is to protect, seek help and stop the damage.
Authentic compassion listens without blaming and accompanies access to safe professional, legal, health and pastoral resources.
From Calvary to hope
Mary remains by the cross, but the history of Christ does not end in the tomb. The Resurrection prevents compassion from being reduced to despair.
Paschal hope does not erase wounds; it states that God's love and life have the last word.
Korean pain and reconciliation
The division of the peninsula retains personal and historical wounds. Remembering them must not feed hatred, but it cannot demand that the victims be forgotten.
From Yeompo you can ask for a peace that can unite truth, freedom, justice and compassion, and accompany the families that remain separate.
The current community
The consulted episcopal directory records 1,990 faithful and a priest. These administrative data may change.
The general phone is 052-287-8818. Time and access should be confirmed directly before you go.
verified location for the map
The official address is 14 Ochigol 5-gil, Buk-gu, Ulsan. Nominal mapping places Yeompo Catholic Church in 35.5473932, 129.3854393.
The marker corresponds to the parish complex and not to the approximate center of Yeompo-dong or to Boksan, another parish of Ulsan with the same general patronage.
To visit and pray
The fifth painful mystery can be prayed for by mourning families, accidental workers, victims of violence and those who care for the sick.
Before Our Lady of the Dolores can be asked to remain, protect and accompany without denying the gravity of the wound.
Prayer to Our Lady of the Dolores of Yeompo
Our Lady of the Dolores, keeps the parish of Yeompo and the families of Ulsan. You who stood by the cross, accompany those who cry, protect the victims and strengthen those who care. It defends the dignity of the workers, heals the wounds of our memory and teaches us to build for Korea a peace born of truth, justice and compassion. Amen.
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