Marian devotion
In the rural environment of Saengnim-myeon, within the city of Gimhae, there is a Catholic missionary community whose official patron is Our Lady of Perpetual Help. His presence makes a universal devotion visible in a specific local community of the diocese of Masan.
Advocation: Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
Official Korean name: The Holy Spirit of Eternal Help Yeongwonhan doum-ui Seongmo.
Community: The Saengnim mission.
Temple: 생림성당 · Saengnim Catholic Church.
Address: 44 Jangjae-ro 520beon gil, Saengnim-myeon, Gimhae, Gyesingnam-do 50801, Kora del Sur.
Foundation: 28 December 2009.
Jurisdiction: Catholic diocese of Masan, Changwon district, area 4.
Coordinates checked: 35.321728, 128.8512419.
Sponsorship confirmed by the Korean Church
The official directory of the Korean Episcopal Conference identifies the community as Saengnim Choyo and expressly registers The Holy SpiritOur Lady of Perpetual Help, as a patron.
The same fact sheet confirms its membership in the diocese of Masan, the date of foundation and the home of the temple. The advocation has not been inferred from the name of the building: it appears in the official field of patronage.
A community founded in 2009
The official date of incorporation is the 28 December 2009. The Korean term mental It points to its missionary status and helps to distinguish it from a fully independent territorial parish.
The directory also offers the address of the Hallim church as a linked home. This suggests a pastoral relationship between the two communities, but the place of worship and the Saengnim marker correspond to their own direction in Jangjae-ro.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
The advocation is linked to the ancient Marian icon guarded by the redemptorists in the church of San Alfonso of Rome. Mary holds the Child Jesus while the archangels show the signs of the Passion.
The Child turns to those signs and clings to his Mother. The image unites the announcement of Christ's suffering with trust: Mary always accompanies and leads to her Son.
A relief that depends on Christ
The Catholic faith does not attribute a separate salvation to Mary. His maternal intercession is part of the only mediation of Jesus Christ and is entirely dependent on it.
John Paul II explained this spiritual motherhood as a presence that accompanies the disciples on their way of faith. To call upon Mary means to be ready to listen to Christ and to obey his Gospel.
Spiritual and concrete help
The title "Perpetual Relief" expresses confidence in disease, loneliness, poverty, fear or a difficult decision. Prayer does not eliminate human responsibility, but it awakens it.
A community under this patronage is also called to become close help: to listen, visit, share resources and accompany without hasty judgment.
A rural presence in Gimhae
Saengnim-myeon is part of Gimhae, east of the diocese of Masan. The community offers a meeting and prayer point outside the large urban centres.
The mission recalls that pastoral care must also reach scattered populations. A small community is not secondary: each person retains the same dignity and need for accompaniment.
Current directory data
The consulted episcopal record records 318 faithful and no dependent secondary station. These figures are administrative data subject to update and should not be understood as a permanent measurement.
The community or the diocese should be consulted directly for hours, celebrations or pastoral contact, as they may change.
verified location for the map
The episcopal directory sets the church in 44 Jangjae- ro 520beon-gil, postal code 50801. The nominal mapping of Saengnim Catholic Church places the temple in 35.321728, 128.8512419.
The marker corresponds to the Saengnim building, not to the Hallim church which appears as the second pastoral direction.
To visit and pray
Saengnim is a living community, not just a point of interest. Before coming it is necessary to confirm the hours and respect the silence, veneration and ordinary life of its faithful.
Before Our Lady of Perpetual Relief can be entrusted a concrete need and ask for the grace of recognizing who we can help today.
Prayer to Our Lady of the Perpetual Relief of Saengnim
Mary, Mother of the Perpetual Relief, guards the mission of Saengnim and all the families of Gimhae. Take our needs before your Son, strengthen those who suffer and teach us to offer faithful, humble and concrete help. May this rural community be home to prayer, comfort and hope, and always lead to Jesus Christ. Amen.
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