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San Francisco Javier de Kagoshima - Where faith began in Japan
The cathedral of Kagoshima is dedicated to San Francisco Javier, who landed in this city on August 15, 1549 - the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin - bringing the Gospel to Japan for the first time.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- Javier arrived in Kagoshima on August 15, 1549: the evangelization of Japan began, providentially, on the day of Mary's Assumption.
- The first stone church (1908) was destroyed in World War II; it was followed by a wooden temple in 1949, fourth centenary of the arrival of the saint, and the current building of 1999.
- The diocese of Kagoshima was erected in 1955 by Pius XII with the bull "Qua sollicitáge."
- The memory of the Japanese hidden Christians, who kept faith and devotion to Mary for centuries without priests, has their sanctuaries recognized by UNESCO in the Nagasaki region.
Kagoshima Cathedral (San Francisco Javier)
In Kagoshima it all began: the faith that Javier sowed on August 15 survived two and a half centuries of persecution in the heart of the hidden Christians, who secretly prayed to the Mother of God.
"St. Mary, Queen of Japan, pray for us.
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