Philippine bishop inaugurates shrine to Korean saint
Devotion shown to St. Andrew Kim Taegon in Bulacan parish necessitated its elevation to shrine status
Bishop Dennis Villarojo of Malolos celebrates Mass in Bocaue, Bulacan, during the inauguration of the St. Andrew Kim Shrine. (Photo courtesy of Malolos Diocese)
A parish in Bulacan province north of Manila is expecting to draw churchgoers from across the country after being elevated as the first and only shrine in the Philippines dedicated to a Korean saint.
Bishop Dennis Villarojo of Malolos declared St. Andrew Kim Taegon Parish Church in the town of Bocaue a shrine on Jan. 31 because of the devotion many churchgoers were showing toward the Korean saint.
Korean Church publishes book on St. Andrew Kim s letters
Volume marks the 200th birth anniversary of the country s most popular martyred saint
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St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon (1821-46) was the first Korean-born Catholic priest and is now the patron saint of Korea. (Image: YouTube)
The Korean Institute of Church History has published a book about St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon to mark the 200th birth anniversary of the country’s most popular martyred saint.
Father Cho Han-geon, president of the institute, recently launched
Fr. Andrew Kim Tae-gon’s Letters as part of the commemoration program during the jubilee year.
The 392-page volume is the first fruit of a revised work that reflects new research carried out over 25 years for the biography of St. Andrew Kim published in 1996 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his martyrdom.