Jeondong Cathedral — Attraction in Jeonju-si

As a devout-wanna-be Catholic, I enjoy visiting new churches.

I got a chance to look around Han-ok village and the first place I'd look was this church. I attended the Mass too. There were about 50 believers at this time; most of them were senior citizens. You know, during the weekdays, not so many young people can come. However they sang so beautiful that I asked myself "Man, there's a choir in here?"

The Gospel was the Jesus' parable about vineyard(MT 20:1-16) and after Gospel reading, the reverend gave a nice homily.

After the Mass I took some pictures around the parish. There were also a lot of people taking pictures, for this is one beautiful church.

Thanks God for giving me a nice chance to visit...

Before coming here, I suggest you read up on Korea's Catholic history, how it started, how it spread, and the people who died for that cause. Look, I'm not a Catholic, but you have to know the history in order to realize the religious and regional under currents that play into today's Korean politics. Otherwise, this is "just another Catholic Church" where tourists still wearing hanbok frollick & prance around and taking glamour shots 'for the gram'. Another thing is, they actually let you go inside the main hall and pray. Check it out, it's got some nice pieces. I'm not religious, but hey, Pascal's wager says it doesn't hurt to pray for me becoming a better boyfriend to...

Old Catholic Church which is more than a century. The outlook might be humble but inside of it has a classic, magnificent beauty of catholic architecture.

It’s a landmark figure in Jeonju han-ok village.

It would be much better if there is a tour guide who can explain more about it. I heard it has a long history related with religion. Looking back at the religious history of Korea it was never easy to settle down in Korea.

A pamphlet written in English might be a great help to know...