This weekend is marked by the feast for the 103 saints of Korea. It conincided with an effort to have 38 more martyrs added to these saints. 40 days of prayer were held and concluded with a special mass where Little West Gate used to be. A lot of Catholics, including Hwang Sayong, one of the subjects of my study, was killed here.
The whole thing was a pretty big deal. There were several groups of Catholic women dressed in hanbok who were ready to give people directions to the mass.
The whole thing was a pretty big deal. There were several groups of Catholic women dressed in hanbok who were ready to give people directions to the mass.
Near little west gate is the Yakhyun Church which was finished in 1892 and was the first western style church in Korea.
Some nuns enter the park where the site of the Little West Gate is. Nuns are greeting by bowing women in hanbok.
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