Yeouido Catholic Church

Here’s a pretty typical looking Catholic Church of recent construction.  Located on Yeouido Island, a small island in the middle of the Han River which is home to the National Assemly, the 63 Building (third largest building in Korea), Yeouido Full Gospel Church (largest Assemblies of God church in the world with a membership of 800,000), the stock exchanges (KOSPI and KOSDAQ), headquarters of various companies, and much more, it is in a pretty ritzy neighbourhood.

Because of the lack of land in this country, Catholic Churches have generally tried to cram as much as possible into very small areas.  The Cathedral of the Diocese of Uijeongbu houses the Cathedral, classrooms, the priest’s residence, the offices of the diocese, and quite possibly the bishop’s residence in one building.  The nuns have a small house on the parish property where they live.  So, I don’t doubt that this large looking building contains a church, classroom, priest’s residences, a hall, and everything else that your modern parish would need all in one place.