Gwangju, South Korea: Migrant Ministry Easter Celebration

(April 9) Archbishop Simon Ok Hyun-jin of Gwanju Archdiocese presided over the Easter Mass with about 600 migrant Catholics and pastoral workers of this ministry, including Fr. Jonrey Lauron RCJ who works at the archiocesan Migrant Center in the city. The Mass was celebrated in a mixture of Korean, English, Vietnamese, and East Timorese at the Gwanju Catholic Lifelong Educational Center. 
             On the same day, at the Suncheon Catholic Migrant Center, Fr. Peter Kim Jun Oh, the chaplain in charge of the Center, presented Fr. Balquin and Fr. Cuong the faculties granted to them by Archbishop Ok Hyun-jin to administer the sacraments. Both confreres work in the migrant ministry of the Archdiocese of Gwangju, serving the Suncheon District's English/Filipino and Vietnamese-speaking Catholic communities, respectively.

Easter Mass for Migrant Catholics in the Archdiocese of Gwanju.
The choir of Filipino migrants.
Mons. Simon Ok Hyun-jin of Gwanju Archdiocese presided over the Easter Mass
Archbishop Simon Ok with a migrant Catholic.
Fr. Peter Kim Jun Oh, in-charge of the Suncheon Catholic Migrant Center, with Fr. Balqin and Fr. Cuong.
Fr. Peter Kim Jun Oh, in-charge of the Suncheon Catholic Migrant Center hands over to Fr. Balquin the faculty to administer the sacraments.
Fr. Peter Kim Jun Oh, in-charge of the Suncheon Catholic Migrant Center hands over to Fr. Cuong the faculty to administer the sacraments.
Vietnamese Catholic Migrants during the Easter Sunday Mass.
Vietnamese Catholic Migrants during the Easter Sunday Mass.
Fr. Cuong presides over the Mass with the Vietnamese Catholic Migrant community.
Fr. Cuong administers the sacrament of baptism at the Vietnamese Catholic Migrant community.
Fr. Cuong presides over the Mass with the Vietnamese Catholic Migrant community.
Agape after the Easter Mass.
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