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Home / Local News / Korean Martyrs Community Celebrates Groundbreaking For New Chapel, Education Building
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Print Issue: January 24, 2002
| Korean Martyrs Community Celebrates Groundbreaking For New Chapel, Education Building |
| Archbishop John F. Donoghue joined members of the Korean community,
representatives from the construction and architectural firms and Msgr.
R. Donald Kiernan and Deacon Ray Egan of the archdiocese to bless and dedicate
the ground where a new chapel and education building will be built. The
groundbreaking on Dec. 28 signifies the beginning of the Korean Martyrs
Catholic Center's first addition since the early 1990s, when the community
moved into the former Baptist church on Buford Highway in Doraville. |
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MURAL OF MARTYRS-- A huge oil painting mural of the 103 Korean martyrs
is currently in the church entrance. The mural was painted by Pius Chung
of Roswell, a church member. The mural is 100 feet high by 198 feet long.
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| BLESS THIS FOOD--Archbishop John F. Donoghue blesses the crowd gathered
at a reception following the groundbreaking for the new Korean Martyrs Catholic
Center chapel and education center. The archbishop is flanked by Deacon
Ray Egan, left, and Father Gabriel Byong Young Je, SJ, pastor of Korean
Martyrs Catholic Center. |
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