Hyein Noh, a South Korean, returns to the Philippines as a lay missionary.
On April 14, Father Min Dionisio presided over a send-off Mass for Noh, a lay member of the Missionary Society of St. Columban, commonly known as the Columbans, at the Myeongdong Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception.
In 2011, the Sunggol-up Semi-Foreign Mission sent Noh to the Philippines as a missionary, where she served in a slum area near Manila, the capital of the country.
In 2019, she was announced as the Korean branch and worked as the coordinator of the Pyeongsin-do missionary for five years.
“I was a Catholic Climate Action Operating Committee member and the Action Team Leader in various activities that took care of the environment," she says.
“I express gratitude for the hard work in the Korean branch, sending them off to the mission area,” shared Noh.
On March 1, 2019, she was welcomed when she returned to Korea from the Philippines. While working in Korea, she received a lot of love and support from the Korean branch, she adds.
“Now I am back on the mission road to the Philippines,” she said.
During the send-off Mass, she thanked me for the love from the Golleung class family, sponsor members, staff, and everyone she met in Korea.
In his homily, Father Dionisio, a priest with the Missionary Society of St. Columban (Columbans), reminded Noh to commit to the cause of the Gospel while working in the Philippines, a predominantly Christian nation.
He also asked people who attended the occasion to pray for Noh, who is embarking on a new missionary journey, and send her support.
The Missionary Society of St. Columban was formally founded in Ireland in 1918 and takes its name from St. Columban, Ireland’s sixth-century missionary to Europe. Its missionaries are currently working in at least 20 countries.
They are known for missionary work in various countries, including the Philippines. Many are part of the Columbans, who train and assign laymen and women around the world as missionaries.
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