Shin Na Mu-Gol [신나무골]

This is a Christian village,was the cradle of faith for Daeku(south-eastern) and It was hidden in a remote valley near the city, 33 KM over a mountain pass from HanTi where is another Christian community.
Except for sporadic periods of harassments, the church remained in peace during the interval between persecutions.
This region became an important station for the French missionaries.
The village was only a tiny hamlet prior to the persecution of 1827.
however,it soon began to absorb Christians fleeing south from Seoul,kyongki province and central area.

These refugees settled and formed a devout Christian community.
In 1861, with a local persecution raging in their native Kyongki province,Elizabeth Sun-Yi Lee and her eldest son Stephen Bae settled here.
later,they were killed in the massacre at HanTI.

In 1886, Father Achilles Robert was appointed the first Pastor of TaeKu area.however, he was unable to take up the post because foreigners still were not allowed to live a fixed residence outside the treaty ports.
instead, from 1866 to 1888,he lived in hiding at this ShinNaMu-Gol at the house of Andrew Yi-Cheon Lee and waited for an opportunity to establish a parish in DaeKu area.
During the interval,the courageous missionary traveled throughout South-eastern and south-western,avoiding the towns and visiting remote catholic villages.

HanTi [한티]

This is a small village located in a valley deep in the Palgong Mountains outside of DaeGu area.
Formerly,it was known as "HanTae (Mass grave)",because some of the graves in the village contains the remains of many martyrs buried together.Since then,the name has evolved to its current name Han Ti.

The first catholic who settled here had fled religious persecution in kyongki province and south-western region.
In those days,they existed no little more than an edible mountain root found in the mountains.
Later, they farmed and baked earthen ware from the pottery-kiln for a live hood.
In 1862, Bishop Daveluy came to HanTi and baptized a class of 40 catechumens according to tradition,the catholics of the village were killed en masse in a surprise attack by police from a military barracks in ChilKok county.

MoRae-Sil [모래실]

This was a former christian community located 20 KM from ChongSong Prison.Catholics who sought refuge from the terror of religious persecution established this village .
In 1815,the Easter prayer service at this was brutally attacked by police who had been informed about the assembly.

Those who were not stoned to death on the spot were martyred later in prison.
Six died in AnDong Prison,Four In Kyong Ju and 21 at Dae Gu Prison.
Ever since the massacre,the barren and desolate valley in front of this MoRae-Sil has been called Place of Death.
Scattered throughout the area are stone topped graves,mute evidence of the tragedy.

The Confessional Monument

There is a beautiful profession of faith inscribed in stone on Choin Ri Mountain near Sang Ju County.It is dedicated to the 33 martyrs of Sang Ju who died in the Byung In Persecution of 1866.
The stone was carved by Dominick Kim, a zealous layman,who lived during those violent days.
Its message gives us the love of God and to have kept unswerving obedience to the Pope and leaders of the Church.
The testimony and artistic beauty of the monument evoke admiration even to this day.