It started between 1996 and 1997. At that time, a small number of Korean Catholics wanted to hold a Korean Mass in the Reno area, as the language barrier made it difficult to understand the English Mass and to make the sacrament of confession difficult.

We invited a Korean priest from the Sacramento National Parish to celebrate Mass once a month. During the first few months, Sunday Mass was celebrated in the homes of different believers. However, our community felt the need to have a permanent place to connect with the parish community, so we turned to the Diocese of Reno and reach out for help to Bishop Phillip Straling, and the Bishop arranged for us to hold Mass in the Holy Cross parish.

In 2019 we moved from Holy Cross Catholic Community, to Our Lady of Snows where Pastor, Fr. Robert Chorey welcomed us. Currently, with the consideration of our request, Most. Rev. Daniel H. Mueggenborg, Bishop of Reno decided to put our Korean Community under the protection of ‘Blessed Sales Thomas’.  We gather every Sunday at 4:00pm under the leadership of Father Won-hyeon Kim (Peter) who presides the Eucharistic celebration every other Sunday, and Deacon Sang-don Kim (Domin) leads the liturgy of the Word alternates with Father Peter. Both, Fr. Peter and Deacon Dominc belong to ‘Saint Jeonghye Elizabeth’ a Korean National Parish of the Diocese of Sacramento. For more information, please contact Maripaz Ramos at 775-326-9423 or email her at maripazr@catholicreno.org  or visit our website at https://renodiocese.org/home/ourworks/ethnic-ministry/.

If you would like to speak in Korean, please call Sang-don Kim (Domin), Deputy Head (916) 580-8519 (cell), or send an email to sangdominic@me.com