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English Mass
Every　３ｒｄ  Sunday of the month. 　(2:30pm 〜)
Japanese Mass
Every Sunday (10:00am 〜)
　

At the time of the Meiji Restoration,  missionary work was launched. Kiuemonn Honda, who had been baptized at Tsukij-iinaribashi Catholic Church,
longed to have a church built for the local people. Since the number of  the faithful  in Asakusa district increased, the assembly halll,
which Assistant Priest Langrey from Tsukiji Catholic Church had built in Asakusa, became too small.  
Fr. Langrey's regular visit to the hall couldn't meet local people's needs  anymore. At that time, it was impossible to obtain permission to build a church
in an area outside the Aliens Settlement. However Father Langrey was allowed to build a school and on April 15, 1877, Maikai School was  consecrated.
Father Langrey was invited to teach as a foreign teacher. That day 40 people were baptized in a room of the school which was called St. Paul's Chapel.

The missionary work based at Maikai School was rewarded with remarkable results. On December 1877 the school was moved
to Muko-yanagihara 1 chome, the site of the present Asakusa Catholic Church. By that time, there were as many as 200 lay people. 
Later on in Kodenma and Yokokawa, neighboring properties were purchased in the name of  lay people and  sub Parish was founded there.
On the seventh anniversary of Maikai School, there were more than 1000 lay people in the Asakusa Catholic Church district .

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