The selection work of 124 Korean martyrs was followed the decision of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea in October 1997. Next the Joint Committee to Promote Beatification of Korean martyrs was composed on October 12, 1998, and five meetings were...
The selection work of 124 Korean martyrs was followed the decision of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea in October 1997. Next the Joint Committee to Promote Beatification of Korean martyrs was composed on October 12, 1998, and five meetings were held until June 18, 2001. And June 30, 2001, the research staff was organized to select candidates for beatification under the responsibility of priest Peter Yoo Han-young who was postulator.
As a result, 122 martyrs were selected as Servants of God by the primary research work of the staff.
September 12, 2001, there was composed the Committee to Select Candidates for Promote Beatification(short CSC). Since then the staff’s second research work was paralleled with the CSC’s work. As a result, 124 martyrs and 2 Witnesses of Faith were determined as Servants of God until February 2002. March 7, 2002, the Special Episcopal Commission to Promote Beatification(short SEC) approved the beatification promotion of 124 martyrs, and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints of Roman Curia named the title of the beatification agenda “Servants of God Paul Yun Ji-chung(尹持忠) and 123 Companions” on the same year September 4.
The arrangement work of materials for the beatification of 124 Servants of God was started in the writing biographical outline. This wok began with a shared form in the first place, but shortly afterwards was entrusted to the Yang-eop(良業) Research Institute for Church History(short YRI, Chief : Cha Ki-jin). And the YRI finished writing biographical outline and published Servants of God Paul Yun Ji-chung and 123 Companions in the name of SEC on september 19, 2003. At the same time, the first arrangement work of materials was finished.
The May 21, 2004, the decree on the court constitution for the beatification of the 124 Servants of God was promulgated, and the second arrangement work of materials was entrusted to YRI. After that, YRI have published The Source Book for Beatification of Servants of God Paul Yun Ji-chung and 123 Companions up to five volumes in the name of SEC from November 15, 2005 to February 14, 2008. At the same time the second arrangement work of materials was finished.