Their first church was the Holy Rosary Cathedral in Kaohsiung, and from it many converts were won, particularly in the Pingtung area.
他們在高雄建立了玫瑰堂，先在南部展開傳教工作，吸引許多屏東一帶的人受洗成為教徒。這些教徒經常長途跋涉到高雄做禮拜，覺得很不方便，於是請求神父們在屏東也建立一所教堂。