This makes it more difficult for the current pastoral workers to provide a supportive network of social, educational, and liturgical institutions for the incorporation of the newer immigrants. The new challenge to Korean-American Catholic communities is to understand their normal responsibility ot have specialized structures and strategies for community outreach and for building communities of faith in the context of integration into the community at large. It carries extremely important significance for the new generations of Korean-American Catholics who will have to make a contribution themselves to the Church as branches of the vine. Korean-American Catholic communities maintain strong ties with the Church in Korea. This demonstrates what a significant contribution of rich resources the Church in Korea makes to the U.S. Church's pastoral care of Korean-Americans.
Korean communities are very structured and organized.
Each community is organized with many small cells divided according to region or town. Also, a variety of community activities are handled by small organizations which usually are grouped by age or by their devotion to saints, especially the Korean martyr saints. All eight regions are represented by the National Korean Pastoral Center. Devotional activities and Catholic movements are widely practised by Koreans. The most popular of these activities and movements are the Legion of Mary, Curcillo, Marriage Encounter, Charismatic Renewal, and Ignatius Spirituality Training.