The surviving Christians strengthened their religious faith while calling their suffering during deportation "journey," and built a church (Urakami Cathedral) in Urakami with which they had been associated in 1879.
生き残った信徒たちは流罪の苦難を「旅」と呼んで信仰を強くし、1879年（明治12年）、故地浦上に聖堂（浦上天主堂）を建てた。