In 1987 a German-speaking priest became the resident pastor for the Beijing area and began to offer church services in German regularly.
The German ambassador, Hanspeter Hellbeck, and his administration team welcomed all German-speaking Catholics warmly in the embassy.
Further highlight during the history: The major goals for the founding of the Parish of St. Joseph Freinademetz are both being the religious home for German-speaking Catholics in Beijing and providing a bit of German culture in China.
The parish's patron Joseph Freinademetz came to China during the 19th century as a missionary and bore witness for Jesus Christ, in particularly in Shandong Province, dying while nursing victims of an outbreak of typhus.
[2] The parish commits to his tradition and peaceful guide and intends to stay together in harmony with other Christian congregations in China, and to follow up ecumenism.