Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate

About this place

The Hwaeryeong Nativity of Mary Community of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary is a women’s institute of consecrated life located in the Sangju area of the Diocese of Andong. The Catholic directory of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea registers this community in Hwaseo-myeon, Sangju, as the congregation’s “Hwaeryeong Nativity of Mary Community,” confirming that the place at this address is a distinct local community from the institute’s Andong and Sangju communities.

The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary is an international missionary religious institute founded in 1877, and its official introduction emphasizes a community ready to be sent anywhere to proclaim the Good News. The Hwaeryeong Nativity of Mary Community can thus be understood as a local base where this religious identity is lived through common life and prayer, with a character distinct from that of a parish church.