Korean Martyr Blessed Palma Sisters

About this place

The Central Community of the Palma Sisters of the Blessed Korean Martyrs is a religious community located within the Cathedral Church of Jungang in the Diocese of Busan. The Catholic Church directory in Korea identifies it specifically as the congregation’s “Central Community” under the Diocese of Busan. It should therefore be understood not as an independent parish or a separate shrine, but as a local community of the Palma Sisters. Its distinctive character lies in the way the liturgical life of the cathedral parish and the consecrated life of the sisters meet within the same ecclesial setting.

The Palma Sisters of the Blessed Korean Martyrs cultivate a spirituality that looks to Jesus Christ as the model of martyrdom and seeks to follow the faith and fraternal charity of the Korean martyrs. The significance of the Central Community is thus found less in a particular institutional function than in living this spirituality of martyrdom through prayer and common life within one of Busan’s historic cathedral communities. Visitors can distinguish the cathedral parish itself from the religious community while recognizing how liturgical life and consecrated life are present together in the same place.