About this place
Daewol Monastery on Myeongam-gil in Baekgok-myeon, Jincheon-gun, is a contemplative monastic community of the Sisters of the Blessed Korean Martyrs. The Korean Catholic Directory lists it separately within the Diocese of Cheongju as the “Daewol Monastery” of the congregation, and the congregation’s official website likewise presents Daewol Monastery as a distinct community and apostolic category. Its most important identity is that of a monastery centered on contemplative religious life, rather than an ordinary parish convent.
The Sisters of the Blessed Korean Martyrs takes as its distinctive spirituality a life of love and self-offering in the spirit of the Korean martyrs. Within that broader spirituality, Daewol Monastery gives particular weight to prayer and contemplation. It is therefore best understood not as simply another parish church or retreat facility, but as a contemplative monastery where religious sisters live the spirituality of their congregation through common life and prayer.
History & origins
The history of Daewol Monastery begins within the broader development of the Sisters of the Blessed Korean Martyrs. The congregation was founded in Kaesong on April 21, 1946, by Fr. Leo Bang Yu-ryong together with Teresa Yoon Byeong-hyeon and Marie Teresa Hong Eun-soon, with the continuation of the spirit of the Korean martyrs at the heart of its religious vocation. In 1950, shortly before the Korean War, the community moved its base to Cheongpa-dong in Seoul and rebuilt the foundations of its religious life there.
A Catholic Times article marking the congregation’s 70th anniversary records that the contemplative community known as “Daewol Monastery” was established in 1982. The National Library of Korea also catalogs a volume titled Daewol Monastery: 30th Anniversary Photo Book 1982–2012, showing that the congregation’s own commemorative record likewise treats 1982 as the monastery’s foundation year. Together, these sources consistently identify the point at which Daewol was established as a contemplative community within the congregation.
Daewol Monastery has continued as a religious community in Baekgok-myeon and is still listed today as a separate monastery in both the Korean Catholic Directory and the congregation’s official website. Its history can therefore be understood in relation to, but distinctly from, the general history of the congregation, with the establishment of the contemplative community in 1982 as its central milestone. It represents an enduring effort to live the spirituality of the Korean martyrs not only through active apostolates but also through a life of prayer and contemplation.
Korean Catholic Places Encyclopedia
Start the first record for Korean Martyrs Blessed Sisters
No public encyclopedia article is available for this place yet. Help document its Catholic history and stories with verifiable sources.
Encyclopedia articles are currently available in Korean.
Would you like to record this place in your pilgrimage passport?
Sign in to keep this record with you.
Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 1 above-ground floors · 0 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 2020
- Total floor area: 21㎡
Building-register record · · Source
Accessibility information
Accessibility information is not available yet. Please check with the location before visiting.
Sources and updates
- Information Status
- Official
- Source
- Official source
- Data freshness
- Fresh
- Last updated
- Source
- 한국천주교주교회의 온라인 주소록
Diocese
Cheongju Diocese (Diocese of Cheongju)
Official website: https://www.cdcj.or.kr
Help verify information
Did the Mass schedule or church information change?
Let us know if you confirmed the displayed information or noticed something different.
Information Status: Official source
Visited here? Share details about toilets, parking or ramps.
Sign in to leave a visitor check.
Sign in to confirm the schedule or report a change.
Reports are saved for review. Mass times are changed after evidence such as official sources is checked, not automatically based on visitor confirmations.