About this place
The Hongcheon house of the Daughters of Divine Zeal is a religious community located in Nam-myeon, Hongcheon County, Gangwon State. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea directory lists it as the congregation's “Hongcheon House” within the Diocese of Chuncheon. It is not a parish church but a local house where members of the Daughters of Divine Zeal live and carry out the mission of their congregation.
The congregation's international official directory describes the Hongcheon community as a study and formation center of the delegation and as a “house of spirituality,” with ministries of welcoming groups and vocational animation. The site can therefore be understood as a religious-community base where common life is joined with apostolates of prayer, spirituality, and vocational discernment.
History & origins
The history of the Daughters of Divine Zeal as a congregation begins with its foundation on March 19, 1887, and the directory of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea records November 17, 1986 as the date of its arrival in Korea. Religious communities were subsequently formed in several parts of Korea. Public official sources currently available, however, do not provide the exact opening date or foundation year of the Hongcheon community.
Concrete records of the Hongcheon community's activities appear in the congregation's own official news. In February 2020, it reported that the “Hongcheon Yuchi-ri Community” had completed the construction of a Way of the Cross with the support of prayer and benefactors. This shows that by that time the Hongcheon community was continuing its religious life while developing a place for prayer.
The Hongcheon (Yuchi-ri) community was also among the communities visited during the Superior General's pastoral visit to the Korean delegation in 2025. These records confirm the continuing presence of the Hongcheon community within the congregation's Korean delegation. Because an exact local foundation date has not been verified in public official sources, no unconfirmed year has been inserted into this history.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 3 above-ground floors · 0 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 2005
- Total floor area: 476㎡
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- 한국천주교주교회의 온라인 주소록
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Chuncheon Diocese (Diocese of Chuncheon)
Official website: http://www.cccatholic.or.kr
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