About this place
Gyeseong Pureunnuri Training Center is a Catholic retreat and training facility in Gapyeong-eup, Gapyeong County, Gyeonggi Province. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea directory lists it as a retreat and prayer house within the Diocese of Chuncheon and identifies the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres as the responsible religious congregation. The Seoul Province of the Sisters likewise presents it officially as one of its retreat facilities.
Using its setting of river and mountains, the center is operated as a place of nature-based learning for children and a quiet retreat environment for adults. During summer vacation it is used especially for parish Sunday school camps, while at other times it hosts retreats and seminars for parish groups such as Cursillo, Marriage Encounter, and the Legion of Mary. Its present role is to accommodate faith formation, community programs, and retreats in one place.
History & origins
The exact opening date of Gyeseong Pureunnuri Training Center is difficult to establish from currently available official public sources. A Catholic Times article dated July 7, 2002, however, introduced retreat facilities in the Chuncheon area and reported that Gyeseong Pureunnuri was already being operated by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres, accepting retreats on weekdays and weekends and at that time being used mainly for individual retreats. It can therefore be verified that the center was in operation by at least the summer of 2002.
The congregation's current official guidance shows that the center's range of use has become broader than in the 2002 record. It is no longer limited to quiet individual retreats but is also used for formation, camps, and group retreats for children, adults, and parish communities, showing a diversification of its training and retreat functions over time.
The precise dates of expansions or program changes in this development are not documented in the public official sources reviewed. Accordingly, no opening year or detailed construction chronology has been invented; the verified 2002 record of operation and the center's present official functions are used as the historical reference points.
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