About this place
The Consolata Missionaries community in Gap-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon is listed in the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea directory as the “Spring of Consolation / Interreligious Dialogue” branch community. The Consolata Missionaries are an international missionary religious institute whose distinctive vocation is mission, and the Gap-dong house is one of the places where the institute continues its communal and missionary life within the Diocese of Daejeon.
A distinctive feature of this house, reflected in its name, is its emphasis on interreligious dialogue. The Diocese of Daejeon records that representatives of Buddhist and Won Buddhist communities took part in the blessing of the “Spring of Consolation,” illustrating the house's orientation toward encounter and peace among religious traditions. It is therefore better understood not as a territorial parish church for local Catholics but as a religious community where the institute lives its missionary spirituality through communal life, dialogue, and encounter.
History & origins
The Consolata Missionaries were founded by Father Giuseppe Allamano in Turin, Italy, on January 29, 1901. The institute's name is connected with devotion to Our Lady Consolata, or Our Lady of Consolation, and from its beginnings it placed missionary service in places where the Gospel had not been sufficiently proclaimed at the heart of its vocation.
The institute entered Korea in 1988. The Catholic Encyclopedia of Korea records that four missionaries from Italy, Spain, Colombia, and Brazil came to Korea to begin the mission, while the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea directory gives January 20, 1988 as the date of entry. This established a foundation for the institute to continue its international missionary experience within the Catholic Church in Korea.
The community in Gap-dong, Daejeon became one concrete local base for that mission. According to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea directory, the branch house was established with the approval of Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik of Daejeon on March 6, 2012. Later that year, on October 29, the “Spring of Consolation” was blessed. The Diocese of Daejeon records that representatives of the Cheontae Buddhist Order and Won Buddhism attended and joined in planting a tree symbolizing harmony among religions.
This development shows how the Gap-dong community became more than a residence for missionaries, providing a setting in which the Consolata missionary tradition could take concrete form in Korean society through interreligious dialogue and encounter.
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- Passenger elevators: 0
- 4 above-ground floors · 1 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 2013
- Total floor area: 667㎡
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