Salesian Sisters (Daughters of Mary Help of Christians)
Religious house
살레시오 수녀회(도움이신 마리아의 딸 수도회)
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The Jisan-dong community of the Salesian Sisters is the Gwangju convent of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians on Pilmun-daero 263beon-gil in Dong-gu, Gwangju. The Catholic Church Directory in Korea identifies it as the congregation's "Gwangju convent" in the Archdiocese of Gwangju, and its current representative address matches the package.
The Salesian Sisters were founded in 1872 and entered Korea in 1957. The Jisan-dong house is a current religious community distinct from the novitiate in Maeweol-dong, serving as a base for the common life and prayer of the sisters and for their apostolic presence in the local Church.
The site is therefore best understood not as an ordinary parish church, but as a Salesian Sisters' religious community in Gwangju. Its officially documented identity as the Gwangju convent is more important than changeable details about current personnel or individual assignments.
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- 한국천주교주교회의 온라인 주소록
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