Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles

About this place

The Jeonju community of the Carmelite Missionaries is a women's religious community living within the Diocese of Jeonju. The directory of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea lists it as the “Carmelite Missionaries (Jeonju Community)” and confirms it as a religious community in the Diocese of Jeonju. Unlike a parish responsible for Catholics in a defined territory, it is a local house of a religious institute in which sisters live consecrated life centered on community and prayer, and therefore differs in character from an ordinary parish church.

The Carmelite Missionaries are an active religious institute that seeks to unite contemplation and apostolic activity within the Carmelite tradition. The Korean Catholic Encyclopedia explains that Blessed Francisco Palau founded the community in Barcelona in 1860 and that spiritual communion with the Church, prayer, and pastoral activity formed its way of life. The Jeonju community can therefore be understood as a place where the institute's spirituality and mission are lived within the Diocese of Jeonju. Public official sources, however, do not provide enough detail to identify the specific current apostolates of this local community, so none have been added without evidence.