Korean Martyrs Benedictine Sisters Congregation

About this place

The Masan community of the Sisters of the Blessed Korean Martyrs is listed in the Catholic Directory in Korea as the congregation’s Masan branch within the Suwon Province and is a women’s religious community living in the Jinhae area of the Diocese of Masan. The directory entry for Jungangdong Parish at the same address also names the Sisters of the Blessed Korean Martyrs as the parish’s religious community, showing that this branch is closely connected with the local parish. It is not an independent parish but a local religious house where the sisters live in community, pray, and serve the Church.

The Sisters of the Blessed Korean Martyrs place at the heart of their founding spirit the desire to imitate the faith of the Korean martyrs and to dedicate themselves to evangelization in that spirit. The Masan branch is therefore best understood as a community living that religious identity within the local Church. Visitors should distinguish the parish functions carried out by Jungangdong Catholic Church from the role of the sisters’ community. The significance of the branch lies in the continuing presence of a congregation rooted in Korean martyr spirituality through a life of prayer and service in the Diocese of Masan.