카푸친 작은 형제회
Religious house
About this place
The Jongno-gu Sagan-dong address in the package is identified in the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea directory as the Sagan-dong Fraternity of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. The Capuchins are a men’s Franciscan religious order whose characteristic spirituality gives priority to contemplation and prayer together with evangelical poverty, minority, fraternity, preaching, and service of neighbor.
This place in Sagan-dong is not a territorial parish but a fraternity where religious brothers live and pray in community, one of the Capuchin communities located within the Archdiocese of Seoul. Visitors should therefore understand it primarily as a religious community and chapel rather than as a parish church.
History & origins
The direct historical roots of the Capuchin Order lie in a reform movement within the Franciscan family. The Korean Catholic Encyclopedia explains that the Capuchin reform received formal papal approval on July 3, 1528 through a bull of Pope Clement VII and later developed as a distinct Franciscan tradition.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea directory records July 16, 1986 as the date on which the Capuchins entered Korea. Today the Sagan-dong Fraternity exists within the Archdiocese of Seoul as one of the communities of the Korean custody, and its official directory address matches the place in this package.
The public official sources reviewed here do not establish the exact opening date of the Sagan-dong Fraternity itself, so that local date is not conflated with the Order’s entry into Korea.
Sources
- 한국 천주교 주소록 - 카푸친 작은 형제회 사간동 형제회 · 한국천주교주교회의
- 한국 천주교 주소록 - 카푸친 작은 형제회 · 한국천주교주교회의
- 한국가톨릭대사전 - 카푸친 작은 형제회 · 한국가톨릭대사전
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서울대교구 (Archdiocese of Seoul)
Official website: https://aos.catholic.or.kr
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