Immaculate Mary Education Missionary Sisters
Religious house
원죄 없으신 마리아 교육 선교 수녀회
About this place
The Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in Jeongneung currently serve as the congregation’s Asia Province headquarters and Jeongneung community. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea directory lists the provincial house at 31 Jeongneung-ro 10ra-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, while education and mission form the core of the congregation’s apostolate.
The sisters look to Mary Immaculate as a spiritual model and have developed ministries especially focused on the education and growth of children and young people. The Jeongneung community is significant not only for formation and provincial administration but also as a base from which educational and protective ministries for young people and women have evolved according to the needs of each period.
History & origins
The Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception were founded by Carmen Sallés in Burgos, Spain, on December 7, 1892. From the beginning, education for children and young people was central to the congregation’s mission, which later expanded through missionary communities in several countries.
The congregation’s presence in Korea began on April 12, 1984, when three sisters arrived at the invitation of Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan. They established their first Korean community in Bulgwang-dong in 1985 and began educational ministry there. As Korean vocations increased, a separate place for formation became necessary.
In June 1989, the sisters established a novitiate in Jeongneung, using it for member formation and also as a residence for female university students. The ministries in Jeongneung later evolved with changing educational and social needs, and the site now continues as the Asia Province headquarters and Jeongneung community.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 3 above-ground floors · 2 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 1989
- Total floor area: 3,221㎡
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- 한국천주교주교회의 온라인 주소록
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