About this place
The Jesuit community in Hwagok-dong is registered by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea as “St. Aloysius House / Theologate.” Located at 22 Kkachisan-ro 24-gil, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, the house is distinctive because its very designation combines Jesuit community life with theological formation.
The Korean Province of the Society of Jesus presents the Spiritual Exercises and discernment, walking with the excluded, accompanying young people, and caring for our common home as its current Universal Apostolic Preferences. St. Aloysius House and the theologate can be understood within this mission as a community involved in the formation of Jesuits who will serve these apostolic priorities.
History & origins
The Society of Jesus entered Korea in 1955 and, as the Korean Jesuit community grew, gradually established structures and houses for formation and apostolic work. A chronology of the Korean Province published by the Sogang University Alumni Association records that a Jesuit theologate was established in 1974.
The current Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea directory lists the community at 22 Kkachisan-ro 24-gil in Hwagok-dong as “St. Aloysius House / Theologate.” The present Hwagok-dong community can therefore be identified as a place continuing the theological formation function institutionalized by the Jesuits in Korea from the 1970s onward.
The available chronology, however, does not separately state when the theologate moved to or began occupying the present Hwagok-dong site. For that reason, the year 1974 is not presented as the construction or opening date of the current property; the documented founding of the theologate and the present address are kept distinct.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 3 above-ground floors · 1 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 1987
- Total floor area: 1,499㎡
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- 한국천주교주교회의 온라인 주소록
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