Korean Martyrs Benedictine Sisters Congregation

About this place

This place in Heungcheon-myeon, Yeoju, is registered in the Catholic Directory of Korea as the Yeoju Jeomseong Monastery of the Suwon Province of the Sisters of the Blessed Korean Martyrs. Because the congregation has houses in several locations, this community is distinguished by the specific sub-name “Yeoju Jeomseong Monastery” at the Neungbuk-ro address in Heungcheon-myeon. Unlike a territorial parish church, it does not exercise parish jurisdiction over local Catholics; it is a monastery where the sisters continue their common life and prayer while living the mission of their congregation.

The Sisters of the Blessed Korean Martyrs were founded in the period immediately after Korea’s liberation by a Korean founder and co-founders who sought to carry the spirit of the Korean martyrs into religious life. The congregation pursues evangelization through its distinctive spirituality and communal life, and as it grew it established a Suwon Province linking a number of communities. Yeoju Jeomseong Monastery can therefore be understood as a local community within that province where the congregation’s spirituality of the martyrs and consecrated life continue to be lived.