Mirinae Spirituality House

History & origins

Among the publicly available records now identifiable, one of the relatively early sources describing activities at Mirinae House of Meditation is a summer-retreat notice from 2009. At that time the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea collected information on major retreat programs around the country, and the House of Meditation was reported as holding several overnight retreats in which parents and children participated together to foster dialogue and understanding. This record shows that by then the house was already receiving retreatants on a recurring basis.

In the summer of 2010, a “parents and children family retreat” at the same house was again publicized. The repeated appearance of family retreats across two years shows that the house was not limited to private silent prayer, but also served as a setting where family relationships could be reflected upon in faith. Its proximity to Mirinae, a place marked by the memory of martyrdom, provided a context in which such programs could be framed as times of prayer and discernment rather than simple recreation.

Today the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea directory identifies Mirinae House of Meditation as a retreat and prayer house of the Diocese of Suwon and names the Clerical Society of the Most Holy Trinity of Mirinae as the responsible institute. The diocese likewise lists it as a retreat and education center. Public sources do not establish with confidence the exact date of its first opening or its earliest construction history, but they do show a continuous line from family and Catholic retreats in the late 2000s to its present status as a diocesan retreat facility.