Mirilnae Sacred Heart of Mary Sisters

About this place

The Wonju community of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary of Mirinae is registered in the Guide to the Catholic Church in Korea as a women’s religious community belonging to the Diocese of Wonju. The congregation’s official English name is Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary of Mirinae, and the Wonju house is located within a residential setting in Musil-dong. It is not a parish church or mission station, but a local house in which members of the congregation continue their common life and prayer, and it is officially listed as a distinct religious community.

The Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary of Mirinae are a women’s religious institute founded in Korea and now maintain their consecrated life through a motherhouse and communities in a number of dioceses. The Wonju house is one local expression of that common religious life and apostolate within the local Church. Public sources do not describe the specific apostolate of this community or a separate chapel function in enough detail to define them more precisely, so those points should not be assumed. For visitors, the essential fact is that this is a residence and community of consecrated religious within the Diocese of Wonju rather than a parish facility intended to function as an ordinary local church. Daily prayer and common life of the religious sisters are the central function of this place.