Seongjibaeron Dume Flower Retreat House (Private)
Retreat center
성지배론 두메꽃 피정의 집(개인)
About this place
The Dume-kkot Retreat House at Baeron is an individual retreat and prayer facility of the Diocese of Wonju near Baeron Shrine in Bongyang-eup, Jecheon, Chungcheongbuk-do. The Catholic Church directory of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea classifies it as a retreat/prayer house and names the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Mirinae as the responsible religious community. Rather than functioning as a large training center built around group programs, it is characterized as a place where individuals and small groups can remain quietly and focus on personal prayer and meditation.
The Catholic Times has introduced the retreat house as a place in the mountain setting and martyr-spirituality atmosphere of Baeron where individuals, families, and small communities can make a retreat. It has been described as suitable for arranging one’s own time of prayer rather than following a fixed program and for combining a retreat with pilgrimage in the surrounding shrine area. Its significance therefore lies less in separate visitor attractions than in helping people remain quietly near Baeron’s memory of faith and examine their own spiritual life.
Its proximity to the historic spaces of Baeron Shrine further defines the character of the retreat. A person can encounter the shrine’s history of martyrdom and vocation and then return to quiet personal prayer, allowing pilgrimage and retreat to complement one another during a stay.
History & origins
The exact foundation date of the Dume-kkot Retreat House is not stated in the available official sources. Catholic press records do show, however, that by at least 2003 it was operating in the Baeron Shrine area as a retreat facility for individuals and families. At that time The Catholic Times described it as a place centered on walking meditation and personal prayer rather than a fixed, structured retreat program.
The essential character of the facility continued to focus on quiet retreats for small numbers of people rather than large-scale events. In 2017 The Catholic Times again introduced it as a retreat place for individuals, families, and small communities, noting a chapel for prayer inside the building and describing it as a place where a stay could be connected with pilgrimage at Baeron Shrine.
The current Catholic Church directory lists it as “Baeron Shrine Dume-kkot Retreat House (Individual)” among the retreat and prayer houses of the Diocese of Wonju and identifies the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Mirinae as the responsible religious community. Its documented history should therefore be described without assigning an unverified foundation year: the available record shows a small retreat house serving individual prayer in the Baeron pilgrimage setting from at least the early 2000s into the present.
Korean Catholic Places Encyclopedia
Start the first record for Seongjibaeron Dume Flower Retreat House (Private)
No public encyclopedia article is available for this place yet. Help document its Catholic history and stories with verifiable sources.
Encyclopedia articles are currently available in Korean.
Would you like to record this place in your pilgrimage passport?
Sign in to keep this record with you.
Accessibility information
Accessibility information is not available yet. Please check with the location before visiting.
Sources and updates
- Information Status
- Official
- Source
- Official source
- Data freshness
- Fresh
- Last updated
- Source
- 한국천주교주교회의 온라인 주소록
Diocese
Wontong Diocese (Diocese of Wonju)
Official website: http://www.wjcatholic.or.kr
Help verify information
Did the Mass schedule or church information change?
Let us know if you confirmed the displayed information or noticed something different.
Information Status: Official source
Visited here? Share details about toilets, parking or ramps.
Sign in to leave a visitor check.
Sign in to confirm the schedule or report a change.
Reports are saved for review. Mass times are changed after evidence such as official sources is checked, not automatically based on visitor confirmations.