Location
Official nameO. L. of Sujong Trappistine Monastery
Address378, Seokgok - ro, Gusan - Myeon, Masanhappo - gu, Changwon - si, Korea, South
Contact Information
Telephone[82] 55 222 3801
Community emailocsokr@daum.net
Websitewww.trappistkr.org
SuperiorMother Emmanuel Hong, Abbess 2025-2031
Other Information
Juridical statusSimple Priory
DioceseDioecesis Masanensis (Masan)
OriginsFoundation of Tenshien
History
- Ca. 2005: construction of a small factory for the jam business.
- In 2008 a large shipbuilding company opens shipyards in the middle of the residential zone where the monastery is located, very close to the monastery buildings. The sisters together with many neighbors work without success to reverse the permits granted to the company.
Father immediatePhare
Past superiors
- Marie-Ange NAKAMURA — Superior — 1987 – 15/10/1989
- Veronica WATANABE — Superior — 15/10/1989 – ? 1995
- Juliana TATARA — Titular prioress — 08/10/1995 – 25/11/2000
- Othiria LIM — Sup. ad nutum — 25/11/2000 – 16/03/2002
- Josepha CHANG — Superior ad nutum — 2002, Prioress — 2004-2010
- Lydia CHANG — Superior ad nutum — 2011-2012
- Juliana TATARA — Prioress — 1995-2001, Sup. ad nutum — 2012, Prioress — 2014 – 01/02/2020
- Emmanuel HONG, Prioress 2020-2025
Work/incomeMaking jams.
TransportationAirport: Kimhe (Pusan)
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