Our Footprints

• 1931. 9.14 Heiligkreuz Sisters send 6 sisters to the diocese of Yenji. By 1939, 21 sisters in five groups have been sent.
• 1935. 10. Four Korean sisters make their first Profession. By 1944, 20 Korean sisters have taken their religious vows.
• 1946. 5. Forced the closure of the community and the noviciate by the Chinese Communist Party
• 1947~48 14 Korean sisters who took refuge in various places throughout South Korea met at the Sacred Heart Orphanage in Cheongju city.
• 1947~51 18 sisters of the Cham monastery repatriated back to their mother house. 3 sisters die in Manchuria.
• 1950. 12. Korean sisters come to Busan as refugees during the Korean War.
• 1951. 11. St. Benedict Charity Hospital in Busan is opened.
• 1952. 9. St. Benedict Hospital in Seoul is opened.
• 1965. 6. The noviciate is moved to Kwang-An Dong, Busan
• 1972. 12. The Korean Community is elevated to the dignity of having its own delegate superior.
• 1981. 6. Approval of the Olivetan Benedictine Sisters of Busan as an independent congregation of pontifical right by The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for the Societies of Apostolic Life.
• 1984. 6. Approval of the new constitutions by the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for the Societies of Apostolic Life.
• 1988. 8. The turning-over of St. Benedict Hospital in Busan to the Busan diocese.
• 1991. 12 Missionary sisters were dispatched to Yenji for the first time.
• 1995. 5. The first profession of the first Chinese-Korean sister in Yenji
• 1998. 12. The closing of St. Benedict Hospital in Dong-Ja Dong in Seoul
• 1999. 5. Regional system of governance established for communities in Busan, Daejeon, and Seoul.
• 2001. 9. 14. Celebration of the 70th anniversary of the foundation of our community
• 2009. 4. 26 Canonization of blessed Bernado Tolomei, founder of the Blessed Virgin of Monte Oliveto
• 2010. 6. 16 Missionary sisters were dispatched to Brasil for the first time.
• 2011. 9. 14 Celebration of the 80th anniversary of the foundation of our community
• 2015. 4. 20 Missionary sisters were dispatched to Vietnam for the first time.
• 2016. 10. 1 Extension and remodeling construction of the main building and the chapel in Motherhouse.
• 2021. 9. 14 Celebration of the 90th anniversary of the foundation of our community

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