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History of the Missionary Society

1970 - 1989

1990-2000

2000-2013

2014-2022

1977.12      

1981          

1989.4       

Catechists began communal living

Missionaries dispatched to Chapels of ease underprivileged areas

Opening of the Cheongju Jamowon for Single Mothers 

1990.5        

1990           

1991.10.23   

1992.1         

1992.12.8     

1993.12.31    

1994.8          

1994.12.22    

1994.12.27    

1995.6.29      

1995.9.2        

1995.11         

1996.10.3      

1997             

1997.2           

1998.8.28       

1999.9.28       

1999.6.1         

Opening of House of Salvation for People with Disabilities

Assignment of Pastoral Care for Chang-ri Mission ​

Approval of St. Hwang Seok-du Luke Missionary Society 

Opening of Daejeon Jamowon for single mothers

Blessing Ceremony for the Chapel and Convent 

Approval of Cheongju Jamowon as a Social Welfare Facility

Opening of Seoul Jamo Center Counseling Office

Assignment of Pastoral Care for Byeongcheon-myeon

Assignment of Pastoral Care for Gwarym Area, Gyeonggi 

Dispatch of Four Missionaries to China for Language Training

Opening of St. Luke's book store in Cheongju

Opening of St. Luke's book store in Chungju

Completion of Cheongju Jamowon Building

Establishment of Northern Mission Retreat House

Opening of Elderly Care Project in China

Dispatch of Missionaries to Incheon Diocese 

Dispatch of Missionaries to Ho Chi Minh City

Opening of Incheon Jamowon

2001.8.15

2001.12.6       

2001.12.7         

2002.12.7

2007.4.1

2009.9

2010.12.17

2012.2.23

2012.9.8

2012.10.15

2013.4.30

2013.8

Opening of House for Children with Disabilities in Vietnam

Approval of the 1st and 2nd Constitutions of the Society 

Ceremony of Perpetual vow (1 Brother, 4 Sisters)

Ceremony of Perpetual vow (1 Brother, 3 Sisters)

Opening of ‘Mother’s House’ for Single Mothers in Vietnam

Renaming of ‘Mother’s House’ to ‘Mary’s House’

Registration of Agricultural Cooperative Corporation

Registration of ‘One Life Cultural Center’ as an NGO 

Establishment of the ‘Maria’s Waterdrop Scholarship Foundation’

Establishment of the Society as a Foundation

Approval of the 3rd Constitution of Apostolic society of Mary

Dispatch of Missionaries to the Taiwan Seminary

2014.1.10

2014.6.19

2015.09.22  

2017.2.16

2016.2.6

2018.5.18

2019.2.25

2020.12.4

2021.1.29

2022.4.20

2022.6.16

2023.4

2023.9

2024.12

Establishment of a branch in the Incheon Diocese

Permission to work in the Daejeon Diocese

​Dispatch of two Missionaries to Manila, the Philippines

Permission to work in the Phu Cuong Diocese in Vietnam

Permission to work in the Andong Diocese

Permission to work in the Novaliches Diocese, Philippines

Dispatch of two missionaries to Vladivostok, Russia

Permission to work in the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City

Permission to work in the Xuan Loc Diocese in Vietnam

Renovation of Luke's book store in Chungju

Approval for community activities by the Ho Chi Minh City government

Opening of "Stella’s House" in Philippines

Dispatch of Two Missionaries to Indonesia 

Pastoral Practicum at St. Mathias Parish in West Jakarta

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