Brief History of the Foundation in Korea
After the signing of the Armistice Agreement which ended the Korean War in 1953, Bishop Thomas Quinlan SSC, who was stationed in Europe, was charged with the care of the Church in Korea. He wrote to five religious congregations requesting that they send members to Korea; but he received only one response — from Sister Brigid Keogh, Provincial of the Far East Province of the Society of the Sacred Heart.
On the 16th of September 1955, Sisters Keogh, Gertrude Schickel, and G. Guterres visited Korea; then on the 5th of October 1956, Sisters Teresa Chu Mai Boon from China and Lucia Zielenski from Poland arrived at the Yoido Airport to plant the roots of the Society of the Sacred Heart in Korea. They were joined shortly by Sisters Anna Giesen from Belgium, Teresa Loy from China, Cora McHardy Flint from Ireland, and Mary Foy from Australia. Together they formed the first RSCJ community in Korea. (From RSCJ International webpage)
