Society of the Holy Cross SHC Founded 1925 3 Chong-dong, Jung-ku Seoul 100-120 KOREA Tel & Fax: 82 2 735 7832 Email: holycross25@yahoo.com or catoh40@yahoo.com

The Community was founded on the feast day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in 1925 by the Rt Revd Mark Trollope, the third English bishop of the Anglican Church in Korea, admitting Postulant Phoebe Lee and blessing a small traditional Korean-style house in the present site of Seoul, the capital city. The Community of St Peter, Woking, Surrey in England, who had sent seventeen Sisters as missionaries to Korea since 1892, nourished this young Community for over two decades. Sister Mary Clare CSP, who was the first Mother Superior of SHC, was persecuted by the North Korean communists and died during the Korean War in 1950. This martyrdom especially has been a strong influence and encouragement for the development of the Community.
Our spirituality is based on a modified form of the Augustinian Rule harmonized with the Benedictine one. Bishop Mark Trollope, the first Visitor, and Sister Mary Clare CSP compiled the Divine Office Book and the Constitution and Rule of the Community. The activities that are being continuously practised even now include pastoral care in parishes, running homes for the elderly and those with learning difficulties, teaching children with learning difficulties in a special school, and counselling people.
We explore a program for vocation on the fourth Saturday of each month and a spiritual prayer meeting and workshop every first Saturday afternoon with people who are interested in prayer and the spiritual life. We also conduct quiet hours and retreats for them privately, or sometimes for groups.

Sister Edith SHC
(Reverend Mother, assumed office 1 January 1996)
Sister Catherine SHC (Assistant Superior)

Other Addresses
St Anne's Home for Elderly People,
619-28 Onsuri, Kilsang, Kangwha, Inch'on, 417-841 South Korea
Tel: 82 32 937 1935 Fax: 82 32 927 0696

St Bona House for Mentally Retarded People,
2-4 Neami, Kadok, Chongwon, Chungbuk 363-853, South Korea
Tel: 82 43 297 8348 Fax: 82 43 298 3156 Email: sralma@chollian.net

For further details, obtain a copy of
The Anglican Religious Communities Year Book