SOUTH KOREA – FIRST HISTORICAL MEETING OF ADMA GROUPS

Seoul, South Korea - July 2022 - In recent years, two groups of the Association of Mary Help of Christians (ADMA) were founded in South Korea: the first in Gwangju (2017) and the second in Seoul (2021). Because of the pandemic, the first ever ADMA meeting in the country was held from 21 to 23 July in Neri, in the Salesian retreat house on the south-western coast of the country. 24 ADMA members, including 3 aspirants, had common prayer, time for discussion, training, information and recreation, in order to strengthen their identity. There are many signs of growth, including the care of spiritual animators, thanks to the support of both the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians of South Korea.

The two centres in Seoul and Gwangju are slowly growing in number. On 24th May, for example, another 8 new members made their promise in Gwangju, during the Eucharist celebrated by Fr Fr. Henry Woo, the ADMA spiritual animator of the SDB Province.