Korea

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The Sisters of Mary were founded in Korea in 1964 by Msgr. Schwartz (Father Al), who built hospitals, tuberculosis sanitoriums and hospices, and provided assistance for the handicapped, elderly, children and unwed mothers.

Today the work continues in Busan where the Sisters of Mary maintain a kindergarten and middle and high schools, and in Seoul, where they operate a kindergarten and an elementary school. Abandoned and orphaned children are helped, along with the poor and needy in hospitals and homes.















Seoul (Boystown & Girlstown)
The Sisters of Mary manage and operate the following facilities in Seoul:
  • 1 four-story elementary school building for boys and girls
  • 1 seven-story building with classrooms, dormitories and an indoor gymnasium for girls
  • 1 five-story building with dormitories and classrooms
  • 1 seven-story building with classrooms, dormitories and an indoor gymnasium for boys
  • The Doty Memorial Hospital – a four-story hospital for the poor which was named in honor of one of our benefactors whose granddaughter died in South Korea
  • Eunpyonguimaul (Shelter for the Homeless) houses and cares for destitute and homeless handicapped elderly men
  • Paju Rehabilitation Centre for the Homeless
  • 1 two-story workshop for patients at the Shelter for the Homeless
  • 1 six-story nursing home for homeless patients with serious mental illness
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Busan (Boystown & Girlstown)
The Sisters of Mary manage and operate the following facilities in Busan:
  • 1 four-story dormitory for boys
  • 1 six-story dormitory with an indoor gymnasium for boys
  • 1 five-story Middle School with an indoor gymnasium for boys
  • 1 four-story Technical High School with classrooms and workshops for boys
  • 1 five-story Babies Home and Kindergarten building
  • The Swiss House for Babies – a four-story home for babies which was named in honor of our many supporters in Switzerland
  • 1 Expectant Mothers’ Home
  • 1 four-story Middle and High School with classrooms and an indoor gymnasium for girls
  • 1 four-story dormitory for girls
  • 1 two-story building for infants
  • The Kuho Hospital and Kuhosho Sanatorium for Tuberculosis patients
  • The Maria Kuho Complex – 2 three-story buildings which house tuberculosis patients and aid in their recovery
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