German Carthusian Killed in Korea
A German Carthusian priest, 55, has died in a fire at the Charterhouse of Our Lady of Korea in Sangju, police and firefighters confirmed. The fire broke out at 10:34 pm on 25 October in one of the …More
A German Carthusian priest, 55, has died in a fire at the Charterhouse of Our Lady of Korea in Sangju, police and firefighters confirmed.
The fire broke out at 10:34 pm on 25 October in one of the twelve single-storey cells, 270 kilometres southeast of Seoul.
The victim was discovered in a corridor. The cause of the fire is still unknown.
Sangju is the only Carthusian monastery in Asia. Two Carthusians from Grand Chartreuse, France, came to Korea in 1999 and initially lived with the Capuchins in Seoul.
In 2002, they acquired a plot of 120 hectares, on which a monastery with originally eight cells was built in 2004.
Two monks from the Charterhouse Marienau, Baden-Württemberg, also moved to South Korea.
The Carthusian monks - about 450 worldwide - live in solitude, almost completely cut off from the world.
Picture: Gyeongbuk Fire Service, #newsKxyobonyhk
The fire broke out at 10:34 pm on 25 October in one of the twelve single-storey cells, 270 kilometres southeast of Seoul.
The victim was discovered in a corridor. The cause of the fire is still unknown.
Sangju is the only Carthusian monastery in Asia. Two Carthusians from Grand Chartreuse, France, came to Korea in 1999 and initially lived with the Capuchins in Seoul.
In 2002, they acquired a plot of 120 hectares, on which a monastery with originally eight cells was built in 2004.
Two monks from the Charterhouse Marienau, Baden-Württemberg, also moved to South Korea.
The Carthusian monks - about 450 worldwide - live in solitude, almost completely cut off from the world.
Picture: Gyeongbuk Fire Service, #newsKxyobonyhk
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I almost don't think there could possibly be a better Order in the Church than the Carthusians. They are 50 years away from being 1,000 years old. Except for having to adopt the worthless reforms of Vatican II, they have changed very little since St. Bruno founded them. Fortunatly for the Catholic Church, the Carthusians have not declined as much as other Orders since the disaster of Vatican II. …More
I almost don't think there could possibly be a better Order in the Church than the Carthusians. They are 50 years away from being 1,000 years old. Except for having to adopt the worthless reforms of Vatican II, they have changed very little since St. Bruno founded them. Fortunatly for the Catholic Church, the Carthusians have not declined as much as other Orders since the disaster of Vatican II. They had about 625 monks before Vatican II, and 450 now. The Carthusian nuns, never large in totals compared to the monks, unfortunatly declined from about 175 in 1962, to about 65 today. Hopefully they are growing....both the monks and nuns.