Current ministry location – NAMP(Northeast Asia Mission Presence)
Sister Miyoung was born in Kwangmyong City, Kyonggi Do, South Korea. She graduated from Anyang Girls High School, Anyang City, Korea in 1982. In 1986, she
earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Sung Shin Women University, Seoul, Korea. Then, in 1998 a Master of Arts Degree in Social Welfare, as well as a Certificate in Pastoral Counselling in 1999 from Chun Jin Sang S/P Counsel Center, Seoul Korea.
Sister Miyoung entered the Congregation on August 5, 2000 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center, Maryknoll, NY. She pronounced her First Vows on August 11, 2002 at the Sisters Center and her Final Vows on September 5, 2009 at Catarina, San Marcos, Guatemala.
Sister Miyoung’s first mission assignment was to Malacatan, Guatemala in 2003. There, she made use of her experience in social work and counseling, serving the
indigenous women of Guatemala. She was also involved in Pastoral work and AIDS ministry serving the children of AIDS patients in Quetzaltenango. Having had to learn a second language herself, Sister Miyoung started a literacy campaign in Guatemala that built on her personal experience and training. As a member of a diocesan women’s pastoral team, Sister Miyoung also supported efforts to give Guatemalan women training and opportunities they had not gotten traditionally, in order to participate at all levels of society. Also an artist, Sister eagerly encouraged the
people of Guatemala by her own example to unleash their creativity.
In 2013, Sister Miyoung was assigned to be coordinator of the Chi-Rho Community at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in NY from 2013 – 2016. In 2017, she was assigned to Peru where she did prison ministry in one of the men’s prisons in Lima. She was working with three groups of prisoners: the elderly, drugaddicted youth and transgender groups. She provided support at the physical,
emotional and mental level through a nutrition program, art therapy and counseling.
She also volunteered once a week at a soup kitchen for Venezuelan refugees in Peru. In Feb. 2022, Sr. Miyoung transferred to NAMP (Northeast Asia Mission Presence) and lives in Korea. Sr. Miyoung was assigned as Project Regional coordinator under Migrants/Refugees section, Dicastery by FABC(Federation of Asia Bishop’s Conference). She works with migrants, refugees, victims of human trafficking, people on the move, and displaced people in the collaboration with other Religious Congregations in East Asia, China, Taiwan, Macaus, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. She also works with a group of single women for Building Eco-Spiritual Community. She guides 2 days monthly retreat of Eco-Spirituality and day monthly gathering for spiritual book reading and
sharing the life stories and praying together.
In Oct. 2024, Maryknoll Sisters Korean community Celebrated 100 years anniversary of Maryknoll Sisters’ Mission in Korea.
