The Redemptorist Korea mission was started officially on the feast day of St. Alphonsus in 1991. Three confreres from each unit of Thailand, Philippines and Brazil were gathered to form the first community in Korea rooted in the Alphonsian tradition.
The first apostolate of the Redemptorist community in Korea was the evangelisation through the devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, which is called the ‘Novena-apostolates’ in the Korean Church. The growth in Novena practice and desire to worship in a Korean language and culture brought about the Korean Novena prayer booklet.