Pauline Stamp Tour
Here and there, the Stamp (Passport) Tour is encouraged to promote various events. Some people enjoy collecting stamps (seals) with special images or logos that are related to the designated places whenever they visit holy places, historical sites, museums or attractions.
The passport is the paper on which the stamp is made to certify the visit. Well-known stamp tours include the Lighthouse Stamp Tour, Starbucks Stamp Tour, National Bicycle Path and Gyeongju History and Culture Stamp Tour.
Along with the stamp trend, the Pauline planning team recently introduced an interesting program called “Visit Pauline bookshops while you are out: Pauline Stamp Tour.” It is being held from April 5 to Oct. 31 this year.
Pauline Stamp Tour was planned with the hope of making an encouraging time to add a little but blessed happiness by peacefully stopping by Pauline bookshops across the country while traveling with family, friends or partners.
We hope that Pauline bookshops will become a resting place where you can put your complicated thoughts aside for some moments and take a spiritual walk in peace.
The Daughters of Saint Paul, founded in Alba, Italy, in 1915 and advanced to Korea in 1960, currently runs 15 Pauline bookshops across the country. There are three Pauline bookshops in Seoul (Myeongdong Catholic Center, Hyehwanamu and Alberione Center), and the other 12 bookshops are located in Uijeongbu, Ilsan, Incheon, Suwon, Bundang, Wonju, Daejeon, Jeonju, Andong, Gwangju, Daegu and Busan.
Serving people at Pauline bookshops, we hope to proclaim the good news of the Gospels to everyone and to become a place of light for those who are seeking the truth.
If you visit all the Pauline bookshops and fill the stamp card with various stamps that represent each bookshop, a meaningful gift waits for you.
If the related bookshop is your first visit, you will receive a stamp card, a 2026 calendar cover and a single sheet of the calendar for the specific bookshop.
If you have already received the stamp card, that is, if you have stamped more than one stamp, you will only receive a sheet of the calendar for the related bookshop. If you have three, six or nine stamps from different dioceses, you will receive the Pauline gift certificate as a bonus.
If you collect more than 10 stamps, you can attend Christmas Eve Mass at our Congregation in 2025 through a raffle. If you post 10 or more reviews or register a review link, three participants will be chosen to have the Convent Book Stay from Oct. 25 to 26.
Vitalizing the local (regional) activity, the stamp tour creates a synergy effect. Compared with other Pauline bookshops located in large cities, our bookshop in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, has a smaller scale, but nowadays unexpected visitors come to the bookshop to participate Stamp Tour.
Such presence is created by the synergy effect which helps us to be more considerate of others and thus to cooperate. “Synergize” is one of the seven habits of highly effective people in “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” written by Stephen Covey (1932-2012).
“If two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:19-20)
Kim Ae-ran is a member of the Daughters of St. Paul (Figlie di San Paolo), living the Good News and proclaiming it with various means of social communication.