생명의 신비상은 생명 가치 증진에 기여하는 학술연구를 장려하고 생명수호활동을 격려합니다.

Laureates

VitaeMysterium

The 9th (2015)

Very Rev. Msgr. Shim Sang Tae

Director, Korea Christian Thought Institute

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Field of Award

Achievement Award/ Humanities and Social Sciences

Achievement

His best-known work, Introduction to Human and Theological Anthropology, is important in the study of anthropology as the foundation of Catholic bioethics.
In today's pluralistic, secular, and technologically advanced civilized world, it reveals the mystery of human life by illuminating the nature and meaning of human existence from the perspective of the Christian faith and by illuminating the human person as a whole.

Hospice Volunteers Team

The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital

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Field of Award

Achievement Award for Activities

Achievement

The hospice volunteer is a hospice team member who provides respectful and loving care to dying patients and their families so that they can die with their dignity and personal integrity intact.
By relieving the hospice team members of their heavy workload, hospice volunteers play a pivotal role in helping the Seoul St. Mary's Hospital Hospice and Palliative Care Center provide quality services and contribute to developing hospice in Korea.

Professor Lee Phil Hyu

Yonsei University College of Medicine Department of Neurology

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Field of Award

Encouragement Award/Life Sciences

Achievement

Pioneering research into the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative and incurable brain diseases and the development of novel therapies, especially in stem cell research, with ethical values of patient-centered, evidence-based, and safety-focused.

Life Love Center

Boramae Youth Center

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Field of Award

Encouragement Award for Activities

Achievement

With love and concern for youth, we contribute to their wholesome development through activities teaching love for life, youth guidance and protection activities, and support for youth in crisis so that they can recognize the importance of life and love. In particular, the “Seven Life Love Declarations” project, which has been operated since 2007, is planned and participated in by the young people themselves. In 2014, the Center declared the “Eight Life Love Declarations.”