The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a
Catholic
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clerical
religious congregation
A religious congregation is a type of religious institute in the Catholic Church. They are legally distinguished from religious orders – the other major type of religious institute – in that members take simple vows, whereas members of religio ...
of pontifical right for men (priests and brothers). It was founded by
Alphonsus Liguori
Alphonsus Liguori, CSsR (27 September 1696 – 1 August 1787), sometimes called Alphonsus Maria de Liguori or Saint Alphonsus Liguori, was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosop ...
at
Scala, Italy, for the purpose of labouring among the neglected country people around
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
. It is dedicated to
missionary
A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Tho ...
work and they minister in more than 100 countries. Members of the congregation are
Catholic priests
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and
consecrated religious brothers
The Redemptorists are especially dedicated to
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a 15th-century Byzantine icon with an alleged Marian apparition. The icon is believed to have o ...
and were appointed by
Pope Pius IX
Pope Pius IX ( it, Pio IX, ''Pio Nono''; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican ...
in 1865 as both custodians and missionaries of the icon of that title, which is enshrined at the Redemptorist
Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori in Rome. Many Redemptorist churches are dedicated to her under that title.
However, the Patroness of the Congregation is the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title "Immaculate Conception," of which St. Alphonsus was the strong propogater even before Marian Dogma was officially promulgated.
Foundation and development
Alphonsus Liguori
Alphonsus Liguori, CSsR (27 September 1696 – 1 August 1787), sometimes called Alphonsus Maria de Liguori or Saint Alphonsus Liguori, was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosop ...
was deeply moved by the plight of the poor living in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
and the surrounding area and established his community with the aim of providing spiritual nourishment. Amongst his companions was
Gerard Majella
Gerard Majella (; 6 April 1726 – 16 October 1755) was an Italian lay brother of the Congregation of the Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.
His intercession is sought for children, ...
. In 1748 Alphonsus petitioned
Pope Benedict XIV
Pope Benedict XIV ( la, Benedictus XIV; it, Benedetto XIV; 31 March 1675 – 3 May 1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death in May 1758.Antipope ...
, to allow him to establish a congregation to minister to the poor in the area around Naples. Benedict agreed and the congregation was formed in November 9, 1732.
Within ten years of its foundation, communities had been established at Nocera, Ciorani, Iliceto, and
Caposele
Caposele (Irpino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. The town was seriously damaged by the 1980 Irpinia earthquake.
It borders with Calabritto, Bagnoli Irpino, Lioni, Teora, Conza della Campania, Castelnuov ...
. Due to political complications, there was an initial difficulty with the houses in the
Papal States
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being separated from those in the Kingdom of Naples, but this was overcome in 1793 and the congregation soon opened houses in
Sicily
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and other parts of
southern Italy
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The term ''Mezzogiorno'' today refers to regions that are associated with the peop ...
.
The congregation was soon to move beyond the borders of present-day Italy. In 1785, two Austrians,
Clemens Maria Hofbauer
Clement Mary Hofbauer (german: Klemens Maria Hofbauer) (26 December 1751 – 15 March 1820) was a Moravian hermit and later a priest of the Redemptorist congregation. He established the presence of his congregation, founded in Italy, north of th ...
and Thaddeus Hübl, joined the Redemptorists. In 1786 Hofbauer and Hübl went to Warsaw, Poland where the
papal nuncio
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gave them responsibility for the parish of Saint Benno in the
New Town
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* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...
; their mission thrived until the community was expelled in 1808. In 1793, Hofbauer turned his sights on establishing communities in Germanic lands. Soon houses were opened in the south at
Jestetten
Jestetten is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
History
In 1806 Jestetten became part of Baden.
From 1840 until 1935, the territory of Jestetten together with Altenburg, Lottstetten and what was then ...
,
Triberg im Schwarzwald
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, and
Babenhausen. In 1818, a house was established in Switzerland at the abandoned
Carthusian monastery
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in
La Valsainte
La Valsainte Charterhouse or La Valsainte (Latin: ''Vallis sanctorum omnium'', later ''Vallis Sancta'') situated in La Valsainte in the district of Gruyère, Canton of Fribourg, is the only remaining extant Carthusian monastery in Switzerland ...
.
19th century
In 1826, at the request of the government of Austria, the Redemptorists established a community in
Lisbon
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, Portugal, with the purpose of ministering to German speaking Catholics.
[ Other houses quickly followed in German-speaking areas: ]Mautern an der Donau
Mautern an der Donau is a town in the district of Krems-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.
Geography
It is situated on the southern bank of the Danube opposite Krems.
History
In former times ships cruising the Danube had to pay a toll ...
(1827), Innsbruck
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(1828), Marburg
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(1833), Eggenburg
Eggenburg is a town in the district of Horn in Lower Austria, Austria
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(1833), and Leoben
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(1834).
The congregation also rapidly expanded into Belgium with communities at Tournai
Tournai or Tournay ( ; ; nl, Doornik ; pcd, Tornai; wa, Tornè ; la, Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Tournai is part of Euromet ...
(1831), Sint-Truiden
Sint-Truiden (; french: link=no, Saint-Trond ; li, Sintruin ) is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, and has over 41,500 inhabitants, which makes it one of the largest cities in Limburg. The muni ...
(1833), Liège
Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.
The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
(1833), and Brussels
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(1849). A community was even established in the Netherlands, at the time somewhat anti-Catholic
Anti-Catholicism is hostility towards Catholics or opposition to the Catholic Church, its clergy, and/or its adherents. At various points after the Reformation, some majority Protestant states, including England, Prussia, Scotland, and the Uni ...
, when a house was opened in Wittem
Wittem (, ) is a small village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1125 as Witham, and means "means silted land in a bend in a waterway". Wittem develo ...
in 1836. The revolutions of 1848
The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime of Nations, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe starting in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in Europea ...
which swept over Europe caused much upheaval, and the Redemptorists were expelled from Switzerland and Austria and were at risk elsewhere.
The congregation thrived throughout the remainder of the 19th century; in 1852 there were four provinces, and by 1890 this had increased to twelve with communities having been established in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, England, Scotland, Spain, and Suriname. The 20th century saw the continuation of expansion to where the congregation created new provinces, vice provinces, and missions in every decade, and established a network of lay associates and volunteers who work with the Redemptorists to bring the Gospel to the poor.
Apostolate
Redemptorists are essentially a missionary society although their ministry is not confined to developing nations. According to their rule they are "to strive to imitate the virtues and examples of Jesus Christ, our Redeemer consecrating themselves especially to the preaching of the word of God to the poor". Their labors consist principally in missions, retreats, and similar exercises.[ In 2019, there were approximately 5,500 Redemptorists in 82 countries throughout the world.][The Redemptorists, Baltimore Province]
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Preaching and parochial missions
Alphonsus Liguori wanted his companions to be itinerant preachers of the Word of God. Traditionally, this has been the mainstay of the Redemptorists as they are well known for conducting parochial missions. The purpose of these parochial missions and the homilies
A homily (from Greek ὁμιλία, ''homilía'') is a commentary that follows a reading of scripture, giving the "public explanation of a sacred doctrine" or text. The works of Origen and John Chrysostom (known as Paschal Homily) are considered ex ...
preached by the Redemptorists is to "... invite people to a deeper love for God and a fuller practice of the Christian life." In accordance with the instructions of Liguori, preaching is to be down-to-earth and understandable to all who are listening.
Shrines, sanctuaries and retreat houses
In order to advance their mission and provide places of pilgrimage, the Redemptorists administer several shrines, which draw hundreds of thousands of people, the best-known being in Brazil, Canada, Colombia, the Philippines, Rome, and Singapore. The congregation operates many retreat houses where people of all walks of life, Catholic or otherwise, can spend some time in reflection, either individually or in a group.
Redemptorists are caretakers of the Byzantine icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help
Our Lady of Perpetual Help (also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour) is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a 15th-century Byzantine icon with an alleged Marian apparition. The icon is believed to have ori ...
, depicting the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus and the instruments of the Passion. The icon was entrusted to them by Pope Pius IX
Pope Pius IX ( it, Pio IX, ''Pio Nono''; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican ...
. It is now enshrined in the Redemptorist Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Rome
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, and Redemptorists propagate devotion to Mary under this title.
Other ministry
As with most religious congregations, the Redemptorists are also involved in other forms of ministry such as parishes, education, youth and social communication. In recent years the congregation has increasingly become concerned with matters of social justice
Social justice is justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. In Western and Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has often referred to the process of ensuring that individuals fu ...
; as the Generalate website states "Redemptorists believe that the saving love of God touches the whole person and calls for the transformation of social injustice into respect for the dignity of all men and women". The Redemptorist religious province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of sever ...
of Cebu
Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 ...
in the Philippines have made a specific commitment in this regard: "Moved by the poverty and dehumanised condition of our people, and encouraged by their faith and desire for justice ... We, the Redemptorists of the Province of Cebu, as an apostolic community dedicated through our vows, are called to respond to the urgent needs of our people, especially the most abandoned and the poor ..."
Religious formation
After an initial period of contact and discernment, the person seeking to enter the Redemptorists becomes a "candidate" and goes to live in one of the communities so that both sides might become better acquainted. This lasts about two years during which they learn about Redemptorist prayer, life, and ministry.[
Assuming that all goes well, the candidate then begins the ]novitiate
The novitiate, also called the noviciate, is the period of training and preparation that a Christian ''novice'' (or ''prospective'') monastic, apostolic, or member of a religious order undergoes prior to taking vows in order to discern whether ...
, lasting a year. The novitiate year is crucial, for it is then "... that the novices better understand their divine vocation, and indeed one which is proper to the institute, experience the manner of living of the institute, and form their mind and heart in its spirit, and so that their intention and suitability are tested." Thus, the novices are given the opportunity for longer periods of prayer and spiritual reading as well as silence in order to reflect on the vocation God is offering and nature of their response. The spiritual development of the novice is of particular focus, especially through spiritual direction
Spiritual direction is the practice of being with people as they attempt to deepen their relationship with the divine, or to learn and grow in their personal spirituality. The person seeking direction shares stories of their encounters of the div ...
. During the novitiate the history and constitutions of the congregation are studied in depth.
A simple profession is made at the end of the novitiate, and the person officially becomes a member of the Redemptorists for "By religious profession, members assume the observance of the three evangelical counsels by public vow, are consecrated to God through the ministry of the Church, and are incorporated into the institute with the rights and duties defined by law." At this point it is normal to begin studying philosophy
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and theology
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at university level. During this time there is ample opportunity to experience a variety of ministries in which the Redemptorists are engaged, both in the member's home country and internationally. Temporary vows are renewed annually.
At the end of this period of formation, which lasts for a minimum of three years perpetual profession (final vows) is made and ordination to the diaconate
A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Major Christian churches, such as the Catholic Churc ...
and presbyterate
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follows for those called to holy orders (i.e. to become a priest).
As the academic programs come to an end, all Redemptorists in temporary vows are required to participate in a pastoral experience for a minimum of six months to a year, outside of a brother's home province.[
]
Religious vows
As members of a religious congregation, Redemptorists embrace the evangelical counsels, taking the three traditional religious vows
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In the Buddhism tradition, in particular within the Mahayana and Vajrayana tradition, many different kinds of re ...
of poverty, chastity and obedience.[ Poverty means that all possessions are held in common and that no member may accumulate wealth. Chastity means more than abstaining from sexual activity and its purpose is to make the religious totally available for service; it is also a sign that only God can completely fill the human heart. For a member of a religious congregation, obedience is not slavishly doing what one is told by the superior but being attentive to God's will by prayerfully listening to the voice of the person in charge. For the Redemptorist, the three vows challenge those values presented as being important by modern-day society. Recognising that the living out of the three traditional vows can be truly challenging, each Redemptorist takes a fourth vow and oath, that of perseverance.
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Organization
The Generalate is in Rome. The most fundamental unit of the Redemptorists is the local community in which members live together, combining their prayers, experiences, successes and failures, as well as any possessions for the service of the Gospel. Each community has a local superior who is chosen to exercise the ministry of leadership and the service of authority for the common good. The superior is assisted by a vicar and a group of advisors.
Local communities are organized into larger groups: Missions, regions, vice-provinces, provinces. A province is led by a provincial and his council, composed of elected members. In terms of governance, the members of each province elect representatives who gather in a Provincial Chapter. Vice-provinces usually look to a founding province to provide support in terms of personnel and finances until it is able to become self-sufficient. Otherwise, it enjoys the freedom and authority necessary to adjust matters to the particular needs of its mission.Regions and Missions are normally communities established in new missionary areas and they depend on the founding province or vice-province.
The Superior General convokes the General Chapter every six years. The General Chapter is the primary governing and representative body of the Redemptorists, carefully examining the mission of the congregation in accordance with the spirit of Alphonsus Liguori and its traditions. The day-to-day international affairs of the congregation are handled by the General Council, which is composed of a superior general and six consultors. The General Council is both a directive and executive body.
Regions and provinces
* South Europe: 6 provinces and 2 regions
* North Europe: 8 provinces, 2 vice-provinces, 2 regions and 1 mission,
* North American Redemptorists are divided into five provinces (Baltimore, Denver, Edmonton-Toronto, Yorkton for the Ukrainian Greek Catholics, and Mexico) and two vice-provinces (Richmond and the Extra-Patriam, for the Vietnamese Catholics
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** Over ...
). North America: 5 provinces, 2 vice-provinces and 4 regions.
* Latin America: 13 provinces, 11 vice-provinces, 4 regions and 2 missions.
* Africa: 1 province, 5 vice-provinces, 2 regions and 5 missions.
* Asia-Oceania: 6 provinces, 5 vice-provinces, 4 regions and 2 missions.
Regional development
Africa
In 1899 the Belgian fathers were requested by their government to take charge of a number of missions in the Congo State,[ at that time a Belgian colony: Kinkanda, Kionzo, ]Kimpese
Kimpese is a town in the Cataractes District of Bas-Congo province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies on the main road and railway between Kinshasa and the provincial capital Matadi, at an altitude of 990 ft (301 m) above sea level.
...
, Matadi
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, Sonagongo and Lake Tumba
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The lake covers about depending on the season, connected via the Irebu channel with the ...
.
In 1987 the Denver Province established a mission in Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
which was so fruitful that it soon became a vice-province. The members of the vice-province have made concerted efforts to involve the laity in their work. The Redemptorists also minister in Angola
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(1967); Burkina Faso
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; Ghana
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; Ivory Coast
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(1993); Madagascar
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(1967); Niger
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(established by the British Redemptorists in 1960 and revitalized in 1989)
In 1990 the Indian Redemptorists began a mission in Kenya where there are several professed members.
In South Africa
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Redemptorists administer parishes in Cape Town
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, Rustenburg
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and Howick. There is also a convent of Redemptoristines sisters in Merrivale, KwaZulu-Natal. For the Redemptorists of Southern Africa "... Justice and Peace is part and parcel of everything we are and do. In the South African context ... we are called by the poor to a simple life-style and we cannot avoid the struggle of the outcasts and oppressed of the townships and the desperate plight of the poor."
In May 2011 a number of allegations of child sexual abuse by a member of the institute in South Africa were revealed on the RTÉ
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programme '' Prime Time Investigates''.
Alan Shatter
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, the Minister for Justice and Equality, stated:
Australia and New Zealand
The first house established was in Singleton, New South Wales
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Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city ...
, but during the summer heat missions were conducted in the cooler climate of New Zealand
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's diocese
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History
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s. As Singleton was an unsuitable base, the community oversaw the building of a new monastery
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at Mount St Alphonsus, Waratah, New South Wales
Waratah is a north-western residential suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, from Newcastle's central business district and bounded to the north by the Main North railway line. Waratah station was opened in 1858 and is served by N ...
. It was opened on the founder's feast, 1887, just five years after the Redemptorists' arrival. In the first year at Waratah the community conducted 45 missions through New South Wales, Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
and South Australia
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. A new house in Ballarat
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followed in 1888 and work began on a new monastery in the suburb of Wendouree. It was officially opened in September 1893.
With the south now being cared for by the Ballarat community, those in Waratah looked north to Queensland
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and the first missions were preached there in 1889. Missions began in Brisbane
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and its surrounds, with their success convincing the Archbishop to extend the programme to the far flung country parishes.
The first structure that was purpose-built for the Redemptorists in New Zealand was St Gerard's Church in Wellington in 1908.
In 1927, the Province of Australasia, which included Australia and New Zealand, was created. New Zealand became an independent province in 1970 and from New Zealand, the Redemptorists went to Samoa
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in 1972.
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were a time of rapid expansion. As well as ongoing participation in the development of the vice-provinces in the Philippines and in Singapore
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and Malaysia
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, further houses were opened in New Town
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in Tasmania
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and Townsville
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and Miami
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in Queensland. There were also communities established in New South Wales
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: Campbell's Hill, Concord
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, Fairfield West
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, Penrith and Yagoona
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. In Victoria, there were communities at Balwyn
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, Box Hill, Brighton
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, Wongarra and Yarraville
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. In Melbourne
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, the order also conducted a psychotherapy clinic and Training Institute, Hofbauer Centre, from 1977 until 1998.
Missionary activity continues to flourish across Australia. Through parochial missions, preaching, retreats
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, adult education
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, teaching in universities, social justice
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work, counselling, accompaniment of indigenous communities
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, chaplain
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cies, devotions to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, working with people on the margins of society and promoting the family through the Majellan magazine, Redemptorists have sought to highlight that people matter greatly to God
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. For the Australian Redemptorists, the issue of social justice "... matters to the Redemptorists for it is at the core of our mission in the world."
India
Three Irish Redemptorists Mathew Hickey, Gerard McDonell and Leo O'Halloran from the Province of Dublin with great zeal and missionary dynamism set on a task to proclaim the Good News and arrived in the Island country of Sri Lanka in the year 1938. The long cherished dream of the Redemptorists to establish a foundation in India was actualized in the year 1940 when the first community was established in Bangalore
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in 1940.
It was Hugo Kerr, the Provincial Superior of the Province of Dublin who obtained permission from Monsignor Despartures, the Bishop of Mysore to establish a foundation in Bangalore. In the Lent of 1941 St. Gerard's House at John Armstrong Road became the First Permanent residence of the Redemptorists. On 1 October 1945 the Indian Redemptorist mission became a Vice-Province and Mathew Hickey was the first Vice-Provincial. And the next ten years (from 1945 to 1955) saw great structural developments with Mt. St. Alphonsus (MSA) being built which would be the permanent house of the Studentate (7 June 1951) and the much awaited Holy Ghost Parish was opened for public worship on 24 May 1953. It was during this time St. Alphonsus School with the help of Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes, began in the Students’ wing of MSA. The school was later moved to Davis Road which stands till today catering to the education of the poor children who come from the vicinity of the area. In July 1964 Sadupadesa College on Hennur Road was built to house students who would study philosophy. It is now turned into a Juvenate which is the first stage of formation (as of 2015). In July, 2010 Holy Redeemer Parish was erected in Sadupadesa.
The Vice-Province of Bangalore grew steadily facing all odds and overcoming all obstacles to become the Province of Bangalore on 15 August 1972 and also took a momentous initiative in the year 1990 by establishing a Redemptorist community in Kenya, Africa. Now the mission has 7 indigenous priests along with the members of the province serving in the mission. The Province of Bangalore has also given birth to two other units, the Liguori Province of Kerala and the Vice-province of Majella along the western coast of India.
As of 2011 there were some 260 Redemptorists in India, belonging to two Provinces, one Vice-Province, one Region and one Mission. The Region of Alwaye
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was established in 1992 and became a Province (Province of Liguori) in 2008. The Region of Mumbai
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was established in 1999 and was raised to the status of a Vice-Province in 2011. The Mission of Kenya began in 1990 and there are several perpetually professed Kenyan members.
The Philippines
The first Redemptorists, belonging to the Irish province, arrived in Opon, Cebu
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, on 30 June 1906, setting up missions in Compostela, San Francisco
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and on the Camotes Islands
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. From 1914 to 1928 further communities were established, the most prominent being: Luzon
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(where the Redemptorists preached the first mission completely in Tagalog), Lipa, Iloilo
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, Tacloban
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and Cagayan de Oro
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on Mindanao
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.
In 1928, the Philippines was divided into two vice provinces, each under a different province—the Cebu vice-province responsible for the Visayas
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and Mindanao under the Irish province; and the Manila
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vice-province responsible for Luzon under the Australia
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n province, now headquartered at the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Baclaran
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.
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(1962–1965) had a profound impact on the Redemptorist Congregation and this resulted in them pledging themselves more strongly to the poor and disadvantaged in imitation of Alphonsus Liguori. When the political and social upheavals came in the 1960s and 1970s the Filipino Redemptorists stood in solidarity with those seeking justice and equality for they were to "... embrace the mission to proclaim by word and action, the Gospel of justice so that the poor's aspirations can be fully realised in Christ
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, the source of liberation."
In 1996, the Cebu vice-province became an independent province, known as the Cebu Province.
United Kingdom and Irish provinces
Redemptorists arrived from Belgium
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in 1843, and the new province owed its great progress to Robert Aston Coffin
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, one of the band of converts associated with Cardinal John Henry Newman
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, Cardinal Henry Edward Manning
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, and William Faber in the Oxford Movement
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. Coffin was engaged in missions until he was appointed first provincial in 1865. During his administration new houses were founded in various parts of the United Kingdom
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, St Mary's Monastery at Perth
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being the first Scottish monastery
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opened since the Reformation. By 1910, the province had eight houses: Clapham
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in London, Bishop Eton in Liverpool, St Benet's Church, Monkwearmouth
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, Bishop's Stortford
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, Kingswood, Edmonton
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and a total membership of one hundred and twenty-three.[
Today the Redemptorists of Britain are engaged in a variety of ministries: the mission amongst the poor of ]Zimbabwe
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, a renewal centre in Kinnoull
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, Perth
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where people can spend time in prayer and reflection as well as parishes in Birmingham
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, Bishop Eton in Liverpool
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and London
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. Their goal is "to defend our joy in Jesus Christ and to bring to others Plentiful Redemption"
In 1898 the houses in Ireland
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were constituted a separate province with the provincial house at Limerick
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. On 25 March 1901, the foundation of the juvenate house at Limerick was laid. The province of Ireland then comprised four houses: Limerick, Dundalk
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, Belfast
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, and Esker.[ In 1904, Fr. ]John Creagh
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orchestrated the antisemitic "Limerick pogrom
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" by giving two antisemitic sermons that invoked the blood libel
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, blamed Jews for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and called for a de facto boycott; under Fr. Creagh's watch, a number of Jews were violently beaten, and the majority of the Jewish population was driven out of Limerick after two years of near-total economic boycott. Today, the provincial house is located in Dublin
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with other communities being found in Belfast (Clonard Monastery
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and the parish of Saint Gerard), Cork
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, Dundalk, Athenry in Galway
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, Limerick and four houses are established. The Irish Redemporists are involved in parish ministry, youth work, Redemptorist publications and retreats. They also help staff the missions in Cebu
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in the Philippines Fr. Alec Reid
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CSsR, of Clonard Monastery, were instrumental in cross community initiatives, and helped facilitate the Irish Peace Process. Fr. Reid also helped promote talks for peace in the Basque country.
North American Province
United States
In 1828 Monsignor Résé, Vicar-General of Cincinnati
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, visited Europe in search of priests. While at Vienna he secured three priests and three lay brothers; they arrived in New York on 20 June 1832 and began working amongst the people of northern Michigan. In 1839 they were called to Pittsburgh
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to assume charge of the German congregation and from this time the care of German congregations became a prominent element of the Redemptorists in North America.[
The US province was erected in 1850 and one of the first tasks was the establishment of a ]seminary
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and the selection of a suitable place for a novitiate
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. Cumberland in Maryland
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, was chosen for the seminary and Baltimore
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for the novitiate. In 1868 the students were transferred to the new house of studies at Ilchester
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, Maryland and in 1907 the faculty and the students moved to Esopus, New York
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, on the Hudson River
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where a more spacious building had been erected.[
In 1882, the congregation sent priests to the Archdiocese of Washington and eventually established five parishes. In 1861 they opened a community in ]Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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. Soon after, due to the many successful missions they had given in the Archdiocese of St. Louis
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a house was opened at St. Louis. In 1871 an important mission house was opened at Roxbury, Boston and was dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. When, in 1883, a new parish was formed, the fathers of the mission church took charge. (In 2009, its later basilica, of the same name, hosted the nationally televised funeral of Senator Edward Kennedy
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, attended by President Barack Obama
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, three former US presidents and first ladies, among other dignitaries.)
From 1883 onward, the Redemptorists spread throughout most of North America and are present in a variety of states such as California
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in the west, Michigan
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and Illinois in the midwest, Washington, DC
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, and Baltimore
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in the northeast and Louisiana
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, Mississippi
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and Texas
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in the south.
North American Redemptorists are involved in giving parochial missions, social justice
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, retreats
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, youth ministry, ministry to adults with special needs, bioethics
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, publication of religious materials and chaplaincy work as well as outreach to the Hispanic
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community, ministry amongst the poor, and helping to staff missions in the Caribbean
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The Denver Province owns Liguori Publications, which publishes books and ''Liguorian'' magazine.
Canada and Caribbean
In 1874 the Redemptorists were called to St. Patrick's Church, Montreal, Quebec
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, Canada, the only church in that city for English-speaking Catholics. In 1878 they became the custodians of the shrine of Ste-Anne de Beaupré, near Quebec and then of St. Anne
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's, Montreal
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, a large parish in a very poor district of the city.[ Two other foundations were quickly established in Canada: ]Saint Patrick
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's, Toronto
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and Saint Peter
Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...
's, New Brunswick
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in 1881 and 1884 respectively.
Canada was made a vice-province in 1894, where four more houses were opened. This province was initially dependent on the Belgian province. The West Indies
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were made a vice-province in 1904. There is also a house at Mayagüez in Puerto Rico
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. Spanish Redemptorists settled at San Juan. A parish comprising some 30,000 souls is confided to their care. On 26 July 1911, the Belgian houses of Canada were erected into a new province.[
On 12 August 2014 a court in Quebec approved a settlement by which the Redemptorists will pay $20 million in compensation to people who had been sexually assaulted by members of the order while school students in their care.]
The Yorkton Province is an Eastern church branch of the worldwide Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, serving the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
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in North America and is based in Saskatchewan
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and Manitoba
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, Canada.
Famous Redemptorists
* Alphonsus Liguori
Alphonsus Liguori, CSsR (27 September 1696 – 1 August 1787), sometimes called Alphonsus Maria de Liguori or Saint Alphonsus Liguori, was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosop ...
(1696–1787) founder, bishop and Doctor of the Church
Doctor of the Church (Latin: ''doctor'' "teacher"), also referred to as Doctor of the Universal Church (Latin: ''Doctor Ecclesiae Universalis''), is a title given by the Catholic Church to saints recognized as having made a significant contribu ...
* Gerard Majella
Gerard Majella (; 6 April 1726 – 16 October 1755) was an Italian lay brother of the Congregation of the Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.
His intercession is sought for children, ...
(1726–1755) Religious
* Clement Hofbauer (1751–1888) patron saint of Vienna
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and Warsaw
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* John Neumann
John Nepomucene Neumann (german: link=no, Johann Nepomuk Neumann, cs, Jan Nepomucký Neumann; March 28, 1811 – January 5, 1860) was a Catholic priest from Bohemia. He immigrated to the United States in 1836, where he was ordained, joined t ...
(1811–1860) Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, US
* Peter Donders
Petrus Norbertus Donders (27 October 1809 – 14 January 1887) was a Dutch Roman Catholic priest and member of the Redemptorist Congregation. He served in various missions in the Dutch colony of Surinam. He started working in the capital Param ...
(1809–1887) missionary to lepers in Batavia, Suriname
Batavia on the Coppename River in Suriname is a former cocoa plantation, military post and state leper colony of the Dutch colonists. Batavia functioned as a leper colony from 1824 to 1897, after which the location was completely abandoned. Since ...
* Kaspar Stanggassinger
Kaspar Stanggassinger (12 January 1871 - 26 September 1899) was a German people, German Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Redemptorists. His inclination to the priesthood manifested from his childhood and ...
(1871–1899) priest
* Gennaro Maria Sarnelli
Gennaro Maria Sarnelli (12 September 1702 – 30 June 1744) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Redemptorists. Sarnelli was one of Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori's earliest companions and a prolific writer on a range ...
(1702–1744) priest
* Nicholas Charnetsky
Nicholas Charnetsky, Mykolai Charnetskyi or Mykolay Charnetsky ( uk, Миколай Чарнецький; December 14, 1884 – April 2, 1959) was a member of the Redemptorists (Congregation of the Holy Redeemer), a religious congregation in the B ...
(1884–1959) bishop and martyr
* Vasyl Velychkovsky
Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky (June 1, 1903 – June 30, 1973) was a priest, and later bishop, of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with Rome. He is a martyr of the Catholic Church, dying in ...
(1903–1973) bishop and martyr
* Zynoviy Kovalyk (1903–1941) priest and martyr
* Dominick Trcka (1886–1954) priest and martyr
* Ivan Ziatyk (1899–1952) priest and martyr
* Francis Xavier Seelos
Francis Xavier Seelos, CSsR (January 11, 1819 – October 4, 1867) was a German Redemptorist who worked as a missionary in the United States frontier. Towards the end of his life, he went to New Orleans to minister to victims of yellow fever ...
(1819–1867) priest
* Bernard Łubieński
Bernard Alojzy Łubieński, ( translit. Bernard Aloysius Lubienski) CSsR, (9 December 1846 – 10 September 1933) was a Polish Redemptorist priest, missionary and writer, closely associated with Bishop Robert Coffin and with the Roman C ...
(1846-1933) priest
* Alfred Pampalon (1867–1896) priest
* Pelágio Sauter (1878-1961) priest
* Antonio Maria Losito (1838-1917) priest
* Willem Marinus van Rossum
Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.Ss.R. (3 September 1854 – 30 August 1932) was a Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was made a cardinal in 1911, led the Apostolic Penitentiary from 1915 to 1918, and served as Prefect of the Cong ...
(1854–1932) Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of the Peoples
* Varkey Vithayathil
Varkey Vithayathil (29 May 19271 April 2011) was an Indian cardinal, served as Head and Father of Syro Malabar Church and Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly. He was also a religious priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.
Ea ...
(1927–2011) Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly for Syro-Malabars (India)
* Julio Terrazas Sandoval
Julio Terrazas Sandoval (March 7, 1936 – December 9, 2015) was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in the Roman Catholic Church.
Biography
Born in Vallegrande, Bolivia, Terra ...
(1936-2015) Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia)
* Joseph William Tobin
Joseph William Tobin, CSsR, (born May 3, 1952) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. A member of the Redemptorist order, he has been the archbishop of Archdiocese of Newark in New Jersey, since 2017. He previously served as the ...
(born 1952) former Superior General (1997–2009), Secretary of , former Archbishop of Indianapolis, Archbishop of Newark
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* William Hickley Gross
William Hickley Gross, C.Ss.R., (June 12, 1837 – November 14, 1898) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who was a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Savannah in Georgia ...
(1837–1898) Archbishop of Oregon City, Oregon
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, US
* Patrick Clune
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(1864–1935) first Archbishop of Perth, Australia
* Hugh MacDonald
Hugh John Macdonald (born 31 January 1940 in Newbury, Berkshire) is an English musicologist chiefly known for his work within the music of the 19th century, especially in France. He has been general editor of the ''Hector Berlioz: New Edition of ...
, (1841–1898) Bishop of Aberdeen
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* Willem Duynstee, priest, jurist, moralist, and professor, Netherlands
* Aloysius Joseph Willinger
Aloysius Joseph Willinger (1886–1973) was an American member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, commonly known as the Redemptorist Fathers, and a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Ponce from 1929 to 1946, ...
(1886–1973) Bishop of Monterey-Fresno, California
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, US
* William Tibertus McCarty
William Tibertus McCarty, C.Ss.R. (August 11, 1889 – September 14, 1972) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. A Redemptorist, he served as bishop of the Diocese of Rapid City in South Dakota from 1948 to 1969. He previous ...
(1889–1972) Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota
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, US
* Ralph Heskett
Ralph Heskett (born 3 March 1953, in Sunderland, England) is an English Roman Catholic prelate who has been the Bishop of Hallam since July 2014, having immediately before that been Bishop of Gibraltar from 2010 to 2014.
Early life and mi ...
(born 1953) Bishop of Gibraltar
* Ireneo Amantillo (1934–2018) Bishop of Tandag
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* Emmanuel Cabajar (born 1942) Bishop of Pagadian
Pagadian, officially the City of Pagadian ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Pagadian; fil, Lungsod ng Pagadian; Maguindanaon: ''Kuta nu Pagadian'', Jawi: كوتا نو ڤاڬاديان; Iranun: ''Bandar a Pagadian'', بندر ا ڤاڬاديان; Chavacano: ...
* Charles Fehrenbach (1909–2006) author of the book ''Mary Day by Day''
* Bernard Häring (1912–1998), priest and influential theologian at the Second Vatican Council
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* Francis Connell (1888–1967), priest, theologian, and advisor at the Second Vatican Council
* Tadeusz Rydzyk (born 1945) founder and head of the Radio Maryja Family
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.
* Alec Reid
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(1931–2013), facilitator in the Northern Ireland peace process
* John Creagh
John Creagh (Thomondgate, Limerick, Ireland; 1870 – Wellington, New Zealand; 1947) was an Irish Redemptorist priest. Creagh is best known for, firstly, delivering antisemitic speeches in 1904 responsible for inciting riots against the sma ...
(1870–1947) priest who delivered anti-Semitic sermons in Limerick in 1904.
* Joseph Owens (1908–2005)
* Liam Pilkington
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(1894–1977)
* Seán McManus (born 1944)
* Leo James English
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(1907–1997) compiler and editor of an English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
- Tagalog dictionary (1965) and a Tagalog-English dictionary (1986)
* Joe Maier (born 1939) co-founder of the HDF Mercy Centre in Bangkok.
* Raymond Brennan (1932–2003) founder of the Father Ray Foundation in Pattaya, Thailand
* Teofilo Vinteres (1932-2001) liturgical composer and former rector of the Baclaran Church.
* Amado Picardal- CBCP-BEC Executive Secretary, web blogger and "biking priest"
* Marreddy Vatti (1956-2015).
* Marcel Van (1928–1959), Servant of God
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, Vietnamese lay brother.
* Tony Flannery
Anthony "Tony" Flannery, CSsR (born January 1947) is an Irish Catholic religious writer and Redemptorist priest. He is the founder of the Irish Association of Catholic Priests. For 14 years, he has been writing a monthly article for ''Reality M ...
, Irish religious writer and dissident
* Michael Müller author of devotional books
* Clement Campos. Well known moral theologian in India.
* Joseph Ivel Mendenha (India)
Educational institutions
;Schools
* Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School (Mumbai
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, India
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)
*St Alphonsus School, Bangalore, India
*Ruamrudee International School
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(Bangkok
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, Thailand
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)
*Saint Alphonsus Catholic School
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(Cebu
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, Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
) – now under the Benedictine Sisters
;Tertiary and other
*Alphonsian Academy 150px, St. Alphonsus de Liguori, whose teachings inspired the establishment of the Academy.
The Pontifical Alphonsian Academy (; ), also commonly known as the Alphonsianum, is a pontifical institution of higher education founded in 1949 by the Re ...
*Holy Redeemer College
Holy Redeemer College is a Roman Catholic institution that provides housing to priests and religious brothers who are pursuing studies in Washington, D.C. Located at 3112 7th Street, NE in the city's Brookland neighborhood, it is run by the Balt ...
of The Catholic University of America
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* St. Mary's College, Brockville (Toronto
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, Canada
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) — closed
See also
*Radio Maryja
Radio Maryja is a religious and political socially conservative Polish radio station. It was founded in Toruń, Poland, on 9 December 1991, by the Redemptorist Tadeusz Rydzyk. The name "Maryja" is a traditional Polish form of the name "Mary", ...
is a radio station owned and run by the congregation
*The teen magazine, '' Face Up''
*Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer
The Congregation of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, Filii Sanctissimi Redemptoris; FSSR), commonly known as the Transalpine Redemptorists or The Sons, are a religious institute of the Catholic Church canonically erected in the Roman Ca ...
, formerly the Transalpine Redemptorists
*Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer The Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer was a Catholic liturgical feast. It is celebrated in Venice as the Festa del Redentore. It is also celebrated by the Redemptorists and was celebrated in the City of Rome.
The feast is found only in the special ...
Notes
References
External links
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Pope John Paul II. "Address to the Members of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer", December 15, 1997
* ttp://www.odis.be/lnk/en/OR_9398 Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemeri
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