A few words about the Redemptorists

The Redemptorists are a religious order whose members belong to the Catholic Church.

In 1732, at Scala, in the Kingdom of Naples (Italy), moved by compassion for the poor, especially those living in the country districts, St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (commonly called “The Redemptorists”) to continue the mission of Jesus “to bring glad tidings to the poor” (Luke 4:18) and most abandoned.

The "most abandoned" are:

• those for whom the Church has not yet been able to provide sufficient means of salvation

• those who have never heard the Church’s message or at least have not received it is the “glad tidings”

• those who suffer harm because of division in the Church.

At the same time the Redemptorists minister to the faithful who are not spiritually abandoned in their need to be strengthened in faith, continually converted to God, and bear witness to the faith in everyday life.

The Redemptorists devote themselves to missionary work among:

• Catholics

• Christians (who are not members of the Catholic Church)

• Those who belong to faith traditions other than Christian

• Those who profess no faith tradition.

There are over 5,500 Redemptorists.  They work in 77 countries on all 5 continents helped by many men and women who collaborate in their mission and together form the Redemptorist Family.

The missionary spirit of the Redemptorists motivates them to use developments in technology ~ such as the Word Wide Web ~ to reach out to those in need.

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