"The principal thing I recommend to you is the love of Jesus Christ.  Very much are we bound to love Him. For this end He has chosen us from all eternity and called us into His Congregation, there to love Him and to make others love Him.  What greater honor, what greater mark of love could Jesus Christ show us?  He has taken us from the world in order to draw us to His love and so that, during the pilgrimage of this life by which we must pass into eternity, we might think of nothing but of pleasing Him and of bringing those crowds of people to love Him who, every year by means of our ministry, abandon sin and put themselves into the grace of God."
St. Alphonsus Liguori, C.Ss.R.


The Redemptorist Life

Redemptorists are called to live out their apostolic mission in community while seeking to address the urgent pastoral needs of the Church and her people. We live, pray and work together, as a team and as a family. We are constantly humbled by the grace of finding ourselves being evangelized by those to whom we are called to evangelize: the poor and most abandoned. Redemptorists are called to make known to those who have been spiritually abandoned the presence of Christ, His love for them, and His mission of redemption.

We choose Jesus Christ as the center of our lives; we strive to become more personally and intimately attached to Him with each passing day. Jesus Christ and His spirit of charity are at the heart of our community, which we then share with those that they might come to know the grace and love of Our Most Holy Redeemer. 

If you are interested in the religious life and in learning more about becoming a Redemptorist, we encourage you to contact the members of our vocation team: Fr. Tat Hoang or Brother Larry Lujan. They can both be reached at the Redemptorist Vocation Office, in Whitestone, NY, part of the St. Alphonsus Formation Residence, at 718-321-1394 or 718-362-0135 (Fr. Tat Hoang Cell) or 718-664-5360 (Bro. Larry Lujan's Cell). You can also reach them by email at vocationscssr@aol.com

Fr. Hoang and Brother Lujan will be happy to answer your questions about our way of life. You can explore the application process and the various stages of formation, and meet and discuss the call to religious life with other Redemptorists.

If God is calling you, we will do everything we can to help you answer His call.