These short descriptions of our various missions will give you some idea of the diversity and scope of our apostolic endeavors...

Parishes

At the request of bishops, Redemptorists will assume the care of some parishes, to attend to the spiritual needs of the poor and most abandoned wherever they may be.  As parish priests, Redemptorists maintain the missionary zeal for souls taught to them by their saintly founder, St. Alphonsus Liguori, C.Ss.R.

Special Preaching

St. Alphonsus wanted his men to be preachers. They were to travel from town to town and parish to parish bringing the Word of God to the people. In modern times this often means a parish mission or renewal. A Redemptorist priest will go to a parish and each day, for a week or more, conduct a special program calling the faithful to a fuller practice of the Christian life and a deeper love for God.  They will also conduct special devotions, visit the sick and offer the sacrament of reconciliation.

Redemptorist special preachers will also conduct triduums and novenas (three- and nine-day periods of prayer). Their dedication to service makes them frequently called upon to preach retreats to laypeople, priests, nuns, and Brothers.

Retreat Houses

The Redemptorists have traveled great distances to preach God's word during the past two centuries. In many parts of the world, they have found that by establishing retreat houses near populated areas they can also preach to the people who come to them.

A retreat may involve priests, nuns, or Brothers spending a week in a special union with the Father. Or it may be a weekend that lay people will use to focus on God, God’s love for them, and the grace that God provides to help live out their baptismal calling.

Special Apostolates

Some Redemptorists have been given a special talent to be used among His people. Others see a special need in the Church and do their best to fill it. Some Redemptorists do special work for the local bishop.  Others serve as hospital or military chaplains.  Still others feel called to work primarily with deaf Catholics, with the young, the old, minority groups, or migrant farm workers.  These people are certainly among the most abandoned. The Redemptorists have been called to serve them in a special way.

Overseas Missions

At the request of the Holy Father, the Redemptorists have undertaken work in various countries as missionaries.  By this missionary work they have fulfilled a dream of their founder, St. Alphonsus, that his Redemptorists might spread the Gospel to the whole world.

Apostolate of the Pen

Following in the footsteps of St. Alphonsus, who wrote more than 100 books in his own lifetime, Redemptorists work to spread God's message through their own writings and commitment to numerous publication houses throughout the world. Their flagship publication is the Liguorian magazine, published by Liguori Publications in Liguori, MO, just south of St. Louis.