Because of the Co-Redemptorist Association, the Redemptorists have never had to refuse a student for economic reasons.

A Co-Redemptorist is a person who actively sponsors a young man, through prayer and financial support, in his spiritual journey to becoming a Redemptorist priest or Brother.

The Co-Redemptorist Association has been in existence for almost forty years. A Catholic layman, Mr. William Davidson of St. Louis, inspired the program as an apostolic activity for friends of the Redemptorists. He determined the portion of the daily educational cost of a seminarian that the Redemptorists could not cover with their own resources [$1.42].

And he then invited people to provide that deficit for one seminarian, one day a month, or two days a month, etc. as they wished. In this way, by daily prayer and a sacrificial offering, our Co-Redemptorists share their concern for and interest in the formation and education of future Redemptorist priests and Brothers.

The Co-Redemptorist program has not changed substantially in thirty-nine years. Every Co-Redemptorist receives a monthly spiritual letter. Depending on whether they donate monthly, quarterly, semiannually, or annually, a return envelope is included marked with the number of days they have sponsored and the total amount for that month, quarter, etc.

In this way, every Co-Redemptorist has a definite hand in shaping and educating Redemptorists for the future. The title is indeed well deserved: Co-Redemptorists.

We Redemptorists, past, present, and future, can never sufficiently put into words our thanks to our Co-Redemptorists.