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Welcome to The Redemptorists of the London Province
Welcome to the website of The Redemptorists of the London Province, we would like to share our vocation story, and our religious life with you. We serve communities in Scotland, England, and Wales and stand together with our brothers serving in Zimbabwe, and around the world. We are an international Catholic Congregation, leading a vowed religious life following Christ the Redeemer, making an impact in a broken world, making a difference in people’s lives. We do this through the inspiration of our founder St. Alphonsus de Liguori. We do this by leading a shared apostolic life of prayer, meditation and devotion to the Eucharist, the source and summit of our christian lives. We do this by being close to the powerless and abandoned, focusing on the proclamation of the Good News of Plentiful Redemption. "I want to say to you, a big thankyou - as big as the world itself, for your nearness to people.. try hard to strengthen it. If we want to save the world we have to unite ourselves to the people by being in the midst of the world."
In the Upcoming year we will be focusing on one of our very special Redemptorist confreres, a saint whose feast falls on the 15th March each year, called St. Clement Hofbauer. He helped develop and move the Congregation over the Alps and is also known as the second founder of our Order. To find out a little about this extraordinary man, view the Video presentation given by our Superior General Fr. Joe Tobin CSsR. To view, click here.. "A Religious vocation is a gift freely given and freely recieved." Making People Matter Living in shared communities that are free and faithful to the teachings of the Church. We are dedicated to finding ways to 'proclaim the Gospel anew'. Because of this our communities are at the heart of the Church. (St. Alphonus our founder is the only moral theologian whose opinion the Church has specifically said all can follow.) Engaging in ministries of outreach bringing Christ's message of truth and liberation to the poor and abandoned. Redemptorist missionaries stand on holy ground, we see early morning mystics paging through tatered prayer books, the promise of the prayers gives us confidence. We see the teenager smiling at old church jokes she has never heard. We see families coming to church, parents having worked eight hour shifts, prepared the meals and fed the dog, and still getting to the mission. We counsel people who witness to a holiness they are unconscious of. Each of us is evangelised by the experience of a Mission. |
NEW! Please see our updated news page, listing and linking new sections on Zimbabwe, The Vows, Inspirational Video clips, Reflections from BE Alive magazine, and Redemptorist Dates. See NEWS link above or 
In these pages we tell our story, and the stories that have inspired us. A young man once asked:" What more can I do to have eternal life?" The path taken toward exploring a vocation to religious life always begins with a question. Let us share with you our life, our community, and our mission to follow Christ as Redemptorist confreres, priests and brothers. Follow the guide at the top of each page to find out what ministries we are engaged in within the UK, and in our region of Zimbabwe. Come and see where we live. You may find the answers you are seaching for in the words that follow. Read on that you may share our hopes and dreams. 