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Growth and Change
Redemptorists have seen great change since they arrived on
America's shores more than 150 years ago. After 100 years of steady growth,
Redemptorists faced new challenges and situations to which the Congregation is
still adjusting today.
 As
America grew and prospered, Redemptorists established parishes, built schools
and preached missions, moving west into America's heartland and into Canada. By
the dawn of the 20th century, Redemptorists, being well established in the
United States and Canada, were ready to go abroad.
The documents issued by Vatican Council II during the 1960s and the shifting
values sweeping over the country during that period brought an exodus from
religious life in all faiths, and Redemptorists were no exception. Numbers of
new vocations declined, and Redemptorists began to look for new ways to maintain
the work they had begun.
As the Congregation moves into the 21st century, their ministry has changed, and
continues to evolve. But always at the heart of the Redemptorist Ministry is
Saint Alphonsus' call to reach out to the "most abandoned."
The spirit of Saint Alphonsus, his determination to remain "among the people,"
the emphasis he placed on prayer and his special devotion to Our Lady still are
the foundation of Redemptorist life and activity.
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