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Divine Grace & Stamina
REDEMPTORIST LIFE
Get to know Sant'Alfonso Maria de Liguori and join the Redemptorist Congregation to follow God the Son. Through divine love, horrific humiliations, self denial, love of the cross, unexpected situations that give us a foretaste of what hell with complete despair is without faith, hope and charity, compared to the divine presence of Jesus Christ, our Divine Redeemer who loves us infinitely.
You might lose self esteem, esteem from others, health, reputation, relatives, friends, colleagues. In these battles one thing is necessary: to love God, and to do His divine Will, to trust Him and not you, to accept whatever He wants.
Scholarly Breakthrough: The 'Hidden' Coredemptrix of St. Alphonsus
While many know St. Alfonso Maria de Liguori for his spiritual devotions, few have accessed the 'Steel' of his Dogmatic Works. In a newly revealed passage from the original Italian Opera Dogmatica (Page 467, n. 9), the Doctor of the Church provides a crystalline legal defense of the title Coredemptrix.
Explore the 'Mind's Science' behind the title that the Holy See is sworn to defend. This research, curated by our 'Living Library' (Fr. F, C.Ss.R.), bridges the gap between Baroque legal logic and Catholic Dogma.
Read the Dogmatic Defense of the Coredemptrix title of Our Lady
Sant'Alfonso and surroundings
All About St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori and His Entourage," from an idea by Father Salvatore Brugnano – Studies, docments, and articles dedicated to St. Alphonsus and the Redemptorist tradition. Here!
PRAYER & SUFFERING, ENDURANCE, HAPPINESS?
Sister Consolata Betrone (1903–1946) was a Capuchin Poor Clare nun whose life and mystical experiences have become a beacon of hope for thousands of souls seeking a path to God through simplicity and love. Her story, primarily captured in the profound book "The Littlest Way of Love" (or The Vade Mecum of Love), offers a spiritual lifeline that is particularly potent for those navigating the darkest valleys of human existence. VISIT OUR PAGE HERE!
When The Cross demolished the Swastika: The Excommunication of the Nazi Party
In historical and religious discussions, it is often asserted that the Catholic Church did not do enough to oppose the National Socialist movement. However, a study of the "fruits" of the era reveals a clear, formal stance taken by the Church well before the outbreak of the Second World War. Visit our History Page
Sedevacantism Refuted: The Papal Theology of St. Alfonso Maria de Liguori. Here!
About us
Founded by Saint Alfonso Maria de Liguori, the Redemptorist Congregation is devoted to following Christ's example through preaching and service to the most abandoned. Originally only based in Italy, we are committed to spreading the Gospel, save souls and offering spiritual guidance and sacraments.
A wish for our dear readers
We wish you will like and apply in your daily life the words of saint Alfonso Maria de Liguori, the antiliberal Bishop, Founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, the "Most Zealous Doctor" (Doctor Zelantissimus) of the Church, and known as the "Doctor of Prayer: "All sanctity consists in loving God, and the love of God consists in doing His will"
COPIOSA APUD EUM REDEMPTIO
In Him there is pleinty of Redemption
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God's Mother is... your Mother
"When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son. 27 After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own."
Official Research Archive & Definitive Edition
This site (cssr-305966.webnode.co.uk) serves as the primary digital archive for our latest Redemptorist research, including exclusive translations of St. Alphonsus Liguori's Opera Dogmatica. While elements of this archive may appear on our legacy domains, this platform is the curated and expanded edition, featuring unique dogmatic insights and historical analysis not found elsewhere. We designate this site as the canonical source for our 2026 theological publications.
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Who are the Redemptorists?
The Redemptorists
"officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Latin: Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,[1] is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brothers). It was founded by Alphonsus Liguori at Scala, Italy, for the purpose of labouring among the neglected country people around Naples. It is dedicated to missionary work and they minister in more than 100 countries. Members of the congregation are Catholic priests and consecrated religious brothers."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redemptorists#:~:text=a%20Catholic%20clerical%20religious%20congregation,neglected%20country%20people%20around%20Naples.
Redemptorists refer to the Priests and Brothers who are members of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists, C.Ss.R.), located in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia, or Oceania.
Therefore, the Redemptorists, whether they are young or old, modern or traditional, Brothers or Priests, cisalpine or transalpine European, African, American, Asian or Oceanian, are to be found only within the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, that was founded in November 1732.
This is a truth, a seamless and living tradition of the Catholic Church, that the Holy See has never changed. "Humility is truth."
Remembering Father Théodule Rey-Mermet, CSsR, here!
Praeconium Paschale - Exsultet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart reportedly made a profoundly humble statement about the Praeconium Paschale (more commonly known as the Exsultet)—the ancient, poetic chant sung during the Catholic Easter Vigil to bless the Paschal candle.
He is famously quoted as saying:
"I would gladly give up all my music to have written the Exsultet." ("Rinuncerei a tutta la mia musica pur di aver composto l'Exultet")
Find the Will of God for you
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The Site
This modest site does not offer the latest news, event listings, or contact details for the Redemptorist Congregation and her beloved Priests and Brothers. Instead, it seeks to explore specific subjects with neutrality and detachment—examining facts through the lens of historical knowledge and the analytical power of AI. We do so mindful that God alone can neither deceive nor be deceived. As for the author of this site, they are but a person disfigured by sin, pride, and self-will. In the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary. God bless our Pope Leo XIV.
Grounding responses in accuracy, staying straightforward, and cutting through the fluff will be the priority.
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Home - " Carthusian at home, and apostle abroad "
About&Psy - About - Psy - I A Path to Clarity- II The divine teaching - III spiritual abuses - IV The Trap of "Blind Obedience": A Guide to Discernment - V The Second Vatican Council - Membership Growth and Demographics of the Redemptorists (1732 – Present) - Membership Growth and Demographics of the Redemptoristine Nuns (1731 – Present) - Comparing Jansenism to the Modernism surrounding the post-Vatican II era - Fr. Auguste Philippe, C.Ss.R. The Catholic Social Teaching and the Social Kingship of Christ
Jesus - Jesus Christ's Trial- I The Devil's Advocate and the Trial of Christ: Maître Jacques Vergès - II Long before Jacques Vergès, another legendary legal mind: Saint Alfonso Maria de Liguori (1696–1787) - III The Lémann Brothers: From Jewish Heritage to Catholic Priesthood and Their Reconstruction of the Trial of Jesus - The End Times, the Antichrist, and the Restoration of Israel : The Eschatological Vision of Canons Augustin and Joseph Lémann- Pope Leo XIII's Vision: A Century of Trial and the Prayer to St. Michael - Le Libéralisme est un péché: Prophetic Warning or Doctrinal Anachronism? - Fr. Michael Müller, C.SS.R.: The 19th-Century Redemptorist Defender of the Faith - Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930) - Saint Alfonso Maria de Liguori and the Enlightenment: The Perspective of Fr. Théodule Rey-Mermet, C.SS.R
Coredemptrix - I Mary Coredemptrix within the Opera Dogmatica of Saint Alfonso - II In The Glories of Mary - What did the Blessed Virgin Mary look like? - The Earthly Journeys of the Blessed Virgin Mary- Saint Joseph viewed by the Lémann Brothers and Priests - Fr. Augustin Lémann's Satan Against Jesus (Satan contre Jésus) - Saint Alfonso's stands out as one of history's most passionate champions of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Founder - Our Holy Founder Saint Alfonso Maria de Liguori - Redemptorist Priests are not exorcists - Saint Alfonso's revolutionary teachings on Moral Theology - Action, Mission, and Intellectual Revival
1723 Trial - The Truth of the 1723 Trial - The congregation to which a religious will belong for the rest of his life - Remembering Father Théodule Rey-Mermet, CSsR - Amadeus did not like Voltaire - Voltaire the racist- Crowns in Conflict: The Dynasties of Naples
Works - Works of Saint Alfonso - Condotta ammirabile della Divina Provvidenza - Love one another - Father Joseph Schrijvers, C.Ss.R - Theological Renewal and Missionary Cooperation in the Dominican and Redemptorist Traditions
Sant'Gerardo - Saint Gerardo accused in 1754 - The Condemnation of Saint Alphonsus by Pope Pius VI - The Way of the Silent Lamb: From the Trial of Christ to the Condemnation of the Saints, The Imitation of Christ
Mortal - In the light of St. Alphonsus' moral theology, sodomy (homosexuality) is classified as a grave matter and a mortal sin - Father Augustin Berthe, C.Ss.R - Fra Diavolo - Don Giuseppe de' Liguori
Mass & Breviary - The True Mass & Breviary - Think of Jesus Christ all day - Saint Pius X and the Redemptorists - The Parallel Heroisms of Marcel Albert and Marcel Lefebvre - The Prophecy of the Sanctuary Lamp- The Danger of Sacred Power: From the Temple Council to the Modernist Crisis
Rules - The True Rules: A legacy of sanctity - A departure from tradition - Link - Text
Redemptorist - The True Redemptorist by sant'Alfonso Maria de Liguori, From The Manuale presbyterorum Congregationis Sanctissimi Redemptoris, German Edition, 1911
Mind - Mind's science - The 'Psychopath Next Door' - Abuse Triggers Latent Mental Illness - Abuse Triggers Latent Mental Illness - Hubris Draws Nemesis: The Horizon of the Modern Mind
Media - Links - Videos
Jesuits - The Jesuits Tragedy - The Process of Suppression (1762–1764) - The Sacred Heart - How the southern kings lost their power - The "Vengeance of History" - The "Three Falls"- From Warrior Kings to Royal Tragedy: The Evolution of the Bourbon Dynasty (Henri IV to Louis XVI) - The Vow of Louis XIII in 1638 - The Great Refusals: Louis XIV and the betrayal of the Most Christian King - The Cost of the Delay: From the eugly Sun King to the Secrets of Fatima
Mohicans - The Mohicans & The victims up till now - The Frontier as a Spiritual Battlefield - The Physical Battlefield - The Four teachings of the Narrative - The Tectonic Plates of the Victim Souls - The Anatomy of mass missed conversions, leading to the end of Christendom
History - The Redemptorist history & The "Transalpine development" - The Sacred Triangle: The Foundations of the Redemptorist Spirit - When The Cross desmolished the Swastika - From the Manchurian Shock to the Post-War Mission: How 1945 Redefined Redemption in East Asia
Passerat - The Sword of Napoleon and the Cross of Father Joseph Passerat - The Napoleonic era represents a pivotal, and often catastrophic, shift in European history - The transalpine Redemptorists: "Everything turns unto good for those who love God" - El Tres de Mayo, by Francisco de Goya (1814) - Bridging Conscience and Duty: From Fr. Joseph Passerat to a Modern Vision of Peace - From the High Command to the Path of Peace: Rear-Admiral Leonard Murray and the Futility of War
Baroque - The Great Harmony - Vivaldi and St. Alfonso: A Tale of Two Priests - The "Crystalline" Art of Roberta Mameli -Women's Fashion in 18th-Century Naples - Sacred Devotion and Mutual Esteem in the Baroque Era - Monteverdi, Vivaldi, and St. Alfonso: A Tale of Three Priests
Blog - The pain of having through one's own fault lost some great good - Fashion & Modesty - Heroism of the Redemptorist martyrs during socialist persecution - Figures in History Who Encountered the Redemptorists - Show Business Figures and Cultural Icons Who Encountered the Redemptorists - Never to advise any woman or girl to marry
Life & Art - Life & Art -Life - The Scent of the City: Hygiene in 18th-Century Naples - Art - The Luminous Soul of Naples: Stained Glass through the 18th Century - Beauty & Stamina - A few videos featuring the countries of the Scottish and Spanish Redemptorist Houses - Redemptorist Priests Who Became War Chaplains
Animals - The Tiny Sentinels: The Lizards of the Naples Region - Beasts and Best Friends: Animals in 18th-Century Naples
Prayer - Prayer:The Great Means of Salvation and of Perfection by St. Alphonsus Liguori - Sister Consolata Betrone: The Apostle of the "Ceaseless Act of Love" - Sister Josefa Menéndez and Sister Consolata Betrone - Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: The Apostle of Divine Mercy and the Theology of Active Charity - St. Thérèse of Lisieux on Charity: Manuscripts, Letters, and Poems - The Illustration of heroic Charity: Céline Martin (Sister Geneviève of the Holy Face) - Every single key figure featured on your page lived, served, and died well before the Council convened - The revelations surrounding Jean Vanier (founder of L'Arche) and Fr. Marie-Dominique Philippe (founder of the Community of Saint John, nicknamed the "Petits Gris")- The claim by Sister Lucia that has never been fully borne out by reality
Sedevacantism Refuted: The Papal Theology of St. Alfonso Maria de Liguori - Here is what St. Alphonsus wrote regarding the vacancy of the Holy See, an "heretical pope," and doubtful popes - Applying St. Alphonsus de Liguori's specific criteria to the Popes since Pius XII - The Voice of the Holy Doctor : the Italian text of St. Alphonsus - The Illusion of Safety: Why Sedevacantism Succeeds - Argument against sedevacantism: only a pope can say if a previous pope was a heretic - Comparing sedevacantism and jansenism
SuperLife - From All Walks of Life: The Professional and Vocational Backgrounds of C.Ss.R. Priests and Brothers - Redemptorist Lay Brothers played an indispensable role - The post Vatican II era Tracking the congregation continent by continent - The Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, closed or repurposed nearly all of their standalone minor and major seminaries worldwide - in liturgical practice, sacred art, and demographic engagement - The Innovation of Interreligious Dialogue - The removal of the Leonine Prayers - Saint Thomas Aquinas - Parallels Between Ape Dogma and the Post-Conciliar Church - "The Devil is the Ape of God" - St. Pius V - Why Artificial Intelligence could be the Devil's Next Frontier - Factual summary of Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical letter
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"Ferran Torres García (born 29 February 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team. Torres is a devout Catholic. "I have a cross and an image of the Virgin," he said in a video shared by the Spanish national football team. "In the end, I think it's something that gives me a lot of support. It gives me great strength in my faith, and for me it's something very important." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferran_Torres
"Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes vanity of vanities, and all is vanity."
"For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?"
