An Australian Newspaper wrote back in 1929...

A REDEMPTORIST MONASTERY IN SCOTLAND

And the Man Who Helped It

ST. MARY'S, KINNOULL, 1869-1929 

Queen Victoria, on one of her progresses to Scotland half a century or more ago, noticed on a wooded hill near Perth, overlooking the valley of the Tay, a picturesque and somewhat medieval looking building which had not been there when she last passed that way. 'What was it?' asked her observant Majesty; and the reply she received was that it was— not a new Redemptorist monastery (which might have been a slight shock), but ‘some kind of reformatory.’

A Life Hidden From the World

'A very good name for it, too,' said the Superior, when he heard the story and passed it on to me. Father Edmund Vaughan, first Rector of St. Mary's, Kinnoull Hill, was one of the- remarkable group of brothers, Vaughans of Courtfield all, who were distinguished and prominent in the Catholic Church of mid-Victorian days, just as their nephews were in a later generation. '''

The Redemptorist Congregation was already, in those far-off days, doing a great work for souls — its own chosen and peculiar work — under the ardent leadership of an apostolic Provincial, destined later to rule the See of Southwark. And what enabled them, under God, to extend that work, and to establish it firmly in at least four different countries, was the munificence of a hidden benefactor. I call him 'hidden' because he had already himself worn the Redemptorist habit for twenty years, and had long lived a truly hidden life in the house of his Order which he had himself founded in Rome.

Sixty Years of Mission Effort

The monastery of Kinnoull, looking down from its wooded eminence on the ancient town of St. John, now Perth, is, I am glad to see, about to celebrate the diamond jubilee of its foundation.

All Scottish Catholics will thank God for the sixty fruitful years, of labor for Him and His Church done during that long period by the devoted sons of St. Alphonsus. And not a few, I hope, will remember, in their prayers and thanks givings, Edward Douglas, to whom that great Order, and those to whom it ministers, owes so much.

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An interview with Bishop Michael Brehl CSsR...

Our former Superior General, Michael Brehl CSsR,

now the Bishop of the Diocese of Pembroke, Canada,

giving an interview with Fr Andrzej Wodka CSsR.

Your New Sunday Missal...

English Standard Version Bible translation.

Designed to help anyone prepare for Sunday Mass and take an active part in its celebration, this Missal contains a short introduction to the special character of each Sunday, and the Mass text is laid out in a straightforward way.

This Missal has a leatherette cover, gold-embossed lettering, colourful ribbons and high-quality Bible paper which means that it should become a treasured companion for a lifetime.

The texts for all Sunday services in the Roman Catholic Church for the three-year cycle are included in this Missal.

Alongside these are a number of additional resources, including the two Eucharistic Prayers for reconciliation, and four for Masses for various occasions.

The main ordinary texts of the Mass are also given in Latin.

Additionally, we have provided an original prayer for each day of the week, a selection of litanies and prayers by St Alphonsus Liguori including his Stations of the Cross.

RP Books - Redemptorist Publications

A new book by Fr. Dennis J. Billy CSsR entitled,

“Holy Exercises: St. Alphonsus de Liguori and the Spirituality of Practice”...

Fr. Dennis presents to us a book he has recently published: “Holy Exercises: St. Alphonsus de Liguori and the Spirituality of Practice.”

The purpose of Alphonsian spirituality is to preach the Gospel by our words and actions. The conversion of the world presupposes our own inner conversion of heart which, in turn, presupposes developing heartfelt spiritual practices that make a life of radical personal and communal conversion possible. This book focuses on a number of such practices that Alphonsus found to be helpful aids for his own spiritual journey and that he wished to share with others. They do not take the place of attending Mass and praying the Breviary, but rather complement them by helping us to deepen out love for Christ and walking the way of holiness.

Here’s an endorsement by Bishop Michael Brehl, C.Ss.R.

“Once again, Fr. Dennis Billy has captured the heart of St. Alphonsus, the great spiritual master and eminently practical guide to the Christian life. This book will open to readers much more than the teaching of St. Alphonsus. It can open up our call to practice the Christian life according to the heart of Jesus, and to be transformed by his Spirit active in our lives. A rich resource for students of Liguori, but also a treasury of spirituality for preachers, teachers, and all disciples.”

The Most Reverend Michael Brehl, C.Ss.R.

(Bishop of Pembroke, Canada)
Former Redemptorist Superior General

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 SPIRITUAL EXERCISES: St Alphonsus de Liguori and the Spirituality of Practice.

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means you're not only sustaining your faith
but also giving back to your Catholic community. 

Redemptorist Publications is proud to be

supporting the faithful during this period of upcoming change.

A new edition of the Lectionary using the 

English Standard Version - Catholic Edition and the Abbey Psalms and Canticles 

will come into use in England, Scotland, & Wales on the 1st Sunday of Advent, 2024.

The new Lectionary gives us an opportunity to hear the Word of God

with fresh ears and deeper understanding

as we engage with a text that reflects up-to-date biblical scholarship.

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A wonderful pilgrimage to the South of Italy May 2025...

Join us as we travel around the Amalfi Coast

walking in the footsteps of our

Holy Founder, Bishop, Doctor of the Church

St Alphonsus Maria de'Liguori

and our

Saintly Brother

St Gerard Majella

who is the patron Saint of expectant mothers and Babies.

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Goodbye to St. Mary's CSsR Hall SW4...

After 90 years it is time to say good bye to a building that has served us very well. We had many great services, parties, shows, ceilidhs, receptions, sale of works, school concerts, pantomines, you name it and we have had it there in a big scale!

Anyway the time has come for us, the Redemptorists and the wonderful parishioners of St Mary's Redemptorist Parish, to say a fond farewell to the building as it is about to enter a whole new creation! Part of that will be a brand new hall that will be given over to the parish to use and maintain as they see fit.

Enjoy the pictures below...

Blessed Maria Celeste Crostarosa OSsR & Fr General CSsR...

Today, the 11th September, is the Feast of the

Blessed Maria Celeste Crostarosa

the Foundress of our Nuns, the OSsR "Red Nuns".

We pray in thanksgiving for the Vocation

given to our dear Sisters throughout the world.

Fr General CSsR has written a letter to the whole Redemptorist Family OSsR & CSsR - find below...

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"Missionaries of hope in the footsteps of the Redeemer"

Year dedicated to Mission Formation

The Lord instructs us to revive the gift of God dwelling in us

Const. 77-90, EG; 050-085; Mt 10:5-15, Lk 9:1-6, 2 Tim 1:6

Dear Brothers, Formandi, Lay Associates of our Redemptorist mission and family, and on this special occasion, all Nuns of the Order of the Most Holy Redeemer,

1. Julia Marcella Santa Crostarosa was born in Naples on October 31, 1696. She entered the Teresian monastery S. Maria dei Sette Dolori in Marigliano in the spring of 1718 and professed as a Carmelite on September 21, 1719. In October 1723, the monastery was closed, and she entered the Visitation convent of the Most Holy Conception in Scala, Salerno, in January 1724. After a few days, she began her novitiate, taking the name Sister Maria Celeste of the Holy Desert; she then renewed her vows as a Visitandine on December 28, 1726. While still a novice, on April 25, 1725, after the celebration of the Eucharist, she began to have the intuition to found a new Institute. Encouraged by her confessor and novice mistress, she wrote the rule, the centerpiece of which is the community as a living memory of the love of the Redeemer. In 1730, she met St. Alphonsus and, thanks to his help, on May 13, 1731, the Order of the Most Holy Savior was born, whose Rules were approved by Pope Benedict XIV on June 8, 1750, changing its name to the Order of the Most Holy Redeemer. On September 14, 1755, she died in Foggia, recognized by the people as the Holy Prioress. 

2. Celeste's story is complex, and her life was not easy. Particularly hard were the moments of tension with Monsignor Falcoia over her defense of the original intuition in defining the community's rules. She was forced to leave Scala. However, the friendship and fraternal communion with St. Alphonsus and the other Redemptorists, beginning with St. Gerard, remained unaltered. With deep faith in God and perseverance, she succeeded, in Foggia, in implementing the original project. Her hagiography, on the website of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, reads, "The Servant of God, from her youth, strongly experienced the call to holiness and mystical marriage with Christ, the demanding spouse, and always went in search of radicality in religious consecration, of which she proposed a reform, conceiving the life of the Nuns as a perfect imitation of the life of Christ and the religious community a living memorial of his redeeming love for all. The Eucharist, the torn heart of the Savior, and devotion to the Virgin Mary formed the permanent center of her spirituality. Immersed in prayer and contemplation of the mystery of Jesus the Redeemer, Sister Mary Celeste faced with steadfastness not only the daily spiritual struggle to strive for perfection but also a series of obstacles and misunderstandings that she encountered on her life journey."

Read more: Blessed Maria Celeste Crostarosa OSsR & Fr General CSsR...

Pilgrimage in the footsteps of Ss Alphonsus & Gerard...May 2025

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Interview with H E Cardinal Joseph Tobin CSsR...

His Eminence Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, CSsR., Archbishop of Newark, USA, interviewed by Fr. Andrzej Wodka, CSsR., (24th July 2024) shares about the current stage of the Synod of the Synodality and the redemptorist roots of his ministry as a bishop in the Catholic Church. He also points out some essential aspects of the Redemptorists' presence and charism relevant to the contemporary world.