The present Redemptorist community at St. Mary’s
Back Row: Fr. Jon Hansen, Fr. Babu Matthew, Fr. Ciro Alfonso Perez, Fr. Tony Bidgood
Front Row: Fr. Bill Bernard, Fr. Kaz Zabawa, Fr. David Cottingham
The Redemptorists came into existence in the town of Scala, Italy in 1732. Their founder, St. Alphonsus Mary de Liguori was a great preacher of the Gospel to the poor. His apostolic spirit led him to found the congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer to carry on his work. The order received papal approval in 1749 and arrived in Canada in 1872.
Saskatoon’s first bishop, Bishop Murray, was a Redemptorist and a year after his arrival in 1933, he put St. Mary’s in the care of his own order. The Redemptorists have been here ever since.
You can learn more about the Redemptorists in Canada at www.redemptorists.ca
