Moved by compassion for the poor, especially those living in the country districts, who at that time formed a considerable section of the population, St Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, in the year 1732, at Scala in the Kingdom of Naples, founded the Congregation of Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer. "The Purpose of the Redemptorists is to follow the example of Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, by preaching the word of God to the poor, as he declared of himself: 'He sent me to preach the Good New