Editing Redemptorists (section)

===19th century===
In 1826, at the request of the government of Austria, the Redemptorists established a community in [[Lisbon]], Portugal, with the purpose of ministering to German speaking Catholics.<ref name=Catholic/> Other houses quickly followed in German-speaking areas: [[Mautern an der Donau]] (1827), [[Innsbruck]] (1828), [[Marburg]] (1833), [[Eggenburg]] (1833), and [[Leoben]] (1834).

The congregation also rapidly expanded into Belgium with communities at [[Tournai]] (1831), [[Sint-Truiden]] (1833), [[Liège]] (1833), and [[Brussels]] (1849). A community was even established in the Netherlands, at the time somewhat [[anti-Catholic]], when a house was opened in [[Wittem]] in 1836. The [[revolutions of 1848]] which swept over Europe caused much upheaval, and the Redemptorists were expelled from Switzerland and Austria and were at risk elsewhere.

The congregation thrived throughout the remainder of the 19th century; in 1852 there were four provinces, and by 1890 this had increased to twelve with communities having been established in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, England, Scotland, Spain, and Suriname.<ref name="New Advent 1913"/> The 20th century saw the continuation of expansion to where the congregation created new provinces, vice provinces, and missions in every decade, and established a network of lay associates and volunteers who work with the Redemptorists to bring the Gospel to the poor.