Alphonsian Academy

St. Alphonsus de Liguori, whose teachings inspired the establishment of the Academy.

The Alphonsian Academy is a pontifical institution of higher education in Rome, Italy.

The Academy is a theology study institute. Its establishment was inspired by the teachings of St. Alphonsus de Liguori.

The Alphonsian Academy was founded in 1949 by the Redemptorists. Since 1960, the Academy has specialized in moral theology as a part of the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Lateran University. The Academy grants both the licentiate and the doctoral degrees in Moral Theology.

Students of note

• Carl Frederick Mengeling (1930–)
• Severino Poletto (1933–)
• Charles E. Curran (1934–)
• Francesco Cardinal Coccopalmerio (1938–)
• Joseph Charron (1939–)
• Oscar Andres Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga (1942–)
• Polycarp Cardinal Pengo (1944–)
• John Clayton Nienstedt (1947–)
• Luigi Padovese (1947–2010)
• James D. Conley (1955–)
• Bryan Massingale (1957–)
• Michael Sis (1960–)
• Peter Comensoli (1960–)
• Wojciech Polak (1964–)
• Michael Fors Olson (1966–)
• Franco Mulakkal (1964-)

See also

• Radio Maryja is a radio station owned by the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer and run by Redemptorists.
• The teen magazine, Face Up
• Holy Redeemer College, housing for The Catholic University of America

External links

• Official website
• Pope John Paul II. "Address to the Members of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer", December 15, 1997
• Pope John Paul II. "Address to the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer", October 3, 2003