15 New Seminarians in Shalom Community
Shalom Catholic Community welcomes its new 15 Seminarians who will now start a new journey of discernment and formation towards priesthood. The Community is made of missionary men, women, singles, married couples and priests. It currently has 24 ordained priests who are in service of the Church in many of the Community’s missionary houses all over the world. Before ordination, the Seminarians Shalom undergo a long period of studies, formation, discernment, apostolic service in the Community’s many apostolic works, all of this in order to become a proper sign of the Lord’s mercy to the world. This year, Shalom Community have the joy of receiving 15 new young men who will begin their studies in early 2016. The Community has currently ...

SYC: “it was visible to me the offer of each brother who gave the best of themselves for young people”
Seminarian and member of the Shalom Community in mission in Switzerland “The Shalom Youth Congress was, for me, a great experience of friendship, communion and gift of life. According to organize the event, it was visible to me the offer of each brother who gave the best of themselves for young people. At the same time, we recognize that, although coming from different countries and cultures, we had the same heart, with one goal, to transmit them to every young mind the same personal experience with Jesus Christ Risen. Everything was perfect, I am very grateful to God for the charism Shalom that surprises us and makes us more and more one with God. Shalom!”

SYC: “unique opportunity to live together with many brothers a strong moment of prayer, praise, reflection on our lives”
My name is Francesco and I come from the mission of Acqui Terme, in northern Italy. I am very happy of this Congress because it was a unique opportunity to live together with many brothers a strong moment of prayer, praise, reflection on our lives. I think of two sentences of Moyses: “The secret of happiness is not to live for themselves, “and” Do not fall into the temptation of wanting to walk alone”. There, these words, now that I’m back in my apartment for a student, I fill the awareness and the desire to belong to this people of God, he loved and opted for a life of service in this charism, in prayer, unity and evangelization. I thank the Lord for this beautiful gift that ...

Shalom missionary in London to have first consecration in Celibacy
For the first time the Shalom Community in London will held a consecration in Celibacy for the Kingdom of Heaven of one of its missionary members. It is a special time of graces for the Mission.  Inspired by the diversity and unity within the Holy trinity, the Shalom Catholic Coomunity, established in 1982, is formed by all three ways of life: married couples, priests and celibate people. Each way of life (or form of life) lives its own identity and also the complementarity with the others. Thus, the Community is a family and it mirrors the Trinitarian Life. Celibacy for the Kingdom of Heaven is one of these ways of life. It is a call to consecrate one’s life entirely in the hands of God ...

First Definitive Promises of a Shalom’ missionary in St John Paul II’s homeland.
This is the first time a missionary of Shalom Community makes Definitive Promises in Poland, the country of St John Paul II whose blessing played a fundamental role in the establishment of the Community in 1980. Jose Carlos Pasternak, missionary of Shalom Catholic Community and a WYD 2016’ volunteer, has made his Definitive Promises in the Shalom Charisma as a Life Community member on Sunday 10th of January, the Solemnity of the Baptism of the Lord. The Eucharistic Celebration was celebrated at the Resurrectionist Congregation priest’s house, where many volunteers coming from different parts of the world are lodged. In the homily, Fr Grzegorz Suchodolski, General Secretary of WYD 2016’ Committee, mentioned, in a brotherly and encouraging way, the historical ...

Shalom will have four new Priests
Four deacons of Shalom Catholic Community will be ordained priest on the 22nd of December by the Archbishop of Fortaleza, Jose Antonio Tosi Marques, at Metropolitan Cathedral of Fortaleza, Ceara State, Brazil. They are: Cristiano Pinheiro, Edie Bethlem, Gustavo Jose and Hintz Dagoberto, all missionary members of Shalom Community. Their first Mass is to be celebrated on the following days from 25th to 28th of December at Shalom da Paz Evangelization Centre, Fortaleza city, Brazil. The ShalomCommunity has a total of 17 priests members of Life Community and 10 priests who belong to Covenant Community, in Brazil and in other countries. Over 60 members are seminarians studying to be priests. According to the founder, Moyses Azevedo, these four new priests are ...

Young people united for peace and on the way to the Beatitudes
“My dear young ones, be in the front line in this arduous task of building peace in the world”, said Cardinal Rylko to the young people attending the Shalom Youth Congress (SYC or CJS, read more Here). Encouraged by the power of the Holy Spirit and the voice of the Church, nearly 300 young people from Shalom Catholic Community of 17 countries have gathered in Evry, 30km from Paris, to pray for world peace. SYC begun with a Vigil for Peace under the theme taken from the gospel’s Beatitudes: “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God”. “We are here to weep with those who weep, to suffer with those who suffer”, said Deacon Cristiano Pinheiro, one ...

CJS-France 2015: A sign of Peace
Despite all the atrocities that occurred in Paris, France, in the early November 2015, the Archdiocese of Evry-Corbeil-Essone, only 30km away from Paris, welcomed over 300 young people from different parts of world in the CJS (click HERE) event. These Catholic youngsters wanted to be a sign of Peace to the world as they gathered there to pray, to deepen their faith and grow in unity with others. The participants were mainly young people and some adults, all members of Shalom Community’s prayer groups in countries such as England, Canada, Italy, France, Portugal, Israel, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland, Spain and others. Encouraged by the voice of the Church they were true witnesses that “the powers of darkness are not stronger than the presence ...

Do you know what is CJS?
Do you know what is CJS?  CJS stands for “Congresso de Jovens Shalom” (in Portuguese) or “Congrès de Juenes Shalom” (in French) which translated into English is Shalom Youth Congress, also SYC. It is an event promoted by Shalom Catholic Community open to all young people who are willing to deepen their experience with the love of God and grow in faith within the Shalom spirituality. The Shalom Community was established in 1982 with the mission to evangelise all mankind. In 1989, it hosted the first CJS in the city of Fortaleza, northeast of Brazil, where the Community was founded. Later in 2014, nearly 9 thousand young people from different parts of the country and other nations gathered in the city of ...