Saint Therese, help me find my vocation
I met Shalom Community in 1998.That is when it was founded in the city where I lived, in Mossoró (A city in the northeast of Brazil). A providential meeting at the right time and in the way God wanted it to be. A few months before this encounter, the shrine of Saint Therese was passing through town and I went with a friend from school to see it. I had had an experience with the Holy Spirit in a weekend retreat, but I left behind what I had been through. I remember it caught my attention when they said that Saint Therese had discovered her vocation at the age of 15 years old because it was my age at the ...

Pope Francis: I will go to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families
(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis on Monday confirmed he will be attending the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year. “I wish to confirm according to the wishes of the Lord, that in September of 2015, I will go to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of Families,” said Pope Francis.  “Thank you for your prayers with which you accompany my service to the Church. Bless you from my heart.” The Holy Father speaking at the beginning of a Colloquium on Complementarity of Man and Woman happening in Rome which was sponsored by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The World Meeting of Families takes place September 22-27, 2015, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA), and has as its theme “Love ...

Moyses Azevedo: “I wanted to freely give what I have freely received”
Moyses Louro de Azevedo Filho, 55 years old, was born in Fortaleza, Brazil, on the 4th of November. He is the founder and general moderator of Shalom Catholic Community, established in 1982. The community is spread all over Brazil and 15 other countries. His parents always wanted to have a boy but instead they had 5 girls. At age 44, his mother finally had a boy whom she consecrated to God. He says that as a child he was annoyed with his mother’s friends saying that he would be a priest although he never liked the idea. At age 15, Moyses was studying in a Catholic School when one of his friends invited him to participate in a youth meeting ...

TEA LOVE CARE 2014
  This October Shalom Catholic Community promoted its annual fundraising event TEA LOVE CARE. It was a joyous afternoon with our friends, with people who participate in one of the prayer groups and other benefactors. We could be together , enjoy good food, live music and great people and specially we could help to support Shalom Catholic Community work in Toronto with this fundraising event. Other important part of the event was the opportunity to visit the tables and to evangelize.

Prayer, Purgatory and All Souls’ Day
When I was a Protestant, there were things I thought I knew about the Catholic Church, things I knew I didn’t know about the Catholic Church, but didn’t want to learn, and then a box marked, “Everything Else”. During my conversion process, that “Everything Else” box grew bigger and bigger as I slowly acquainted myself with this strange new religion that familiarity had convinced me I knew everything about, but pride had kept me ignorant of.  One of the most beautiful, exotic jewels I discovered in that box was All Souls Day. Growing up Presbyterian, everyone went to Heaven.  And they went there immediately upon the death rattle.  It wasn’t that there was an unshakable certainty in each souls’ eternal reward, it was just that ...

10th International Forum of Formation and Prayer
During the weekend of October 25th and 26th of 2014, the members of the Shalom Catholic Community of Toulon – France, organized the 10th International Forum of Formation and Prayer, at the ‘’Castille’’, an ancient castle about 14 kilometers away from the center of the city. The preacher of this year’s event was Father Léthel, member of the Carmel and consultant for the canonization processes of the V The theme of this year’s formation was the ‘’The Light of Christ in the Heart of the Church: John Paul II and the Theology of the Saints’’atican. He has also dedicated his life to the study many different saints, concluding a thesis paper about the life of Saint Jeanne d’Arc. We also welcomed father John ...

Shalom Community’s song recorded in Ecuador
The Ecuadorian singer Juan Pablo Alvarado and the Dominican Celinés Díaz recorded “Como fuego abrasador”, Spanish version of the song “Como fogo abrasador” (in English, “As a blazing fire”), written by Nicodemos Costa and interpreted by Ana Gabriela, both missionary members of Shalom Catholic Community. The song is in the album “Cinco Más” and its video clip can be found here: Official Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVR9uB1LE2A Juan Pablo Alvarado, 27 years old, is a singer, composer and producer. He is part of a project along with a national network of Catholic musicians in Ecuador as one of the official voices to record songs to be used in Christian catechesis. The project is supported by the Episcopal Conference of Ecuador. Celinés Díaz abandoned a ...