A meeting of peace, the first Shalom Youth Congress held in Italy
On December 2, 3 and 4 at the Chapel of the oldest university in Europe, La Sapienza, young people from various regions of Italy will be gathered for a meeting of peace, the first Shalom Youth Congress held in Italy. The Shalom Youth Congress has already been held in Brazil and Latin America for years since 1989. The first edition happened in Brazil with only a few hundred of young people. The last edition was held in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, and gathered more than 4,000 young people from Brazil and Latin America. The first European edition was in Paris in 2015, only a week after the terrorist attacks that frightened the whole world but failed to discourage the young ...

Shalom Catholic Community opens a new Evangelization Center in Toronto, Canada
A new place in Toronto is opened, a source of peace, where we can find prayer, praises, experience with God, friendship, spiritual accompaniment, spousal love to Jesus Christ and disciples and ministers of peace. On november 12th, the first mass it was celebrated at the new evangelization centre!! The mission of Shalom Catholic Community is evangelization and formation of young people, adults, children and professionals. Development of charismatic prayer groups and apostolic ministries for a new evangelization. Through Evangelization Centres, Missionary Houses and specific projects our objective is to penetrate the heart of society, announcing the Word of God and promoting the teaching of the Church. In the dioceses where we are located we promote events for evangelization, youth camps, ...

Shalom Catholic Community youth meeting in Krakow
Shalom Catholic Community  is also present in Krakow. Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz invited the Community to begin its work of evangelization in Poland after World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2013. Now we are here in Krakow, five Brazilian missionaries, the mission of the foundation on 16 May 2015 year. Our desire is to spread the spirituality of the Community by the prayer groups, Eucharistic celebrations, spiritual formation, science, retreats, social gatherings and evangelization. Please contact us and meet us to know more: krakow@comshalom.org

Shalom Youth Congress in Italy moved the participants to a deeper encounter with Jesus
A deeper encounter with Jesus! The second day of Shalom Youth Congress, on Saturday, December 3rd, started with Moyses Azevedo, who preached to the Italian youth about the friendship with God and how to go “further than where our feet can get” the central theme of the Congress. The founder of Shalom Catholic Community started to talk about the story of his own encounter with Jesus and how he discovered God’s plan for his life. “God has a plan of love for each of us. Because He loves us. But who is God? What is God’s name? The name of God is mercy. God does not want to condemn anybody. Jesus gave his life for all, He did not condemn anyone because the ...

Shalom Catholic Community opens a new house in Rome
SHALOM COMMUNITY OPENS A NEW HOUSE IN ROME                  On Saturday, 15th October 2016, in the southern part of the Italian capital, in the surroundings of Torvegata University, Shalom Catholic Community opened a new mission house. Reverend Javier Martínez Fernández, archbishop of Granada/Spain, presided over the celebration of the dedication and opening of the new house. On the day the Catholic Church celebrates the memory of St Teresa of Avila, protagonist of many foundations, a new mission starts at Peter’s feet in order to extend the evangelizing mission of the Church through the Shalom Charisma.                The main aims of the new mission house are: to promote and to maintain the Philosophy and Theology studies of some of our ...

Life-changing experience in London
Shalom Catholic Community in London (UK) is hosting an event known as Life in the Spirit Seminar or LSS, to make it short. It’s not just an event: its an experience!  Thousands of people all over the world have experienced a turning point in their lives after taking part on a LSS retreat. We wouldn’t be writing this email if we hadn’t witnessed it for ourselves.    What is a LSS?   It’s a spiritual retreat, based on the Catholic faith, comprised of a series of talks, music and deep moments of prayer. The talks will gradually introduce you to the love of God and the many gifts He offers us through the Holy Spirit. Prayer will help to open your heart and allow Him full ...

Speaking the language of the youth: evangelizing party in Budapest
HungaRio is the creative name given to a party hosted by Shalom Catholic Community in Budapest, Hungary’s capital. The party, as the name says, combines a little of Hungary and a little of Rio, the famous Brazilian metropolis. Numerous young people are drawn to the party that takes place every three months. This is the result of collaboration between the Archdiocese of Budapest and the Shalom Community, inspired by the historic “evangelizing snack bar” which marked the foundation of the Community in 1982.   According to the missionaries of Shalom Mission in Budapest, the initiative was born two and a half years after the Community first came to the city. The Archdiocese was willing to rent a bar where the ...

Training meeting for worldwide missionaries comes to an end.
AQUIRAZ, Brazil – Representatives of Shalom Catholic Community from 34 countries gathered at Diaconia (Shalom’s headquarters) for a training meeting organized by the Apostolic and Missionary Advisories in the Community. Once a year, missionaries from different countries are able to come together to prayer, to listen to important updates and guidelines, and to receive formation on relevant topics to their missionary work. It is also a moment of sharing experiences and to give testimony. The event assembles those who are in charge of Shalom Community’s missions and apostolic work in many countries. “To me, one of the most important talks of this training meeting was on the Way of Peace, a spiritual and formative itinerary within Shalom Community. We have ...