Moysés Azevedo: Which aspects of St. John Paul II have influenced Shalom vocation?
In practice, most of our life as a Community has been lived under the pontificate of John Paul II. Among the many aspects, I would like to emphasize one in particular: the parrhesia. The distinctive feature of St. John Paul II is an evangelizing trait, the Pope who has traveled the most in the history of the Church, who began his Pontificate saying “Open up! Open the doors to the Redeemer!”, which had within itself an immense need to go out, to meet the other, as our dear Pope Francis invites us to do. Pope St. John Paul II is a Pope who had an immense love for the young people, an immense love for humanity. It was impressed on ...

How do I become a missionary of the Shalom Catholic Community?
The vocation to the Shalom Community is a call from God that is addressed to every baptized member of God's people, who having had an experience with the Risen One who has passed through the cross and who baptizes in the Holy Spirit (Jn 20,19- 22), and confessing the Catholic faith, receives the call to follow it according to the spirit of this vocation.
Emmir Nogueira: Lascia che Dio ti trascini

Emmir Nogueira: Let ourselves be drawn by God as was the Virgin Mary
No other person in the world will ever be able to relate to God like Mary. However, according to Emmir, we have received the same love from Him. In the Shalom Forum, the Shalom Community’s co-founder, Emmir Nogueira, spoke about the relationship of Mary and gratuity based on the book of Song of Songs. She made a comparison between the relationship of God with Mary who knew how to perfectly welcome the grace of God. “God embraced her in Love and she freely welcomed all of God’s love, and conceived without sin, she welcomed without any resistance. We also are embraced by God’s love and have received this same love. Although, we are resistant to God’s love “because of sin” ...

Moysés Azevedo: Holiness is a gift, vocation and free response 
Far from being something that we can acquired through our own strength, holiness should be welcomed like a gift of from God and a calling. Holiness was the topic addressed at the Shalom Forum in Fortaleza, Brazil by Moysés Azevedo, the founder of the Shalom Catholic Community, to the more than 5000 participants. “Only God is holy. The Holy Spirit pours out God’s holiness upon us. We receive holiness for free. It is a gift and a vocation because God calls us to be holy. God has welcomed each and everyone of us to be holy”, affirms Moysés. He highlighted that God made us to be free, which is why holiness is also a choice. “Holiness is a relationship with God, ...