“Chez Moi”: Make yourself at home in Paris
Shalom Catholic Community opens a snack bar in Paris. Maybe you've heard this story before, "A snack bar for evangelization". In this way Shalom Catholic Community was born in 1982 in Brazil. The first Shalom Catholic Evangelization Centre opened as a coffee house in order to announce God’s love to the people who come to have a meal, but could find also joy, help and comfort.

Celebrating Christmas where Jesus was born
The morning of Christmas Eve in the Holy Land always has the same sound: that of the Scouts’ drums parading through the cities. This year again, Jerusalem and Bethlehem woke up among the music of dozens of groups, waiting for the beginning of the celebrations for one of the most important religious events. So as to respect the Christmas Eve traditions, the first event for local Christians was at the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem with the Apostolic Administrator Mons. Pierbattista Pizzaballa. During the meeting the pastor of the Church of St. Savior, Fr. Nerwan Al-Bana, and the head of the Latin community in Jerusalem, (the Moukhtar) Yacoub Amer, also spoke. Then, the Apostolic Administrator processed to Bethlehem, following a path ...

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception in Nazareth
In Nazareth the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary started early with a mass held inside of the grotto of the annunciation, the place in where the Gospel passage of this feast was held. Fr. Bruno Varriano (OFM), rector and guardian of the Basilica of the Annunciation, presided the mass and it was  concelebrated by Fr. Jack Karam (OFM) who was celebrating 40 years of his perpetual vows in the Franciscan order, Fr. Evandro Lima (Canção Nova Community) who was celebrating the 4th anniversary of his Diaconate Ordination, and also Fr. Tarso Brasil, a priest member of the Shalom Convenant Community from Fortaleza, Brazil.  Shalom Community also took part in the celebration with the music and ...