Acamps Summer Festival: to the ends of the world
Since meeting the Community, I have participated in numerous Acamps, 11 to be exact. And because God never allows me to be complacent and thus fail to see that He is always able to realize something completely new, in this Acamps Summer Festival, I was able to see that the Shalom Charisma is truly international: it is not only for the Brazilians, but for the whole world; I testified to the fact that God truly sends us to the ends of the world, so that the seed of the Vocation may blossom in the furthest and most unexpected soils. We are a single charisma, spreading throughout the whole world, people from over 10 different nationalities who sought a common language ...

Acamps: “Much more than I could have ever hoped for”
I arrived at last year’s Acamps without any unusual expectations: a vacation abroad with catechesis and moments of leisure playing sports, singing and attending concerts. I did consider that this would be a time of joy and deepening of my faith but what that week gave me was much more than I could have ever hoped for. In fact, despite having had great difficulty in the first days participating and feeling involved in moments of prayer, every day the Lord worked in my heart until I truly experienced His Love, the greatest gift I could receive. But there were so many other graces that I received during Acamps: new friendships and sharing with other young Italians and youth from many ...

“My life has changed”
Acamps 2018 was a very meaningful time for me and one of the most extraordinary moments that I have lived in my life as a Christian. The experience I had at this festival is almost beyond description and I still can’t fully explain it. I remember the recreational evenings as if they were yesterday: full of music, dancing, emotions and encounters . My life has changed. Because the Lord has kept His promise in my life. For the first time I had the grace to let myself be showered by the Holy Spirit, opening my heart to welcome the love of God. I still remember these words which I received during the Effusion of the Spirit prayer and they will ...

From Babel to Pentecost: missionary life in foreign lands
Having ‘nothing’ and at the same time having ‘everything’. Finding the face of God in the face of people. Recognize His love in the lives of others. Be comforted in the heart of one’s brother. Living an ascetic life. But who needs material riches when we have the abundant Providence of the Lord? Each new day brings a new opportunity to embrace the Cross. A new opportunity to be merciful. Our life is a mission. There is no greater joy than to live it. So, I am Wallace and I’m 25 years old. I was born in Fortaleza, Brazil, but today my home is in the mission of the Shalom Community of Rome. God generously chose for me to live ...

Here I am: “youth on mission”
“I would like to travel the earth, preach your name and plant your glorious Cross on the unfaithful ground, but my Beloved, one mission would not be enough for me: at the same time I would like to announce the Gospel in the five parts of the world and in the most remote islands… I would like to be a missionary, not just for a few years: I would like to be one until the end of time.” St Therese of Lisieux   The very idea of having the desire to go and plant the Glorious Cross on the other side of the world for Eternity would have seemed quite extravagant and very inaccessible (even impossible) three years ago. However, ...

Acamps Summer Festival: Time of encounters
My name is Bogumiła and I am from Poland. I’ve known the Shalom Community for almost two years, attending the prayer group in Kraków. I went to the Acamps Summer Festival last year in August. It was truly a wonderful time of joy, praise and worship. It was a time of encounters – a diversity of cultures- with people, with God alive. Held at Balaton lake in Révfülöp, Hungary, the event was filled with enjoyable summer activities, such as various sport events, swimming, concerts, talent shows and dance parties. The Acamps Summer Festival was my first opportunity to ‘touch’ the essence of the Shalom Community: to learn about the charism of this movement, to see the beginnings of all of ...

We Africans
In an interview with comshalom (SH), Leonice Santos, a Brazilian missionary in Maputo, Mozambique, tells us a bit about her experience in a land that seeks to rebuild after a devastating cyclone.

The ideal summer
In my ideal summer there are three elements that cannot not be missed: friendship, relaxation and partying. I lived these dimensions last summer when I attended the Acamps Summer Festival, an event organized by the Shalom Catholic Community, on the shores of Lake Balaton, near Budapest. One of the strongest feelings in this event is one of friendship. Almost immediately after arriving from different parts of the world, we had the sense of feeling at home and being able to be yourself. At Acamps, we were all one family and differences and disagreements were of little consequence. The testimony of the participants, the cultural differences as well as the moments of formation and praise that took place each morning were ...

Drawn to Shalom charism
I first heard about the Shalom Community in November, 2017 at Jesus Across the Border when some young adults were talking about different religious groups in the Boston area. I remember there was a man speaking and he mentioned the Saturday night Shalom prayer groups. I live an hour from Boston, but I knew I could make it there on the weekends. The moment I arrived to my first event, the Brazilian party in February of 2018, I was immediately welcomed with open arms. I knew these missionaries had something I wanted but also something I already had inside. I’ve always been one to include anyone who may seem uncomfortable and generally get to know people. And I saw that’s ...