“A mission that has changed my heart”
The expedition to Cape Verde includes twenty-one missionaries, twenty of whom are Brazilian and one Italian, who’s me.
Shalom Catholic Community assumes the responsibilities of the ‘San Lorenzo’ International Youth Centre in Rome
On the 13th of March of 1983, St. John Paul presented the young people of the world with a gift. He inaugurated the ‘San Lorenzo’ International Youth Centre, a few feet away from St. Peter’s Square, in Vatican: a welcoming place for pilgrimages, encounters, prayer and evangelisation for all the young people who come to the Eternal city.
Emmir Nogueira: It’s a matter of heart
The more I pray and meditate on the mission, the more I see it is a matter of the heart. Only God knows why. Perhaps my personal story has influenced me a bit. I have lived in mission in Asia, Africa, at a time when, as a child, the nuns and priests encouraged us to […]
A sign of the Shalom charism throughout the world: The Church of the Risen who has passed through the Cross
Benefactors from all over the world are helping to build the Church of the Risen in the General Diakonia of Shalom Community. Work can move into a new phase of construction through the help of benefactors
What I learned about holiness through Shalom and the Pope
An exhortation to today’s call to holiness made me reflect on this word: Holiness. “My modest goal is to repropose the call to holiness”, says the Pope in Gaudete et Exsultate. It may seem simple, but I remember perfectly the day when I felt for the first time that that holiness was also for me: […]
Registration to the next WYD are in full gear
Less than a year to go to the WYD in Panama (January 22-27 2019). Preparations in the Central American country are in full gear especially after Pope Francis officially opened registrations last February. Over 40 thousand signed up in less than a week, divided into 1000 groups. The preparations to welcome over half million youths are in full gear. We discussed the organization of the event with Fr João Chagas, Director of the Youth Office of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.
Jornalism of peace to the world
Fifty years ago Pope Paul VI established the World Communications Day as an annual celebration. Since then on the Sunday before Pentecost the Church marks the day to reflect on the opportunities and challenges of social communication (the press, motions pictures, radio, television and the internet) as a good place where gospel values can be promoted.
A Piece of Peace in Haifa
It’s not usual to hear good news from the Middle East, frequently it is reported about war, tensions, chemical weapons, and worse. However, this time we can report a real, not fake, and great initiative: the opening of the new Shalom Evangelization Center in the Holy Land at the heart of Haifa, one of the […]
Shalom opens a new interface in Germany: Garage Comshalom
Not only a café but above all a meeting point of peace.
The school of Peace
The School of Peace is a project of the Shalom Catholic Community whose mission is to educate and form hearts for peace through an integral training process that will offer professional and technical training courses, as well as artistic and sports training for children and young people in situation of social vulnerability. It is a […]