Only love can transform
Twenty-one young people and adults met from February 1-12 this year in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, for another Missionary Expedition organized by the Volunteer Program of the Shalom Catholic Community.
The announcement of the Good News to the poor by the Shalom Community
The poor, God’s favourites, privileged recipients of the Gospel, a gift to the Shalom vocation.
Pope to youth at WYD Panama: the Church isn’t “cool”–it’s “love”
At the Welcoming Ceremony of the 34th World Youth Day, before thousands of young pilgrims, Pope Francis shares his vision of a Church that dreams, and loves.
A joyful missionary in her homeland
When I was very young, for me the word missionary meant the people who were in Africa or at a poor part of the world helping the underprivileged be part of something bigger, help them live their life to the fullest. When I was a bit older and met Shalom Community, I was still thinking […]
[VIDEO] Offering (Oferta)| Shalom Vocational 2018
“Offering” is a song based on the letter written by Moysés and given to Pope John Paul II in 1980 as a gift during the Apostolic Visit of His Holiness to Fortaleza. On this letter, Moysés has offered his own life to the evangelization of the young people especially those who are far from Jesus and the […]
THE SHALOM VOCATION
The word “vocation” comes from the Latin “vocare”, which means “to call”. Vocation is therefore a calling, an appeal. God is the One who, creating man, calls him to life and to a personal relationship with Himself, to love and to holiness. Every man is called to answer to this universal vocation, rooted in the […]
4 Missionaries of the Covenant Community in love with missionary life
Keully Guedes, Mayara Raulino, Viviane Vieira and Marcela Leitão live the same experience: the missionary spirit in Shalom vocation. They are all members of the Covenant Community and, in response to God’s call, they went to lands distant from theirs. Please join us now in knowing the testimony of these women who are in love with the Mission.
The Shalom Mission in Madagascar
“Being a Shalom missionary in a foreign land is a Grace of God. I am touching the lives of a people that was previously unknown to me and now they have become my people”, says Vanda Santos who has been the Responsible for the Shalom Community Mission for 7 years in the city of Antsiranana, […]
The youth center at the center of the Church
Though it sits just steps from St. Peter’s Basilica, it goes unseen by the thousands of people that pass by every day. In a city of churches, it’s a church that can’t be found by accident, but must be sought out. And many do. It is St. Lawrence in Piscibus, a tiny and simple church […]
Moysés Azevedo: inauguration speech of the San Lorenzo Center
“In this 'Evangelization Center', we want to make available our Charism, for the benefit of an ever renewed missionary creativity with young people and for young people.”