Shalom Youth volunteers at San Lorenzo Center 26 October 2018 “The Shalom Work is a work that is born in the merciful heart of Christ as merry instruments of love and mercy of God” - Moysés Azevedo
3 Brazilians nominated for the Dicastery for the Laity 19 October 2018 The Prefect of the Congregation for Consecrated Life, Card. João Braz de Aviz, the auxiliary bishop of Rio de Janeiro, Joel Portella Amado and the founder of the Shalom Catholic Community, Moysés de Azevedo Filho, are among the new members.
In the heart of the Church, a new center for the youth 5 October 2018 “I will be love in the heart of the Church.” – Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face.
Why Shalom Catholic missionaries dedicate one hour daily to pray and to meditate on the Word of God? 18 September 2018 “The Word of God is the source of all revelation (Jn 17: 17b). To know it, according to St. Jerome, is to know Christ Himself and ignoring it is ignoring Him.” Statutes of the Shalom Catholic Community
More than 5000 people took part in the Shalom Forum 2018 14 September 2018 More than 5000 people took part in the Shalom Forum 2018 held in Fortaleza from the 6th to 9th of September. The coordinator of the Youth Office of the Pontifical Dicastery for the Laity, Father João Wilkes, celebrated the Eucharist at the conclusion of the event. he invited the assembly to pray for one another, […]
Shalom Forum 2018: “Without cost you have received, without cost you are to give” 2 September 2018 The Shalom Forum is the biggest formation event held by the Shalom Catholic Community.
Halleluya Festival combines art, youth and happiness that does not pass! 18 July 2018 The Festival that never ends is the slogan of the event that has been happening for 20 years in Brazil and attracts more than a million people. About 70% of the public is made up of young people.
Bastions of the Shalom vocation: St. Francis of Assisi and St. Teresa of Ávila 12 July 2018 Saints are bastions of vocation and are examples of how to live and grow in faith for the Shalom Catholic Community.
Shalom Catholic Community assumes the responsibilities of the ‘San Lorenzo’ International Youth Centre in Rome 2 July 2018 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.
Why the name Shalom? 15 June 2018 Do you know why the name Shalom and how this name came to be for the Community?