Novena to Saint Joseph 7 March 2024 "Firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good." CCC 1808
Pope encourages young people to be authentic 4 August 2023 The Pope's warm welcome took place on Thursday afternoon (3) at the "Parque Eduardo VII" in Lisbon, Portugal, Welcoming Ceremony on the occasion of the XXXVII World Youth Day.
Halleluya Lisbon: Shalom Evangelization, a charism without borders 2 August 2023 Theater performance Canto das Írias and person-to-person welcome are the focus of the second day of evangelization in the Festival arena.
Bertrand Wadi: Meet the Young Advisor of the Shalom Community 5 May 2023 A young man from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bertrand Wadi Kiasolwa, has been consecrated in the Community of Life and has been serving as the Young Advisor of the Catholic Community Shalom since 2019.
Homily – April 9th, 2023 – Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord 9 April 2023 Homily – April 9th, 2023 – Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord Acts 10:34,37-43; Ps 118; Col 3,1-4; Jn 20:1-9 Yesterday, on the Easter Vigil we saw the darkness of the night being flooded with Light, all around. But it’s intriguing that the Gospel today starts off by saying that ‘Mary Magdalene came […]
Homily – April 8th, 2023 – The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night 8 April 2023 Homily – April 8th, 2023 – The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night Rm 6:3-11; Mt 28:1-10 That violent darkness that has come upon us and surrounded the Crucifixion of the Lord gave way to the joyful, peaceful and intense light of the Resurrection. It’s impressive to move from the darkness of the night into a ‘flame-glittering church’, at the beginning of the Easter Vigil. We really […]
Holy Thursday – Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Fr. Cristiano) 7 April 2023 Homily – April 6th, 2023 – Holy Thursday – Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 Jesus ‘loved His own, who are in the world, and loved them to the end’. And this ‘to the end’, from the Greek ‘eis télos’, implies 2 […]
Holy Week (Fr Cristiano) – Palm Sunday 2023 3 April 2023 Homily – April 2nd, 2023 – Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, A Mt 21:1-11; Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14-27:66 To the best of our abilities, pain should always be alleviated, eased, healed and if possible, of course, avoided. But many times we will run into inevitable crosses. And […]
Check out 10 moments of the Shalom Community with Pope Francis 10 March 2023 On March 13, 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to the Chair of Peter: the first Jesuit and South American Pope and the first with the name Francis.
Lent, a fertile desert 8 March 2023 The desert, in this sense, is the place to which God Himself draws His children, where He leads the people of Israel into the desert, to speak to their hearts.