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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 sacrament of baptism, according to his own identity. And it is precisely by discovering himself that man discovers that specific way through which he will love and serve God, the Church and men better. For a man or woman, the vocation must first of all be heard in the silence of the heart. The Lord’s call – let it be said at the outset – ...
Mission is a question of heart

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 offer sacrifices, prayers and alms for the missions. At that time, they called us “Crosses of the Sacred Heart of Jesus” and invited us to receive a wide yellow ribbon, the colour of the Vatican, because we were animated by a spirit of authentic parrhesia that led us to the most difficult sacrifices in our infantile mentality (walking with stones in our shoes, stay long ...
El Cerco de Jericó: fuerza de la oración en Madagascar

Siege of Jericho: the power of prayer in Madagascar
The Shalom in Madagascar, Africa, commemorated the Siege of Jericho with a seven-day adoration vigil from April 23-30, 2018. It began and ended with Holy Mass. According to Raimundo Manoel, a missionary member of Shalom Life Community in Madagascar, the Siege of Jericho vigil has been done every year in their chapel since 2012, but this year the participation was much greater: “In addition to those who are already active in our initiatives, lots of new people were present at the Siege including members of the Franciscan Third Order and other lay religious people“. During the event many people shared their happiness for testimony to the power of prayer in their lives.Our missionary added: “Another fruitful outcome, besides the number ...
On the footsteps of Mary

“Have the courage of sobriety”, Fr. João Chagas on “The true source of Gain”
On the threshold of the pre-synod, which was held in Rome from March 19 to 24 and gathered young people from all over the world, the third monthly meeting “On the footsteps of Mary” was held on Saturday, March 17, with the evening theme “The true source of Gain”. The Rev. Fr. João Chagas, missionary of the Shalom Catholic Community and head of the Youth Section of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life, stressed that young people should not be content with just the answers he gave, but to seek answers to their own questions. Starting from the messages of Pope Francis for the various WYDs over the years, Fr. Chagas has mapped out an itinerary guided ...

The secret to the Divine Providence is to always give, says Emmir
The economy of the Kingdom is based on the logic of give oneself to others, explained the co-founder of the Shalom Catholic Community, Emmir Nogueira, during the course “The secret of the Divine Providence”. According to Emmir, Jesus reveals the Father’s / God’s mentality, the way in which He governs His house. “Jesus brings in his preaching and in his life the mentality of giving oneself. The secret is to always give. The Son who gives from Himself to enrich Himself from His poverty. The logic unveiled in the beatitudes is the logic of always giving to our neighbour, empty ourselves so that our neighbour may live. This is the core of the oikonomia (divine economy, meaning constantly sharing), of the mentality ...

The Holy Eucharist in the Life of Bl. Teresa of Calcutta
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta writes: “These desires to satiate the longings of Our Lord for souls of the poor — for pure victims of his love — goes on increasing with every Mass and Holy Communion” (MFG, p. 19). For this reason back in 1946-47 when she was writing the very first Constitutions for the future Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity which she was asked by Jesus, her Crucified Spouse, to found, she writes: ‘The Sisters should use every means to learn and increase that tender love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament” (R. 34; MFG, p. 31). Bl. Teresa not only renewed daily her “call within a call” to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of ...

The worst sinners who became saints
Ask any Catholic to name a sinner who became a great saint and most will answer, “St. Augustine.” As a teenager, Augustine abandoned the Catholic faith for the pagan Manicheans sect, and took a mistress; they lived together for 17 years and had a son. Without meaning to diminish in any way the seriousness of Augustine’s actions, compared to other saints on the calendar, St. Augustine’s sins are pretty tame.   Let’s look at a few I like to call, “The depravity all-stars.” St. Mary of Egypt At age 12 Mary (c.344-c.421) ran away from home to Alexandria, the most exciting city in the Roman Empire. She became an accomplished seductress, who took special pleasure in corrupting innocent young men. ...
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