Feeding Cambridge’s Hungry
Last Saturday, Shalom’s Boston mission set out to provide hot meals to the homeless and hungry members of our greater community, meeting people where they were at in some of the most at-risk locations in the city.
500 years of celebrating God’s mercy and love
This year marks the 500th anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines. Catholicism arrived together with the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521.
Shalom Catholic Community now has 3 new deacons and 3 new priests
The ordination in the middle of a pandemy marks a new time in Church: God keeps raising new vocations to His people.
Shalom participates in 3 events promoted by the Holy See
From the meeting organized by the Dicastery for lay people, family and life, five missionaries are part of a list of preparations.
Can one click make a war?
A reflection on the Encyclical Fratelli Tutti of Pope Francis and the selection mechanism in virtual networks.
The virtue of generosity as a remedy for avarice
At its highest level, generosity leads to self-giving. This gives the virtue of generosity a tone of superior sacredness to many other virtues.
5 possible symptoms of avarice in us
The greedy man considers goods to be something so precious and that they were obtained with so much effort that the only owner and master they "are me" (without realizing that, ironically, the true "owner and master" in this situation are the goods), so that he considers himself the only one deserving of enjoying them. Do you recognize yourself that way?
The virus of avarice and the unbridled search for worldly things
Avarice means the excessive need for earthly goods, owning them merely for the pleasure of possessing and the unnecessary excess, which compel man to place affection into them and return to his life to obtain more of them, to the detriment of other goods that nature are superior.
The Authorities Retreat of the Shalom Catholic Community took place online starting this past Friday, August 21st.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the retreat for community leaders is taking place online counting with the presence of more than 1,000 missionaries throughout Brazil and over 30 countries.
Presence of missionaries from different countries at the Authorities Retreat reinforces internationalization of the Shalom Community
There are 35 from the Life Community, 60 from the Covenant Community and 8 from the Shalom Work. For these brothers, there will be simultaneous translation.