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Divine Mercy Feast in London
Shalom Catholic Community invites you to celebrate the Divine Mercy Sunday at St. Monica Catholic Church in Hoxton, London. It will be held on April 12th, 2015,  starting at 3pm and ending at 7pm with Holy Mass. It will be an afternoon of prayer, Adoration, prayer of the Divine Mercy chaplet, confession, Holy Eucharist, veneration of […]

Pope: “Where there is no mercy there is no justice”
Pope Francis on Monday warned against righteous hypocrisy and urged Christians to be merciful.   During his homily at morning Mass in the Casa Santa Marta, the Pope reflected on the Gospel readings of the day and on another Gospel passage pointing out that “where there is no mercy there is no justice”. Referring to […]

Poetry and Beauty
21th of March is World Poetry Day. The word “poetry” has a Greek origin which means “I make” or “I create”. Therefore, it is something someone makes or creates. It is an art form where the poet uses human language “to create”, to express himself or express something. “Poetry is when an emotion has found […]

Pope Francis: no crime ever deserves the death penalty
Capital punishment is cruel, inhuman and an offense to the dignity of human life. In today’s world, the death penalty is “inadmissible, however serious the crime” that has been committed. That was Pope Francis’ unequivocal message to members of the International Commission against the death penalty who met with him on Friday morning in the […]

St Patrick’s Breastplate Prayer
St. Patrick’s Breastplate is a popular prayer attributed to one of Ireland’s most beloved patron saints. According to tradition, St Patrick wrote it in 433 A.D. for divine protection before successfully converting the Irish King Leoghaire and his subjects from paganism to Christianity. (The term breastplate refers to a piece of armor worn in battle). More […]

Shalom promoted a retreat at Consolata Missionary Centre
From March 6 to 8, Shalom Catholic Community promoted an opened retreat at Consolata Missionary Centre. Under the theme “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted! (Matthew 5:4) the community invited Portuguese speaking living in the Great Toronto Area to enjoy a different weekend where they could pray and learn more about […]

What Job Can Teach us About Fatherhood
When we think of Job, we think of suffering. And it is true—Job suffered far more than any of us can imagine. Despite the fact that he was completely innocent, he endured intense physical pain, lack of sleep, hunger, the loss of his enormous wealth, the death of all of his children, and the insults […]

New book on the Ordained Ministry
Saint Colman’s Society for Catholic Liturgy hosted in July 2014 the VII FOTA International Liturgy Conference in Cork, Ireland. The main theme was “In Persona Christi Agens: Aspects of the Ordained Ministry” where aspects of the ordained priestly ministry and sacred liturgy where addressed. A new book has just been release as a result of […]

Pope Francis to confessors: be authentically merciful
Pope Francis on Thursday received a group of priests and bishops participating in a special formation initiative of the Apostolic Penitentiary on the internal forum. The Apostolic Penitentiary is the Church tribunal that deals primarily with issues that arise in and around the Sacrament of Confession, as well as the lifting of excommunications reserved to […]

Pope Francis, to receive pardon, we must give pardon
Focusing primarily on the reading from the Gospel according to St Matthew (18:21-35), in which the Lord counsels His disciples to forgive “seventy times seven” times, i.e. always and without stint, the Holy Father addressed the close connection between God’s forgiveness of our sins and our forgiveness of others. Drawing on the Old Testament reading […]
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