It’s mission time!
Four new Shalom Community missions on four different continents.
Shalom Youth volunteers at San Lorenzo Center
“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
Talk with archbishop of Melbourne, msgr. Comensoli in the San Lorenzo Center
On Saturday, 13th, some participants of the Synod were at the San Lorenzo Center during a prayer vigil with praise, testimony and members of the Synod, an initiative of Shalom Community in Rome to give young people the opportunity to dialogue with the synod fathers. The Archbishop of Melbourne, Msgr Peter Comensoli answered the questions […]
The youth center at the center of the Church
Though it sits just steps from St. Peter’s Basilica, it goes unseen by the thousands of people that pass by every day. In a city of churches, it’s a church that can’t be found by accident, but must be sought out. And many do. It is St. Lawrence in Piscibus, a tiny and simple church […]
Moysés Azevedo: inauguration speech of the San Lorenzo Center
“In this 'Evangelization Center', we want to make available our Charism, for the benefit of an ever renewed missionary creativity with young people and for young people.”
The Shalom Community participates in the Youth Pilgrimage for Peace in Korea
Last week, August 16 – 22nd, roughly 150 pilgrims – young and other lay people and priests – from various countries participated in a “Worldwide Youth Pilgrimage for Peace” in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea.The pilgrimage was organised by the Reconciliation between the Koreas Committee, whose main office is in the […]
Beyond All Borders – Stories of a young missionary in the Philippines
Thais is a Shalom Life Community missionary that has been in the Philippines for almost year. Here she shares with us what it is described for her as the "most meaningful experience" of the last months.
Shalom Catholic Community assumes the responsibilities of the ‘San Lorenzo’ International Youth Centre in Rome
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.
Registration to the next WYD are in full gear
Less than a year to go to the WYD in Panama (January 22-27 2019). Preparations in the Central American country are in full gear especially after Pope Francis officially opened registrations last February. Over 40 thousand signed up in less than a week, divided into 1000 groups. The preparations to welcome over half million youths are in full gear. We discussed the organization of the event with Fr João Chagas, Director of the Youth Office of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.
Shalom Community was being presented in Taiwan
In the last week (from 3rd to 8th April), Father Cristiano Pinheiro, the International Assistant of Shalom Catholic Community, has been in Taiwan, Asia, for a visit to the dioceses of Hsinchu, Taichung, Kaohsiung, Chiayi, Tainan and Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. In addition to the meeting with the bishops of these dioceses, the priest […]