Lent begins in the Land of Jesus
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent in the Holy Land: local Christians are preparing to live this season intensely.
Co-Founder
Maria Emmir Oquendo Nogueira is the co-founder and is responsible for all of the formation in the Shalom Catholic Community. Emmir is married and has four children. She was born in Fortaleza, Brazil. She lived in Rio de Janeiro from when she was five years old until her twenties. She received her education from […]
“It’s More Fun in the Philippines”
Shalom Catholic Community missionaaries have just arrived in Manila. They are getting to know the people and their culture. Everything is new for them. But as missionaries, they have found in Filipino people's heart place to stay.
History
The Shalom Catholic Community was founded on July 9, 1982, after its founder, Moysés Louro de Azevedo Filho, offered his life and youth to bring Christ and the Catholic Church to those who were distant, especially the youth. On June 30, 1980, Pope John Paul II arrived in Brazil for his first visit to […]
The second anniversary of Shalom Catholic Community in Boston
On June 3rd, Shalom Catholic Community is going to celebrate a Massat St. Anthony’s Church in honor of its 2nd anniversary of foundation in Boston, the acceptance of Danielle LaPointe and Matthew Pandolfo as postulants in Shalom Covenant Community and the renewal of the Higor and Mariana Fontoura’s Temporary Promises also as Shalom […]
Novena to Saint Joseph
The Shalom Catholic Community invites you to pray the Novena to Saint Joseph. It can be said at any time of the year, specially on the days surrounding St Joseph’s Feast which is held on the 19th of March. Saint Joseph is a dear saint to our beloved Pope Francis and to many Catholics around the […]
Shalom Community is counting the days for the great celebration of its 35th anniversary in Rome with Pope Francis
2017 has barely begun and the members of Shalom Community are already counting the days for the great celebration of thanksgiving for its 35th anniversary in September in Rome at the Shalom Convention 35years. There will be 10 days of activities, conferences, shows, pilgrimage to Assisi, International Youth Congress and a moment of meeting with […]
“It was God who always provided for us”. A strong testimony of faith from a family of Shalom Covenant Community
“I have been married to Denise for 8 years now, and we have a 2 1/2-year-old daughter”, says Tancredo. He and Denise, his wife, are both members of Shalom Covenant Community, having already made their Definitive Promises. “About 4 years ago we started a long adoption process, since we would not be able to bear […]
Life-changing experience in London
Shalom Catholic Community in London (UK) is hosting an event known as Life in the Spirit Seminar or LSS, to make it short. It’s not just an event: its an experience! Thousands of people all over the world have experienced a turning point in their lives after taking part on a LSS retreat. We wouldn’t be writing this […]
There can be no doubt that Fr Jacques Hamel died a martyr’s death
The Church today is living in a time of saints, and of martyrs, and I suspect we shall see rather more of both in the coming weeks and years Fr Jacques Hamel died a martyr’s death. Of this there can be no question. The 85-year-old priest was at the altar offering the sacrifice of […]