Series “the Church on the way”: Space of Peace 29 May 2023 In 2022, the Shalom Catholic Community inaugurated the Space of Peace, in Chaves (PA), in the Marajó Island. In March 2023, the construction of a new space has begun in Fortaleza, Ceará.
Homily – Pentecost and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit 28 May 2023 The love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Spirit of God, that now dwells within us! Today, God pours into the depths of our hearts the very content of His inner life. He gives us the ‘Heart of His heart’, the ‘Life of His life’. The Church is all filled with […]
In Taiwan I made my Final Promises in the Shalom Charism 27 April 2023 For the Church, for the youth, For every man I shall live...
From addictions to alcohol and drugs to a new life in the Spirit 8 April 2023 A testimony of Adam St Laurent I grew up in a broken home. There was no faith in my life. I didn’t even know a person that went to church. I had an absent alcoholic father and mother that worked 2 jobs. I remember being 9 and telling my friends what my father was going […]
From the suffering of war to a new life in Christ 8 April 2023 My name is Brendan McNally. I am an artist, a language teacher, a war veteran, and a father to a beautiful 8 year old daughter. So that sounds like a lot of things, and it is. I have been many things in my life, but most importantly for this testimony tonight, I am a recent […]
From the anxieties of the world to peace in God 8 April 2023 A testimony of Bruna Bloise Before my experience with God I was feeling lost, I couldn’t find true peace, it was very fleeting. I had a very great desire to get closer to God, to understand Him more, and even to understand more about the Church, but felt like a lost mission and I didn’t […]
Holy Thursday – Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper (Fr. Cristiano) 7 April 2023 Homily – April 6th, 2023 – Holy Thursday – Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; Ps 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 Jesus ‘loved His own, who are in the world, and loved them to the end’. And this ‘to the end’, from the Greek ‘eis télos’, implies 2 […]
Holy Tuesday Meditation (Fr. Cristiano Pinheiro) 4 April 2023 Meditation – April 4th, 2023 – Holy Tuesday The account of the Gospel of John on the last hours of Jesus’ life is somewhat ‘suspenseful’. And we can misunderstand the account if we read it quickly; they actually need to be enjoyed in a ‘contemplative way’. Yesterday the Gospel led us to Bethany, where Jesus […]
A liquidation-proof happiness: evangelizing in the mall 21 March 2023 In the city, the religious element is mediated by different lifestyles, by customs linked to a sense of time, of territory and of relationships that differ from those of rural populations. In everyday life, city dwellers often struggle to survive, and in this struggle, a deep sense of existence is hidden, which usually also includes a deep religious sense.