Being Life Community
The Life Community is the core of the Shalom vocation. Their lifestyle replicates the model of the early Christian communities.
The third day of Acamps Summer Festival: God’s vengeance is His mercy and His Love
After the fantastic first full day and the pulsing Neon Party in the evening, the morning was quiet, pensive, full of intense moments as we talked about sin and salvation and spent time with Jesus Christ in the Holy Sacrament in the Adoration. The topic Vitor talked about today was one that at first seems […]
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.
WYD Panama 2019 – Panamanian Beauty and Faith
The next WYD in Panama next January is coming soon and comshalom.org/en wish to give you an opportunity to know more about this great event through an young shalom life missionary who is already there working as a volunteer: Barbara Freitas. She is going to send us a monthly logbook to tell us what God is preparing for us in this amazing country.
“It was born in us a missionary desire as a family”
Higor Fontoura is a Brazilian member of Shalom Catholic Community who has been lived in Boston, USA as a missionary with his family since 2011. His wife Mariana Fontoura is also a member of Shalom Covenant Community and they have 3 beautiful children that fill them with pride and happiness, the older Amanda is 15 years old, Higor Filho is 9 years old and Isabella is 1.
Siege of Jericho: the power of prayer in Madagascar
The Shalom in Madagascar, Africa, commemorated the Siege of Jericho with a seven-day adoration vigil from April 23-30, 2018. It began and ended with Holy Mass. According to Raimundo Manoel, a missionary member of Shalom Life Community in Madagascar, the Siege of Jericho vigil has been done every year in their chapel since 2012, but […]
Love for the Virgin Mary in the Shalom charism
In the Shalom charism Our Lady plays the vital role of spiritual Mother and Teacher in the ways of Peace. “The Lord desired that in our vocation we learned to call His Mother with the titles of Queen of Peace, Spouse of the Holy Spirit and Gate of Heaven.” (Statutes of Shalom Catholic Community)
“My free life started there”
I grew up in a family where faith never used to be a priority. When I was younger I had a lot of misunderstandings with them because I couldn’t find my way. Then I started to behave like other teenagers – I started smoking, drinking and dating too. Moreover,I was addicted to relationships and I […]
Solemnity of the Annunciation in Nazareth
Because the fest of the Annunciation coincided with Palm Sunday this year, its celebration was postponed until Monday, April 9th.
The Tau in the Shalom vocation
The TAU The TAU is in the form of the Greek letter TAU (T), which is in the shape of a cross. The two major influences for Francis, in relation to the TAU, were the Antonians and the Fourth Council of the Lateran. Saint Francis got the TAU and it’s meaning from the Antonians. They […]