Jericho Siege
Ending Mass of the Jericho Siege
Speaking the language of the youth: evangelizing party in Budapest
HungaRio is the creative name given to a party hosted by Shalom Catholic Community in Budapest, Hungary’s capital. The party, as the name says, combines a little of Hungary and a little of Rio, the famous Brazilian metropolis. Numerous young people are drawn to the party that takes place every three months. This is the […]
Training meeting for worldwide missionaries comes to an end.
AQUIRAZ, Brazil – Representatives of Shalom Catholic Community from 34 countries gathered at Diaconia (Shalom’s headquarters) for a training meeting organized by the Apostolic and Missionary Advisories in the Community. Once a year, missionaries from different countries are able to come together to prayer, to listen to important updates and guidelines, and to receive formation […]
Where does the joy of Mary come from? The power of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Joy
Where does the joy of Mary come from? What was the importance of this joy in the journey of her life? What power is exercised by the joy in the life of the Mother of Jesus? And why we say that Mary was a cheerful person? Through the Scriptures it will become clear that joy […]
From Depression to Joy: echo of WYD 2016
My name is Pawel, I work in a hospital in Warsaw. I grew up in a Catholic family, but I always felt that there was something missing in my faith. For years I thought that my faith was weak, without a deep relationship with God. I wasn’t happy in what I was doing, even though […]
The worst sinners who became saints
Ask any Catholic to name a sinner who became a great saint and most will answer, “St. Augustine.” As a teenager, Augustine abandoned the Catholic faith for the pagan Manicheans sect, and took a mistress; they lived together for 17 years and had a son. Without meaning to diminish in any way the seriousness of […]
Can a sinner become a saint?
Did canonized saints ever commit sin? Were they born with a halo? Were they perfect in every way possible? In the eyes of many Christians saints can appear too “heavenly” or “perfect” to be imitated. Often when reading a biography of a saint the reader can be left with the false impression that if you […]
What is it that drives Simone Biles to be the best?
To answer that question, Us magazine recently asked Biles to empty her gymnastics bag in hopes of finding a secret formula to her success. While most of the contents of her bag were no surprise, the reporter noticed a white rosary that fell out. Biles explained, “My mom, Nellie, got me a rosary at church. […]
For Michael Phelps, all that gold couldn’t glitter until he found God
Medals and media accolades proved empty, and couldn’t fill a void that was turning his thoughts to suicide […]
All faiths must be ‘workers for peace’, says sister of Fr Jacques Hamel at funeral
An estimated 1,700 people gathered in Rouen cathedral for the funeral Mass of the murdered priest The sister of the French priest slain by Islamist extremists appealed at his funeral on Tuesday for all faiths to work together for peace. “Let’s learn to live together, let’s be workers for peace,” Roselyne Hamel told an estimated […]