Acamps Festival – History, Holiday and Concerts 16 June 2018 Still almost two months till the big event, plenty of time to get ready, to learn about the place, the people and all the things we’ll do there at Acamps.
Shalom Vocation in the Holy Land 1 May 2018 On 16th April, in Nazareth, Shalom Catholic Community celebrated with great joy the acceptance of Linda Zaher into the Community Formation Path. She is an arabic from the hometown of Jesus. After two years of experience as a postulant, she was admitted as a disciple which means that she is now a member in formation […]
A new concept to me! 27 April 2018 Café comshalom is something Germany has never seen before and a brand new concept to me. It’s custom-tailored to the youth’s needs and brings strangers closer together. The café offers just the right mixture of tasty food, great music and comfortable atmosphere. The slogan “More than a café, a meeting point” aren’t just empty words […]
“The care of the Blessed Virgin Mary” 22 April 2018 During the Acamps, I had moments that have been fundamental to my life: a strong experience with the care of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where I asked her to teach me how to love Jesus as she loved Him. At that moment I felt like a child welcomed in the arms of the Blessed Mother, […]
“He was there in the most difficult moment of my life” 20 April 2018 God brought me to Acamps to heal a wound that I had tried to cover with a thousand things. During a time of worship at the Acamps, a missionary prayed for me and when I closed my eyes, God showed me an image. I could see that He was there in the most difficult moment […]
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 […]
The primacy of the youth in the Shalom vocation “Young people are not an accident. They aren’t a centrepiece, or a circumstance which will fade with time. The primacy of the youth belongs to the founding grace of the Shalom Charisma” Our Statutes tells us to pay a special attention to the youth. When we were preparing this document to present it to the […]
Pope Francis wishes young people to be the protagonists of the next Synod 16 March 2018 Pope Francis called on young people from around the world to take part in the preparatory work of the upcoming Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment. In March, from 19th to 24th, more than 300 young people will be gathered in Rome for a pre-Synodal preparatory meeting ahead of October’s synod.
Life Community The vocation to Shalom Community might be lived in two complementary dimensions: The Life Community and the Covenant Community. “In Life Community, our realization is no longer in what the world has to offer us, but it will be exactly in the renouncement of all this, for a total dedication to God and to the […]
Shalom Retreat for Priests 2018 31 January 2018 Every year, the Shalom Catholic Community organizes a spiritual retreat for priests from various dioceses, congregations and places in Brazil and around the world. They have the opportunity to deepen his relationship with God.