In 1980 a young man offered his life before the Pope in the offertory of a Eucharistic celebration. His offer was made for the evangelization of the youth and all men and women far from God and from the Church, and now he shares to thousands of people about the experience that started the Shalom Charism at a similar event that is taking place in Budapest.

The Founder of the Shalom Catholic Community will be at the event, where, together with other representatives of the Church from around the world and Pope Francis, will be able to reaffirm that Jesus is in our midst and makes himself present in the Eucharist, giving us strength, hope and joy to this new time.

The Retreat took place from July 16 to 18 in the Loyola Jesuit Center in New Jersey. The weekend was filled with moments of praise and worship, adoration, talks, sharing in groups, mass celebrations and games. Everything was full of blessings, even the breaks were a great opportunity to make friends and get to know one another. “The Level Up retreat was a powerful inspiring experience. There aren’t enough words to describe it. I had a personal encounter with the Holy Spirit and it was such a great feeling.” says one of the participants. In an interview Father Cristiano says that the Shalom New York mission was not expecting to make a retreat like this, because of the pandemic, it ...