WYD: SH pilgrims share God’s surprises during days in Lisbon
Shalom youth recount experiences of prayer and meeting new cultures at youth gathering
Newlyweds spend honeymoon at WYD Lisbon 2023 as SH Pilgrims
WYD Lisbon 2023 has welcomed young people from 150 countries in these five days of programming, according to the Local Organizing Committee. Among the nearly 500 thousand pilgrims, the couple Rodrigo and Jéssica Santos chose the youth meeting as the occasion for their honeymoon. The couple is from the Covenant Community, in the mission of Santo Amaro (SP). Since their first day in Lisbon, Rodrigo and Jessica have had experiences of encounter with youth through the witness of their state of life. According to the newlyweds, the thought of going to WYD appeared even before they decided what to do after marriage. The key moment for discernment was during the retreat of the Diffusion of the Work, at the Diaconia, ...
Shalom, Boston
The city known for being home to great centers of innovation and research where young people from all over the world is gathered, eight years ago welcomed the first Shalom missionaries
Shalom Catholic Community goes to the ends of the digital continent
For Tiago, International Assistant of the Shalom Catholic Community, what has been experienced today “is a very positive experience on our international channels. A new path has been opened up through the virtual world, with a real reach in the lives of people from several nations ”.
From atheist to missionary sent to one of the world’s most faithless countries: meet William Rocha
The young man had an experience with God in 2007 during a mass dedicated to the sick, in Fortaleza, Brazil. In January 2020 he is to travel to Sweden, a country with an 85% atheist population.
Shalom 2019 priests retreat
Diocesan and religious priests from Brazil and other countries attended the meeting in Fortaleza-CE (Brazil) from November 4th to 8th.
“Let your priests put on righteousness, and your faithful men rejoice in joy”
My name is Vicente Tomaz, I’m 38 years old and I’m from São Paulo. I belong to a Catholic family, who raised me in the faith. At age 16, I experienced the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in a Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) group. The experience with the Holy Spirit led me, later, to a strong experience with Jesus present in the Eucharist (I feel that my vocation had already dawned there), where I felt personally loved and chosen by him, which generated in me a deep thirst of God and a growing desire to offer myself, which I could do for about four years with the CCR of the Diocese of Santo Amaro, in various ministries, especially with the ...
Pope Francis grants apostolic blessing to Shalom Catholic Community
Due to the occasion of the meeting for the Ordinary General Assembly, Pope Francis granted his apostolic blessing to the Shalom Catholic Community.
“Stay online with Jesus”
The 6th Philippine Conference on New Evangelization (PCNE) was held from July 18-21 at the University of Santos Tomas in Manila. The theme of the PCNE was Filipino Youth Walking with Jesus and was chosen to celebrate the Year of the Youth as declared by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines in response to Pope Francis’ Synod on Youth last year. The goal of this year’s PCNE was “to thank God for the gift of the youth, listen to them, and to give the youth opportunity to be protagonists of new evangelization…” 1 There were 4 days with many graces and a great experience with the young people, many of whom were the main speakers. The first day was mostly ...
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 Vatican, it was highly recommended that we present only what is truly important, that we not put anything that was not of top priority, of prime importance, because the Statutes needs to include aspects which will last forever. In them are directions, ideas, mentalities which make up the characteristics of the vocation, something that belongs to the founding grace. When Moyses talks about the primacy ...
