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Celibacy: “A Life that together we choose”
My name is Rayana Soares de Sousa, I am 27 years old, I am a native of Massapê, a little town in the State of Ceará – Brazil, I have been consecrated in the Shalom Life Community and I’ve been a celibate for the Kingdom of Heaven for 6 years. Today I am on mission in Lugano, Switzerland. On November 7, 2018 I made my Perpetual Vows in Celibacy, but my story has its beginning a long time ago. When I was in my Vocational Discernment year, I felt a strong attraction and great joy when I saw the celibate brothers and sisters of the mission living a total and silent offering of self. At the age of 16 I ...

Shalom missionary in London to have first consecration in Celibacy
For the first time the Shalom Community in London will held a consecration in Celibacy for the Kingdom of Heaven of one of its missionary members. It is a special time of graces for the Mission.  Inspired by the diversity and unity within the Holy trinity, the Shalom Catholic Coomunity, established in 1982, is formed by all three ways of life: married couples, priests and celibate people. Each way of life (or form of life) lives its own identity and also the complementarity with the others. Thus, the Community is a family and it mirrors the Trinitarian Life. Celibacy for the Kingdom of Heaven is one of these ways of life. It is a call to consecrate one’s life entirely in the hands of God ...

Until the Ends of the Earth: A Celibate Story in Canada
Mylene Otou is a Missionary of the Covenant Community from Montreal, Canada. On August 31, 2025, she became the first Canadian Shalom Missionary to profess Vows of Celibacy for the Kingdom of Heaven.     Let us read her testimony about that day and everything that led to it.  A Day to Remember  As I am writing these lines, I recall that one week ago, I was here at home, at the same table, preparing myself for one of the most important days of my life: my First Vows of Celibacy for the Kingdom, which I would pronounce the next day. For the occasion, two of my Celibate sisters from my mother mission of Toronto were here to help me ...
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