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Member of Covenant Community in Boston is the first American to profess her vows in Celibacy for the Kingdom

10 September 2021

"I wanted to live my identity fully, to be everything that God created me to be – daughter of God, Shalom, Celibate for the Kingdom!". The Mass of profession of vows of chastity was celebrated on Sunday, September 5.

Saint Therese and the strings of the heart

1 October 2020

To talk about the human heart, St. Therese of the Child Jesus uses the symbol of the four-string lyre. "You, Jesus, make the four strings vibrate and these strings are my heart.

The Shalom Community receives 1075 new postulants

30 January 2020

In addition, 40 young people will arrive for an experience period known as "Youth on a mission".

Celibacy: “A Life that together we choose”

2 February 2019

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 […]

“They are my people, my brothers”

28 January 2019

In an interview with Comshalom (SH), Benivalda Carvalho, a missionary from the Shalom Community, talks about the experience of her new mission in Lubango, Angola.

Shalom Community helps on the Seminarians formation in Portugal

24 November 2018

The Shalom Catholic Community has been invited by the rector of Saint Paul Seminary, Mr. Rui Teixeira, to be part of the professors’ board for the school year 2018/2019, at the Diocese of Setubal in Portugal, with the Community Local Authority, Messias Albano, who teaches the course of Human Formation. Messias has entered the Shalom Community at 20 […]

How do I become a missionary of the Shalom Catholic Community?

24 October 2018

The vocation to the Shalom Community is a call from God that is addressed to every baptized member of God's people, who having had an experience with the Risen One who has passed through the cross and who baptizes in the Holy Spirit (Jn 20,19- 22), and confessing the Catholic faith, receives the call to follow it according to the spirit of this vocation.

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception in Nazareth

9 December 2017

In Nazareth the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary started early with a mass held inside of the grotto of the annunciation, the place in where the Gospel passage of this feast was held. Fr. Bruno Varriano (OFM), rector and guardian of the Basilica of the Annunciation, presided the mass and […]

“Like a virgin”: can a song be redeemed?

24 October 2014

After winning the Italian edition of “The Voice”, Sister Cristina Scuccia was already an internet sensation around the world. Now, she just released her first single called “Like a Virgin”. Yes, you got it right, it is a cover of one of Madonna’s most famous and iconic hits. The song was composed by Tom Kelly […]