Between 2007 and 2008, the first partnership between the Custody of the Holy Land and the Canção Nova Community was established. This has allowed it to carry out its charism in both a wider and more focused way through the mission of evangelizing through the media. In the beginning, everything was very simple, but gradual growth culminated in the creation of a media center, originally named Franciscan Media Center before, and in 2014, being renamed Christian Media Center (CMC).
Who we are
The Canção Nova Community was born from the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi (Pope Paul VI). Based on this inspiration and with the authorization of the Bishop of the time, Dom Afonso de Miranda, Mons. Jonas Abib made the first call to young people who felt the need to give their lives entirely to God, in community. Currently, there are more than 600 members, between men and women, young and old, single, married, and celibate, priests and deacons, spread across different mission fronts throughout Brazil and the world. Recognized in 2008 by the Pontifical Council for the Laity as a private international association of the faithful, endowed with legal personality, it has headquarters in the city of Cachoeira Paulista, Diocese of Lorena, Sao Paulo – Brazil.
