Letter to the reader

Year 12 - 588 - October 7, 2018

 
Irvênia Prada and animals’ spirituality


Author of the books The Soul of the Animals and The Spiritual Issue of the Animals and co-author of the work The Triune Brain - A Service of the Spirit, written in partnership with Décio Iandoli Júnior and Sérgio Luis da Silva Lopes, Irvênia Prada is our interviewee this week. In the interview, authored by our newest collaborator, Lívia Seneda, one of the subjects was, as it could not be different, the spirituality of the animals, a very important subject to the esteemed and respected writer and divulger of the Spirit Doctrine.

An interesting analysis about the doctrinal contribution brought by Emmanuel, who was the spiritual coordinator of the work developed by the medium Chico Xavier, is the theme of the Special written by our collaborator Leonardo Marmo Moreira. In his article, he seeks to answer the following question: - What role and value do have the works of the Spirit Emmanuel within the doctrinal context?

The traditional Fraternal Meeting with Divaldo Franco, its 21st edition, was held on 20-23 September in Praia do Forte, Bahia, with the theme "The Empty and the Existential Sense". A total audience of 609 people from 25 states and 8 foreign countries were present at the event, as our collaborator Paulo Salerno tells us in a special issue that is one of the highlights of this edition.

 

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At the age of 82, Richard Simonetti died on the morning of last Wednesday (october 3, 2018). His career was marked by his total devotion to teaching the Spiritist Doctrine, as well as the love of neighbor. For many years, he was in charge of the Spiritist Center Love and Charity, of Bauru (SP). A retired banker since 1986, a month ago he released his 65th book entitled "The best is to live!" The text highlights how, under spiritual guidance, it is possible to develop relief actions in favor of people who think of committing suicide.

Simonetti was being treated for cancer at the Unimed Hospital. The funeral took place in the Noble Hall 2 of the Centro Terra Branca and the burial was at 9:00 am on the following day, Thursday (4th), in the Jardim Ype Cemetery, in the city of Bauru.

Our esteemed confrere was a great disseminator of Spiritism through speech and books. Our gratitude and our best spiritual vibrations go to Richard Simonetti and are extended to his family as well.

 

  Astolfo O. de Oliveira Filho
Director of Writing
   

José Carlos Munhoz Pinto
Administrative Director

 

Translation:
Francine Prado
francine.cassia@hotmail.com

 

 

 
 

     
     

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