Letter to the reader

Year 15 - 738 - September 12, 2021

Journalist Aurélio Prado's experience with the social project "Maria Bordadeiras"


He was born in Ceres in Goiás and currently lives in the capital of the Republic, journalist Aurélio Prado, a spiritist for 24 years, is one of those people who work in numerous and different areas of the spiritist movement. Member of the Educational and Assistance Group Espírita Fraternidade (GEAEF), located at block 910 of Asa Sul, in Brasília (DF), where he collaborates as an evangelist, he has already coordinated the Social Communication Department of the institution and also the journalism team of the Spiritist Federation of Federal District. And it was also his idea that gave rise to the social project “Maria Bordadeiras”, which is one of the subjects of the interview that he kindly granted us and is one of the highlights of this edition.

Another highlight is the Special “Peace be with you”, in which our collaborator Anselmo Ferreira Vasconcelos, from São Paulo (SP), discusses the theme of peace and what is necessary for us to achieve it. At the end of the article, he refers to the encounter of Jesus with his apostles, after the episode of the crucifixion, and proposes: “If Christian ideas have already penetrated our soul, let us work to preserve our inner peace by acting and doing good today and always". There is no better way to obtain happiness”, says the writer.

Exactly 133 years ago – from 8 to 13 September 1888 – the First International Spiritist Congress took place in Barcelona, Spain, an event organized by the Spiritist Federation of Vallés and by the Center for Psychological Studies of Barcelona, being its "Alma Mater" the Viscount of Torres Solanot, a great figure of Hispanic Spiritism who united in a happy communion a first-rate intellectuality and great gifts as an organizer. A special article published in this issue brings us the details of this pioneering and important event.
 

  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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