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Editorial
Warnings and Spiritual advice
Several warnings and advice in relation to the
International Spiritist Movement have been received through
different mediums
In general Spiritual Mentors make comments on the
difficulties in many of the Northern hemisphere countries
related to the lsquonot very fertile groundrsquo to welcome and nourish
the seeds of light of Christian Spiritism [] lsquoMost of
reincarnated souls in those places still carry in their hearts
strong psychic connections with Europes ancient religions
usually taking pleasure in a inner and purely formal worshiprsquo
For the people in many different countries lsquothose Spirits
will need to suffer before awakening to the true lifersquo However
at Spiritist groups in many countries there is already a
lsquodemand by locals in need of consolation acceptance and
enlightenment when facing the unavoidable collective and
individual trials which tend to build up over timersquo
Spirits incite us to the lsquoimportance of persistence by the
workers [] as faithful gardeners of the Loving Sower of Lightrsquo
Let us do our part making a daily effort to be
instruments of peace as the Missionary of Assisi used to say
working for unity harmony and mutual benevolence in the
heart of the Spiritist Movement
(passages from a psychography by the medium R S at a meeting in FEB
on 15th April 2013)
Antonio Cesar Perri de Carvalho ISC Communications Advisor
EDITORIAL STAFF
GENERAL SECRETARY Charles Kempf
COMMUNICATION ADVISOR
Antonio Cesar Perri de Carvalho acperrigmailcom
EDITOR
Elsa Rossi ceieuropagmailcom interceiinterceicom
wwwinterceicom
I S C N E W S L E T T E R n o 4 8
2 n d Q u a r t e r 2 0 1 3
Year 15
Issue 48
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL
Members Countries of ISC
1 Angola 2 Argentine 3 Australia 4 Austria 5 Belgium 6 Bolivia 7 Brazil 8 Canada 9 Chile 10 Colombia 11 Cuba 12 France 13 Germany 14 Guatemala 15 Holland 16 Honduras 17 Italy 18 Japan 19 Luxembourg 20 Mexico 21 Mozambique 22 New Zealand 23 Norway 24 Panama 25 Paraguay 26 Peru 27 Portugal 28 Republic of Ireland 29 Salvador 30 Spain 31 Sweden 32 Switzerland 33 United Kingdom 34 United States 35 Uruguay 36 Venezuela
European Coordination Department
Having a series of Spiritist events happening in different countries focussing on Preparation of Workers in different work areas at Spiritist Centres the International Spiritist Council with the support of the Brazilian Spiritist Federation is organizing centres of two-day seminars on Preparation of Spiritist Worker for increasing the number of Supervisors for the Systematic Study of the Spiritist Doctrine The Systematic Study of the Spiritist Doctrine SSSD The SSSD course in a few European countries is already being offered
The seminars aim at better prepare the Spiritist worker Those interested will be able to choose where the seminars will be held and may directly contact the host country
31st August to 2nd September Portugal vitormoraferiagmailcom 3rd to 7th September Spain salvadorrrgmailcom 13th 15th and 16th September UK until 19th Sept elsarossikardecgmailcom 20th 21st and 22nd September France charleskempflapostenet Meeting of ISC Europe 26th and 27th October 2013 in the city of Stuttgart Germany to
be organized by the host institution SEELE-FAK The Coordinator will soon be sending an invitation letter and the agenda everyone will be invited to contact Mary Gekeler President of the German Spiritist Union
Mary Gekeler marymds-gekelerde
Charles Kempf charleskempflapostenet
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 2
South American Coordination Department
The South America Coordination Department along with speakers
from the International Spiritist Council will be organising for 22nd and 23rd
June a Seminar and scheduled Activities with the Ecuador Spiritist
movement in the city of Guayaquil The programme for the 2nd South
American Spiritist Congress in September 2013 is increasingly being
consolidated The event will be held in Asuncion Paraguay and is being
organised by the Paraguayan Spiritist Federation The presence of the
Spiritist speaker Divaldo Franco has been confirmed
Fabio Villarraga fabiovillarragagmailcom
North American Coordination Department
In May 2013 the President of the US Spiritist Council visited Montreal and Quebec Canada to give short seminars on training Spiritist workers and leaders The visit was part of a programme established to support the Canadian Spiritist movement as well as other events scheduled for 2013 such as the visit of the Spiritist writer and worker Dr Alirio Cerqueira Filho and Vice-president of the US Spiritist Council Jussara Korngold
The directors of the Canadian Spiritist Council Jose and Sandra Mussi attended as guests the General Annual Meeting of the United States Spiritist Council held on 21st April 2013 in Dallas Texas
Mauriacutecio Cisneros infospiritistus
Central America and the Caribbean Coordination Department Dr Edwin Genaro Bravo coordinator for Central America and the Caribbean is providing
the necessary support for the work to be developed by the new group of Spiritist Studies which started in San Jose Costa Rica
Edwin Bravo ebravo_1hotmailcom
2nd QUARTER 2013 3
7th Spiritist World Congress
Aiming at support ing and collaborating with Cuban Spiritists the International Spiritist Council and the Brazilian Spiritist Federation donated to Cuba a special edition in Spanish of The Gospel according to Spiritism and a container of books published in Spanish by the IDE
On 19th and 20th March 2013 a pre-Congress took place in the Eastern Cost of Cuba with talks and visits to the Manzanillo Bayamo and Sierra Maestra Spiritist institutions having a total of about 1200 participants As part of a local tradition before the start of the Congress a tribute at the Central square was paid to the educator and patriot Jose Marti who was also a supporter of Spiritist ideas
For the actual Congress 2012 people enrolled of whom 1200 were Cubans The following 31 countries stood out with a greater number of participants Brazil - 569 Colombia - 55 United States - 41 Mexico - 18 Uruguay - 16 Panama - 12 England and Portugal - 10
The Lazaro Pena Theatre in the centre of Havana had a full house throughout the event At the opening and at different times representatives of the Cuban Government were present Abel Prieto Jimenez advisor to the President of the Republic Caridad Diego Bello director of the Department of Religious Affairs for the Government and her advisor Eloisa Valdez Miriam Martha Garcia Marino director of associations of the Ministry of Justice At the opening table members of the ISC Executive Committee and representatives of the
participating countries The Spiritist medical doctor Servando Agramonte leader of the Cuban Spiritist Movement and Manuel de la Cruz organisers of the event gave an address The opening prayer was said by the head of the Spiritist Centre of Havana Divaldo Franco gave the opening and closing talks and a tribute was paid to him during the event for his work for peace The following people gave talks with the
central theme being The Spiritual Education and Charity in building a World of Peace - 150 Years of The Gospel according to Spiritism Fabio Villarraga and Jorge Berrio (Colombia) Charles Kempf (France) Victor Mora Feria (Portugal) Eduardo Nanni (Bolivia) Jean-Paul Evrard (Belgium) Jussara Korngold and Vanessa Anseloni (USA) Antonio Cesar Perri de Carvalho Marlene Noble and Roberto Fuina Versiani (Brazil) Elsa Rossi (UK) Cyrus Labrada Servando Agramonte Raul Hernandez Espinosa Manuel de la Cruz and Rev Juan Ramon de La Paz (Cuba) Jose Velasquez (El Salvador) Maria de La Gracia Ender (Panama) Jorge Zurita Camargo (Mexico) Odette Lettelier (Chile) Jose Vasquez (Venezuela) Salvador Martin (Spain) Edwin Bravo (Guatemala) Eduardo dos Santos and Edimilson Luiz Nogueira (Uruguay) Edgar Machuca (Puerto Rico) and Gustavo Martinez (Argentina) Many artistic and cultural presentations took place At the end it was announced that the videos on the Congress will be available on a new website within 40 days (wwwcubaespiritaorg) A video was presented by the Portuguese Spiritist Federation inviting people to attend the 8th World Spiritist Congress which is scheduled for 2016 in Lisbon The closing prayer of the Congress was said by the President of Brazilian Spiritist Federation During the event the bust of Allan Kardec located in a public square in Havana was visited
Granma the official newspaper of Cuba government published in its issue of 23rd March news about the Congress of ISC
There are 574 registered Spiritist societies in Cuba
Information www7cemorg wwwfebnetorgbr wwwcubaespiritaorg
THE GERMAN SPIRITIST UNION
The so much anticipated seminar On the way to the Light with Haroldo Dutra Dias in Stuttgart at the headquarters GSU and SEELE Group was a success
Harold moved the more than 60 participants with his charisma and eloquence of knowledge Travelling on to Berlin he gave the same seminar to a larger audience
On 8th May 2013 Divaldo Franco started a new itinerary for his tour of dissemination of Spiritism in Europe The first city to welcome him was the beautiful Munich in the south of Germany Divaldo spoke about mediumship but with an initial approach that studied the characteristics of human beings and their different levels of consciousness Travelling to Stuttgart on 9th May 2013 Divaldo Franco gave a talk on the theme The Psychology of Gratitude at the Deutsche Vereinigung Spiritistiche (German Spiritist Union) to fully packed hall
On 10th May 2013 in Frankfurt he gave a talk with the theme Life in the Spiritual World and travelled to Bonn on 11th amp 12th May to coordinate a Spiritual Retreat Two hundred people attended the event listening to the theme Dawn of a new Era
Divaldo travelled to Bremen on 13th May and Mannheim on 15th May We know that wherever he goes he leaves a lesson of love and brotherhood
We would like to let you know that due to force majeure the Spiritist Educators for Children and Youth Training Course scheduled to be held on 15th amp 16th June 2013 in Stuttgart Germany has been moved to 15th amp 16th February 2014
Information wwwspiritismus-dsvde
kontaktspiritismus-dsvde
GERMANY
SPIRITIST SOCIETY ALLAN KARDEC OF ANGOLA
seakaangolagmailcom wwwseakaorg
ANGOLA
ARGENTINE SPIRITIST FEDERATION
Fraternal Gathering - 14th April 2013 Intersocietaria Espiacuterita (Spiritist Intersociety)
Lonquimay Santa Rosa (La Pampa)
On Sunday 14th April 203 a meeting of representatives of the Argentine Spiritist Federation and Intersocietaria Espiacuterita (Spiritist Intersociety) took place These organizations are made up by the following institutions Luz de la Pampa (Light of the Pampas) La Esperanza de Povernir (The Hope for the Future) Fundacioacuten de Estudio y Difusioacuten Espiacuterita (Foundation for the Spiritist Study and Dissemination) the last three of them being in the city of Santa Rosa Caridad Cristiana (Christian Charity) in Lonquimay Amor Fraternal (Fraternal Love) in the city of Carlos Tejedor and Saacuteenz Cortez in the city of Pehuajo
Their activities include Leaders meeting at the Christian Charity Spiritist Society Mr Gustavo Martinez the ASF chairman spoke on the theme Times have come in which he explained the Program of support to Spiritist Institutions for them to carry out their basic activities approved by the Federal Council of ASF as part of the 2012 - 2014 Action Plan which includes the creation of seven departments of work
Coordinator of Spiritual Assistance Department of the ASF and a member of the Spiritist Medical Association of Argentina Dr Daniel Gomes Montanelli spoke about the actual activities that a Spiritist centre can develop to care for people who seek support insight into and guidance on their spiritual and moral problems
In the afternoon we went to La Esperanza de Povernir Spiritist Centre in Santa Rosa where members of the Luz de la Pampa Spiritist Centre FEDE and Hacia la Fraternidad (On the way to Fraternity) Spiritist Centre were waiting for us
The meeting La Esperanza de Povernir in Santa Rosa Luz de la Pampa FEDE and Hacia la Fraternidad Welcome by Prof Mabel Rivas President of the host centre Conference by the Bachelor Daniel Gomes Montanelli on Thought and Health
Mr Eduardo de Elorriaga representing the Intersocietaria Espiacuterita said words of gratitude and handed to the representatives of the ASF a beautiful piece of engraved crystal as a memento of the meeting
Gustavo N Martinez ceaespiritistagmailcom wwwconfespirargcomar
ARGENTINA
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 4
ASOCIACIOgraveN CIVIL DE PROYECCIOgraveN MORAL
infohondurasespiritaorg wwwhondurasespiritaorg
HONDURAS
BOLIVIAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
Arrangements in progress for the BSF to take part in the 14th International Book Fair of Santa Cruz de la Sierra from 29th May to 9th June with the massive presence of publishers booksellers exhibitors writers and the general public The Spiritist works are being exhibited with much love and care by the team of volunteers from Spiritist centres of Santa Cruz and leaders of the BSF eduardonannicotascombo wwwfebolorg
BOLIVIA
BRAZILIAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
FEB local actions
With meetings of the Central region (Palmas) in May and the North region (Porto Velho) in June the cycle of local meetings of the National Federative Council of FEB have been completed This has already been completed in the Northeast region in Jaboatao dos Guararapes Recife and in the South region in Embu das Artes Sao Paulo The meeting in the south area was attended by the Uruguayan Spiritist Federation with a team of eight participants and by the former FEB President Nestor Joao Masotti who received tributes from the current Presidents of FEB and USE-SP Subjects discussed included adjustments to the areas of work arrangements for the 4th Brazilian Spiritist Congress in 2014 arrangements for the joint meeting of Regional Committees of the National Federative Council of FEB in 2014 implementation of the Work Plan for the Brazilian Spiritist Movement (2013 to 2017) There were meetings held for the departments of Spiritual Assistance Mediumship Childhood and Youth Spiritist Social and Promotion Assistance Social Communication and Systematic Study of Spiritism At the end a seminar on Management of Federations had been developed attended by all groups and coordinated by the workers of the National Federative Council of FEB
Information cfnfebnetorgbr
FEB takes over the Spiritist Museum On the Spiritist Book day 18th April the Spiritist
Museum of Satildeo Paulo in the borough of Lapa was transferred to the Brazilian Spiritist Federation The
c e r e m o n y w a s attended by FEB President Antonio Cesar Perri de C a r v a l h o a n d directors Celia Maria Rey de Carvalho Joao Pinto Rabelo
and Niraldo Pulcineli the founders of the museum namely Paulo Machado and Elza Malzzonetto Machado the former FEB President Nestor Joao Masotti and his wife Maria Euny several collaborators of ICESP leaders and President of USE-SP Julia Nezu de Oliveira and journalists from the Spiritist press Mrs Elza M Machado the FEB President and the new coordinator of the Vieira de Melo Ocean Museum gave an address The
BRAZIL
ALLAN KARDEC - VAK Viena
Further information vakardecmsncom
Please visit us also on Facebook VAK-Wien vakardecmsncom wwwspiritismusat
AUSTRIA
2nd QUARTER 2013 5
Belgium Spiritist Union
Symposium 2013 - Organized by the Belgium Spiritist Union
25th amp 26th May 2013
Theme The importance of children in the world of
tomorrow
Venue Weacutegimont Castle 4630 Soumagne (20km away
from Liege)
Full programme on
httpwwwspiritebeimagesaffichesprog-sympopdf usbspiritebe wwwspiritebe
BELGIUM
Museum in due course will undergo some rearrangements and carry on its normal activities thereafter Information diretoriafebnetorgbr
Book Exhibition at the House of Representatives (Cacircmara dos Deputados)
The Spiritist Book for a new World was the title of the exhibition which took place from 15th to 30th April at the House of Representatives It was an initiative by the Member of the House of Representatives Marco A Ubiali with production by the Brazilian Spiritist Federation The inauguration was attended by the President of the FEB the Vice-President and a few members of the House of Representatives The major works by the FEB Publisher of Allan Kardec and Chico Xavier which are landmarks of Spiritism also historic articles and materials such as Chicos birth certificate as well as videos depicting the works and personalities of Spiritist were on display
Information diretoriafebnetorgbr
Releases and reprinting of books by FEB FEB Publisher has re-published and released dozens of books In May The new Testament translated by Haroldo Dutra Dias was released with the texts by the four Evangelists and Acts of the Apostles About the book at FEB Portal Nowadays the works of FEB Publisher with updated layout and
covers which the readers like are be ing w ide l y distributed At the same time book production and distribution are being modernized to better cater for the needs of the
modern world At international level FEB has always published a number of books in Esperanto and some in French In recent years it has licensed the translation of several titles to Editoras Mensaje Fraternal (Fraternal Message Publisher) in Venezuela to IDE Editora and EDICEI This assured a wide propagation of Spiritism in Spanish and enabled the International Spiritist Council to have publications available in over a dozen languages Information wwwfergsorgbr wwwfebnetorgbr httpwwwfebnetorgbrblogtopicogeralcolunistascesar-perri
CANADIAN SPIRITIST COUNCIL
secretarycanadianspiritistcouncilcom wwwcanadianspiritistcouncilcom
CANADA
THE COLOMBIAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Regional Meetings
The Colombian Spiritist movement legally supported by national constitution is holding Regional Meetings complying with the law for the
election of its Council of Directors particularly the nine affiliated Federations and their respective Spiritist centres
Annual General Meeting of the Colombian Spiritist Federation (CONFECOL)
On 10th May CONFECOL the entity that governs Spiritism in our country elected its new National Federative Council The members elected for the period 2013 to 2016 were as follows President Mr Jorge Ramoacuten Berrio Bustillo General Secretary Mr Luis Fernando Vargas Lozano Managing amp Finance Director Mr German T Espinosa Finance Supervisor Mr Emiro Navarro Deputy Finance Supervisor Mr Francisco Ariza Inspector Mr Jorge Francisco Leoacuten
Deputy Inspector Axel Rhenals Turriago The target for this period is to continue the 3rd
phase of Unification
Gathering for National Unification
On 12th May all federations of the country have been called to Bogota to carry out the last arrangements in the departments of Social Assistance and Promotion
and that of Family Childhood and Youth These are topics worked on in parallel at the Senderos da la Esperanza (Workers of Hope) and Tercera Revelacioacuten (Third Revelation) Spiritist Institutions
wwwconfecolorg secretariogeneralconfecolorg
COLOMBIA
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 6
UNIVERSAL LOVE AND CHARITY
SOCIETY
The website wwwcubaespiritaorg has an event summary of the whole 7th World Spiritist Congress and all activities at Spiritist Centres in Cuba This will be the official website of Cuban Spiritists Received by Manuel de la Cruz lacruzmannyaolcom
CUBA
SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRE BUENA NUEVA
Besides their weekly activities the CEEBN participated in the 7th World Spiritist Congress held in Cuba
The Annual General Meeting for the election of the new board of directors for 2013 and 2014 was held in March
A Seminar and other Spiritist activities in August will be held by Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Odete Letelier espiritismoespiritismocl wwwespiritismocl
CHILE
SPANISH SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The issue 5 of the Spiritist Magazine of the Spanish Spiritist Federation has just been released It is covers the propagation of Spiritist culture and is
SPAIN
UNITED STATES SPIRITIST COUNCIL
On 20th April 2013 the 7th US Spiritist Symposium was held in the city of Dallas Texas The event takes place once a year and is supported and attended by the National Spiritist movement Each year on Sunday following the Symposium which takes place on Saturday the Annual General Meeting of the US Spiritist Council (USSC) is held and attended by the leaders of Spiritist Groups from various parts of the country
This year the Symposium started with an opening ceremony that included all board members of the USSC going onto stage and paying a tribute to the United States as a nation which guarantees complete freedom of religious expression to its citizens unlike what is happening in many other countries At the opening the USSC President also
UNITED STATES
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF EL SALVADOR
8 Spiritist centres affiliated to the SFS Ciacuterculo de Investigaciones Psicofiacutesicas Sociedad Siacutequico Filosoacutefico Espiritual El Mesiacuteas La Verdad es para Todos Spiritist Centre Faro del Saber Spiritist Centre Virgilio Manzanares Pentildea Spiritist Centre Sociedad de Mediums Spiritist Centre Juan Diego de Guadalupe Spiritist Centre El Buen Amigo Spiritist Centre
Rosa Amelia Campos
federacionelsalvadorespiritaorg
EL SALVADOR
called for a minute of silence for all the victims affected by the terrorist event in Boston and by the disaster which happened at a chemical plant in Texas lsquoWe are extremely blessed to being able to live in a country like
the United States of Americarsquo said USSC President Mauricio Cisneros The event continued with lectures in one hall and short training seminars for Spiritist workers in another The event was closed by a representative of the Spiritist movement of Illinois when he made an invitation to the next Symposium of 2014 in Chicago Further details are available at
wwwspiritistsymposiumorg wwwspiritistus infospiritistus
2nd QUARTER 2013 7
positive feedback from lay readers and also resulted in the creation of many websites about Chico Xavier in the Spiritualist environment
The FSC continues to collaborate with the publishing of the Revue Spirite (Spiritist Magazine) in French which has been distributed at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and the ISC Annual General Meeting in Havana
The first Spiritist book for children in French has been published by Librairie Spirite Francophone in Quebec It is the result of a wide co-operation at Francophone level with the Committee for Moral Education of the Coordination Department of Europe with illustrations by Claudia Milena Werdine Alborghetti and translated by Marcia Kempf The book can be purchased at Amazon
On 9th March 2013 a local meeting of Southeast groups took place in Arles and on 28th April 2013 an E a s t e r n F r a n c e gathering took place in Hielle with a seminar on Healing run by Rosenite Alves On 30th March 2013 a seminar in Brittany run by Alirio Cerqueira Filho on mental energy
and self-healing took place On 25th amp 26th May the annual Symposium took place at the Wegimont Castle in Belgium On 8th and 9th June a local Southeast meeting will take place in Denice and on 22nd and 23rd June a local Northern meeting will be held in Lievain
Further information wwwspiritismeorg
the official publication of the Spanish Spiritist Federation and has an article dedicated to the History of Spiritism in the world
Themes developed in this issue include from precursors such as Swendborg Jackson Davis and the Fox sisters and moving on to the Spiritist revelation codified by Allan Kardec the Society of Spiritist Studies of Paris and the Revue Spirite (The Spiritist Magazine)It also included articles on the dedicated work of the mediums of the second half of the 19th century Arthur Conan Doyle and an overview of Spiritism as it stands in the world today
It featured the great work of propagation started by the Spiritist Magazine of the Spanish Spiritist Federation through the Propagation Committee with the distribution of the magazine to many universities libraries and cultural centres mainly in Madrid Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla-Leon This magazine focused primarily on the dissemination to non-Spiritist individuals trying to reclaim the space that Spiritist proposes to better understand and face the difficulties people encounter in this world of trials and regeneration
Also the speaker Haroldo Dutra a Judge from the state of Minas Gerais made a tour of Madrid Valencia and Alicante from 15th to 17th May 2013 giving talks and holding meetings
Healing through Forgiveness and The new Era were some of the themes spoken during his tour through several European countries to promote Spiritism
infoespiritismocc wwwespiritismocc
FRENCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
The French Spiritist Council (FSC) was represented at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and Annual General Meeting of the ISC in Havana by Luc Moussu and Charles Kempf They are making the arrangements to launch a new campaign Amar a Vida (Loving Life) promoted by the ISC and carried out by the Portuguese Spiritist Federation The material has been translated into French and will be shown on the cover of next issue of the Voie Spirite (Spiritist Way) newsletter (cover on the left-hand side)
The FSC in co-operation with LMSF keeps promoting books with large stock at EDICEI in Brasilia which are being sold as second hand for 990 Euros This has been bringing not only income to the ISC and the French speaking movement but also greatly increasing the dissemination of the works of Andre Luiz in France It has attracted much
FRANCE
Executive Committee of ISC
General Secretary Charles Kempf (France) 1st Secretary A Cesar Perri de Carvalho (Brazil) 2nd Secretary Elsa Rossi (United Kingdom) 1st Treasurer Roberto Versiani ( Brazil) 2nd Treasurer Jean-Paul Evrard (Belgium) Eduardo Santos (Uruguay) Edwin Bravo (Guatemala) Faacutebio Villarraga (Colombia) Jussara Korngold (USA) Milciades Lezcano ( Paraguay) Vitor Mora Feria ( Portugal) Salvador Martin ( Spain)
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 8
DUTCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
Events promoted by the Dutch Spiritist Council
Haroldo Dutra Dias Theme Paul amp Stephen amp the Parables of Jesus
19th May 2013 from 1pm to 6pm Tel 0630 050 947 with Rikeli or
0651 085 180 with Rosana grupoespiritaemanuelhotmailcom
Divaldo Pereira Franco Theme Psychology of Gratitude 22nd May 7 to 9 pm Venue Florence Steenvoorde
Building Generaal Spoorlaan 62 ndash 2285 CH - Rijswijk
Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with
Maria Moraes
Iris and Claudio Sinoti 1st theme The Psychology of Love 29th May 730 pm to 930 pm Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor
1013 XC Amsterdam Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with Maria Moraes or
0644 357 538 with Nilson 2nd theme Reflecting the soul the Spiritist
Psychology of Joanna de Angelis 30th May 8pm to 10pm Venue Stichting Muzenis
Cliffordstraat 38 1051 GV Amsterdam
Enrolment svjangelisgmailcom Contact 0615 091 659 with Dalva
12th National Spiritist Meeting Speakers Charles Kempf Claudia Werdine and
Milena Alborghetti Theme Happiness from a Spiritist viewpoint Date Sunday 25th August 2013 Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor 1013 XC Amsterdam Contact Maria Moraes - nrspiritismeyahoocombr
amp infonrspnl
4th Congress on Medicine amp Spirituality Date Saturday 12th October 2013 Venue Florence Steenvoorde Building Address Generaal Spoorlaan 62 2285 CH - Rijswijk Contact Maria Moraes - infonrspnl
nrspevenementengmailcom Full information available soon For further information please visit the Dutch Spiritist Council website at wwwnrspnl Maria Moraesinfonrspnl
HOLLAND
Excellent quality and quantity of Spiritist Courses and Conferences available on the
website of TV CEI Have you already visited it
wwwtvceicom
THE FRANCISCAN SPIRITIST CENTRE
infojoanadecusaorgau wwwjoanadecusaorgau For further information please see page 17
AUSTRALIA
CADENA HELIOSOPHICA GUATEMALTECA
A quarterly talk by the Cadeia Heliosophica Guatemalteca (Guatemalan Philosophical Study Network) took place on 27th April 203 in Joya Cuilco Huehuetenango district in Guatemala propagating the teachings of the codification of Allan Kardec providing
medical care and handing out of free medicines moral education for children and youth and a talk for over 900 brothers and sisters from different villages who arrived by lorry or on foot to listen to the teachings of the Master Jesus The board of directors also met to arrange the next quarterly conference which will take place on 27th July in the village of Ninchim San Marcos with Alipio Gonzalez who will be coming from Venezuela
It has been reported that Spiritist centre of the village of Tuimuca joined the Guatemalan Philosophical Study
Network On the first Sunday of each month the Grupo de Damas Heliosophicas Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo (Group of Ladies of Philosophical Study Network Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo) organizes a breakfast lecture for the benefit of the Charity and Light School at a restaurant in the city centre and on Sunday 5th May Mothers Day had
been successfully celebrated Edwin Bravo wwwguatespiritaorg
GUATEMALA
2nd QUARTER 2013 9
THE PORTUGUESE SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Spiritist Culture Gathering
The Association of Propagators of Spiritism of Portugal APSP held the 9th Spiritist Culture Gathering on 20th and 21st April 2013 at the municipal hall A Casa da Muacutesica (The Music Hall) in the beautiful town of Obidos again with a full house The overall feeling was that of satisfaction for getting together and exchanging knowledge
Contacts wwwadeportugalorgjornadas
Training for Workers
Saturday 11th May 2013 from 3 to 5 pm at the Portuguese Spiritist Federations headquarters a workshop on accountancy for Spiritist Workers took place
Spiritist Gathering of Algarve
The Spiritist Gathering of Algarve organized by the Nuacutecleo Familiar Espiacuterita do Mentor Amigo (Spiritist Family Centre of the Friend Mentor) took place on Sunday 12th May 2013 at the Eva Hotel in Faro It was a time of glad getting together and exchange of knowledge
Contact 965 053 743 nfe_mentoramigosapopt
Seminar by Iris and Claudio Sinoti
On 19th May the Portuguese Spiritist Federation held at its headquarters a seminar on topics related to psychology addressed in the book Refletindo a Alma (Reflecting the Soul) and others from the psychological works of the Spirit of Joanna de Angelis Iris and Claudio Sinotti who are workers from the Mansatildeo do Caminho (Mansion of the Way) Bahia joined us in the event
Contacts geralfeportuguesapt
Health and Light Project
The 3rd Light and Health Project where topics related to physical mental and spiritual health will be discussed is being organized by the Allan Kardec
PORTUGAL ITALIAN SPIRITIST UNION
The Italian Spiritist Union through its President Regina Piccoli informs that they have all the slides of the Systematic Study of Spiritism volume I and II translated into Italian They are completing the review to draw up a booklet as a complement to the study of the classes Info italiausigmailcom
ITALY
SPIRITIST FRATERNITY GOD LOVE amp CHARITY
Saturday 16th March 2013 - Self-discovery
Seminar - with the active participation of speakers Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Prof Jose Angel Velasquez from El Salvador Dr Edwin Bravo and Prof Johana Bravo from Guatemala and Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender from Panama The photos of the seminar are on Fedac Facebook at wwwfedacorgpa We had an audience of 200 people with a great interest by the participants
2 Active participation at the 7th World Spiritist Congress with a Fedac delegation of 15 people among Spiritists and accompanying people
3 We are now facing a temporary difficulty with the moving to new premises The venue we had for 26 years is being sold and we have to vacate the property
We are still looking for a place to move to within our budget
Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender wwwfedacorgpa fedacpanamahotmailcom
PANAMA
PARAGUAY SPIRITIST CENTRE
The 10th Spiritist Week in Paraguay took place and was organised by the Paraguayan Spiritist Federacion
On 13th 14th and 15th September the 2nd South American Spiritist Congress took place in
Asuncion centroespiritaparaguayo_cepariedernetpy
PARAGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 10
SPIRITIST UNION OF MOZAMBIQUE
The Spiritist Union of Mozambique was integrated to the International Spiritist Council during the Annual General Meeting in Cuba President Elide Carneiro Address Av Alfredo Keil 12 ndash Maputo Mobile +25 8844 613 251 unemomozgmailcom
wwwfacebookcomCEAKMZ
MOZAMBIQUE
MEXICAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The Mexican Federation of Spiritist Associations reports the activities below Federacioacuten Espiacuterita de Tamaulipas y las Huastecas (Spiritist Federation of Tamaulipas and the Huastecas) FETH
21st December 2012 talk and presentation of Spiritist poems by Spiritist youngsters in Valles S a n L u i s Potosi at the 1 8 t h anniversary of the Tomasito Herrera Spiritist Centre 21st to 23rd December 2012 talks and f e l l o w s h i p gathering of the Spiritist centres
of Mante Tamaulipas 1st January 2013 meeting of leaders of the FETH groups and fraternal gatherings January and February 2013 the official setup of t h e C o o r d i n a t i o n Department of Spiritist Centres from the Central Nor thwes t W estern Eastern Southeast regions of the country affiliated to the Mexican Federation of
Spiritist Associations local meeting of Spiritist centres in Mante and seminars held with the theme Death Spiritual Colonies Mental Irradiation and Spiritist Healing Celebration of 70th Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante local report on the 7th International S p i r i t i s t C o n g r e s s participation in the meeting of the International Spiritist Council
MEXICO
meeting to strengthen and unify centres affiliated to the Federation and related institutions in the cities
of Valles Victoria Tampico Mante Pueblo Viejo Veracruz workshops held on Spiritist healing and fraternal assistance in the south of Veracruz and Tlaxcala
19th April interview about Spiritism and mediumship for the Radio Net 1060 AM group from the city of Juarez Chihuahua on 19th April
2013 Setting up of Spiritist Study Groups in Tabasco Quintana Roo Guadalajara and Sonora
Jorge Camargo jorgecamargozuritagmailcom
espiritismoenmexicohotmailcom
wwwespiritismoenmexicoorg
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The meeting of CEICA took place with the presence of Mexico Panama and Honduras
CEYCA coordinator Dr Edwin Bravo
with Divaldo Franco and Patricia Rodriguez from the
Tamaulip Federation
Talk by Jorge Zurita at the
Congress in Cuba
THE SPIRITIST CHRISTIAN COMMUNION FRANCISCO CANDIDO XAVIER
wwwspiritismjp
JAPAN
GEEAK - NORWAY
The GEEAK Oslo continues to develop its
activities at the following address Dronningens gt
23 room 512 City Centre Oslo
Study of The Spirits books on Wednesdays at
6pm
Meimei Group (children and parents) on every
Saturday at 1230pm
Jussara Korngold was in Oslo for the second time
giving a talk at the Oslo Literature Hall on 14th
February 2013 with the theme Boosting your inner
Power
Spiritist Studies in Norway
Euripides Barsanulfo Spiritist Group - Bergen
Study of The Spirits book and the Gospel according
to Spiritism on Sundays from 730 to 9pm -
Information spiritismeibergengmailcom
Chico Xavier Spiritist Group - Trondheim
Meetings Wednesdays from 615 to 715pm
Contact spiritismentrondheimgmailcom
Bernt Torstenson Spiritist Study Group - Oslo
Meetings in Norwegian on Wednesdays from 1 to 2
pm Fredrikkebygget (UiO - Universitetet i Oslo
Blindern - Oslo) next to the Fredrikke Kapell
Contact sssbernttorstensongmailcom
Paul of Tarsus Spiritist Group Stavanger
Virtual meetings on Wednesdays from 730 to 9pm
Contact gepstavangergmailcom
httpspiritismestavangerblogspotno
postgeeaknorgecom
wwwgeeaknorgecom
NORWAY SPIRITIST SOCIETY
OF IRELAND
Andrei Moreira gave a talk in Dublin on 15th May 2013 on the theme Self Love a Healing Path
Divaldo Franco will be again in Dublin with the talk Mediumship Challenges and Blessings
on 11th June 2013 On 23rd May 2013 a talk by Sergio Thiesen Information sbertozzogmailcom
wwwallankardec-irelandorg
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
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GEEAK- LUXEMBOURG
Allan Kardec Spiritist Group of Luxembourg
You are all invited for a conference by Divaldo Pereira Franco on the theme Psychology of Gratitude Friday 7th June 2013 730pm to 1030pm Centre Socieacutetaire 29 rue de Strasbourg L-2560 - Luxembourg - Gare allankardecluxyahoofr wwwgroupespiriteallankardecluxcom
LUXEMBOURG
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF PERU
The conference by Luis Hu took place in March
feperu_espiritayahoocom httpperuespiritablogspotcom
PERU
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP - NZ
infoallankardecorgnz
httpallankardecorgnz
NEW ZEALAND
Study Group and AME GEEAK the Spiritist Medical Doctors Association of Coimbra
Contacts wwwgeeakpt
23rd Spiritist Gathering
of Lisbon
At the CEPC Centro Espiacuterita Perdatildeo e Caridade (Forgiveness and Charity Spiritist Centre) The themes are based on the book by Joanna de Angelis entitled Constelaccedilatildeo Familiar (Family
Constellation) From 10am to 5pm
With the participation of the Lisbon Spiritist Music Group and Choir and the Jogral Espiacuterita de Lisboa (Lisbon Spiritist Minstrel) as well as he participation of the DIJ of CEPC
Contacts wwwceperdaoecaridadept
June 17th CONCESP
The National Gathering of Spiritist Children will take place this year in Lisbon on 1st June From 1030 am to 430 pm at the Pousada da Juventude do Parque das Naccedilotildees with the theme Once upon a time the birds of heaven We look forward to seeing you with a lot of disposition and willingness in participating
Enrolment Forms concesp2013gmailcom
httpdijfeportuguesaptconcesp2013
Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo
On Sunday 2nd June from 10am to 6pm the Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo 2013 will take place at the D Fernando Hotel in Evora with the theme Spiritism in Alentejo
Contacts
cefeevoragmailcom
Cultural Spiritist
Meeting 2013
The Cultural Spiritist Meeting 2013 will be dedicated to the theme of The Portuguese Spiritist Movement and
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will take place on Sunday 30th June from 2pm at its headquarters in Amadora Get to know better the history of the Portuguese Spiritist Movement See you there
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Tel 214 975 754
geralfeportuguesapt
Featured
The Portuguese Spiritist Congress 2013
It will be held in Leiria at the premises of the Spiritist Association of Leiria on 16th amp 17th November under the theme of Mediumship a vision of the future We should point out that the hall has limited capacity so it is recommended that you book your place early
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Please book your place by sending an email to
congressoespiritaportugues2013gmailcom
If you have any queries please dont hesitate to contact us
wwwfeportuguesapt
fepinformafeportuguesapt
focused on the same target which was to touching the soul of every one present in the huge audience awakening in those who were seeking knowledge a new opportunity for a new re-beginning Soon the videos of the talks will be available on Youtube Further information on the BUSS website below Article by Ana Marques
coordinator of Guiding Light Spiritist Society in Canterbury UK Photos Guilherme Almeida Future events in June in UK
Divaldo Franco on 9th June in London 10th June in Glasgow Therezinha Oliveira 23rd June to 30th June Talks in London and Wokingham
All posters and information are available on the BUSS website wwwbussorguk
busseventsgmailcom
BUSS - BRITISH UNION OF SPIRITIST SOCIETIES
2nd British Spiritist Congress Celebrating 30 Years of Spiritism
in the United Kingdom
With the main theme A new Era and the Dawning of a new Humanity the 2nd British Spiritist Congress held on 11th and 12th May 2013 at the main hall of the Quakers Friends House in London and organised by BUSS was a success Participants from 14 different countries were present namely France Norway Denmark Sweden Switzerland Japan Portugal Republic of Ireland Czech Republic Brazil Liechtenstein Germany Australia and Serbia During both Saturday and Sunday a total of 248 people enrolled for the event and were able to enjoy 15 talks offered by 13 speakers Charles Kempf General Secretary of the ISC Harold Dutra Dias Dr Andrei Moreira Speakers present from the UK Janet Duncan President of Allan Kardec Study Group - Centre for Spiritist Teachings London completing 30 years of foundation Guy Lyon Playfair Anne Christine Sinclair Silvia Gibbons Denise Ferrett Maria Gomes Davian Jessamy Elizabeth Freire Stevanin Tania and Tanya Moore
The event was hosted by Christopher Kinghorn There was a musical performance by Diego Carneiro p l a y i n g c e l l o s op r ano Maya Sapone and Martino Scovacricchi playing saxophone
Mark ing 30 years of Spiritism in the UK Janet Duncan founder of the Spiritist Movement in England gave a opening speech about the Pathway
to Enlightenment The event was broadcast worldwide through TVCEI (wwwtvceicom) and the talks were further broadcast by the Fraternity Radio and Good News Radio of
Brazil This great event focused primarily on bringing
together hearts and souls and also stressing the importance of diversity in our lives
13 speakers each one with their own different way of speaking and expressing themselves but
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THE SWEDISH SPIRITIST UNION
On 24th and 25th May Divaldo Pereira Franco was once again in Scandinavia This time in Gothenburg Sweden in a gathering with local Spiritist groups This year our companions from Finland also attended the event The eminent propagator of Spiritism gave a public talk in this city which was translated into Swedish and also a Seminar with the Spiritist Groups present
The Paring Vaumlgen till ljuset Spiritist Group and
the Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in Stockholm took part by selling Spiritist books and distributing messages at the Harmony Fair in Stockholm on 23rd and 24th last March It has been noticed during the Fair that people had a growing interest on the Spiritist Doctrine and its foundations
At the Vatumannen Bookstore in Stockholm Spiritist books continue to be sold and information leaflets on Spiritism distributed
The Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in
Stockholm is completing the study of the book Efter Doumlden (After Death) by Leon Denis which has already been translated into Swedish
Information spiritismensegmailcom
wwwgsfallankardecblogspotcom
wwwspiritismencom
httpspiritistiskaforbundetblogspotcouk
SWEDEN
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accommodation and closer contact with people who normally would only have superficial contact one to each other at major events The Spirit Movement in Switzerland owes much to Mr Jorge Godinho who with his vast experience and great patience has been teaching and providing us with advice From 6th to 9th May we had
the great pleasure of having with us Haroldo Dutra a Spiritist speaker who travelled throughout Switzerland giving different talks and a short seminar With the election of the new board of directors of UCESS on 14th April 2013 Rejane Hostettler is now the director of UCESS and there are also 3 vice-directors Pedro Pereira Nelly Berchtold and Dilma Hambrock Rejane is doing a course on theology in Zurich and making Spiritism known amongst other religious denominations so that a new focus of work is being introduced
Two new Spiritist centres have been founded in this period CEBEM in Zurich (Kuumlsnacht) and GEFA in Bern (Zollikofen) In the Italian Switzerland we will be beginning a program of monthly
events in Italian in May (please see the poster) Most Spiritist centres have received a boost of new friends very knowledgeable in Spiritism joining these centres and are providing their help to the Spiritist movement with great motivation
Divaldo Franco spoke in Switzerland on 20th May 2013 in Zurich at G-19 a Spiritist institution In Winthertur at CEEAK he spoke on the following topic Rebellious Spirits and Peace For the Spiritist Centres in Switzerland please visit the website wwwspiritismech nellyberchtoldhotmailcom
UNION OF SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRES IN SWITZERLAND - UCESS
Members of the 10 Spiritist centres in Switzerland have been meeting regularly since
January 2013 for at least a week-end per month in the rural area of Berne to study the Spiritist doctrine Study a n d p r a c t i c e o f mediumship in the 1st half of the year and the Systematic Study of Spiritism is scheduled for 2nd half of the year This study promotes closer ties of friendship because of the study groups the shared
SWITZERLAND
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
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SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
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Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
European Coordination Department
Having a series of Spiritist events happening in different countries focussing on Preparation of Workers in different work areas at Spiritist Centres the International Spiritist Council with the support of the Brazilian Spiritist Federation is organizing centres of two-day seminars on Preparation of Spiritist Worker for increasing the number of Supervisors for the Systematic Study of the Spiritist Doctrine The Systematic Study of the Spiritist Doctrine SSSD The SSSD course in a few European countries is already being offered
The seminars aim at better prepare the Spiritist worker Those interested will be able to choose where the seminars will be held and may directly contact the host country
31st August to 2nd September Portugal vitormoraferiagmailcom 3rd to 7th September Spain salvadorrrgmailcom 13th 15th and 16th September UK until 19th Sept elsarossikardecgmailcom 20th 21st and 22nd September France charleskempflapostenet Meeting of ISC Europe 26th and 27th October 2013 in the city of Stuttgart Germany to
be organized by the host institution SEELE-FAK The Coordinator will soon be sending an invitation letter and the agenda everyone will be invited to contact Mary Gekeler President of the German Spiritist Union
Mary Gekeler marymds-gekelerde
Charles Kempf charleskempflapostenet
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South American Coordination Department
The South America Coordination Department along with speakers
from the International Spiritist Council will be organising for 22nd and 23rd
June a Seminar and scheduled Activities with the Ecuador Spiritist
movement in the city of Guayaquil The programme for the 2nd South
American Spiritist Congress in September 2013 is increasingly being
consolidated The event will be held in Asuncion Paraguay and is being
organised by the Paraguayan Spiritist Federation The presence of the
Spiritist speaker Divaldo Franco has been confirmed
Fabio Villarraga fabiovillarragagmailcom
North American Coordination Department
In May 2013 the President of the US Spiritist Council visited Montreal and Quebec Canada to give short seminars on training Spiritist workers and leaders The visit was part of a programme established to support the Canadian Spiritist movement as well as other events scheduled for 2013 such as the visit of the Spiritist writer and worker Dr Alirio Cerqueira Filho and Vice-president of the US Spiritist Council Jussara Korngold
The directors of the Canadian Spiritist Council Jose and Sandra Mussi attended as guests the General Annual Meeting of the United States Spiritist Council held on 21st April 2013 in Dallas Texas
Mauriacutecio Cisneros infospiritistus
Central America and the Caribbean Coordination Department Dr Edwin Genaro Bravo coordinator for Central America and the Caribbean is providing
the necessary support for the work to be developed by the new group of Spiritist Studies which started in San Jose Costa Rica
Edwin Bravo ebravo_1hotmailcom
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7th Spiritist World Congress
Aiming at support ing and collaborating with Cuban Spiritists the International Spiritist Council and the Brazilian Spiritist Federation donated to Cuba a special edition in Spanish of The Gospel according to Spiritism and a container of books published in Spanish by the IDE
On 19th and 20th March 2013 a pre-Congress took place in the Eastern Cost of Cuba with talks and visits to the Manzanillo Bayamo and Sierra Maestra Spiritist institutions having a total of about 1200 participants As part of a local tradition before the start of the Congress a tribute at the Central square was paid to the educator and patriot Jose Marti who was also a supporter of Spiritist ideas
For the actual Congress 2012 people enrolled of whom 1200 were Cubans The following 31 countries stood out with a greater number of participants Brazil - 569 Colombia - 55 United States - 41 Mexico - 18 Uruguay - 16 Panama - 12 England and Portugal - 10
The Lazaro Pena Theatre in the centre of Havana had a full house throughout the event At the opening and at different times representatives of the Cuban Government were present Abel Prieto Jimenez advisor to the President of the Republic Caridad Diego Bello director of the Department of Religious Affairs for the Government and her advisor Eloisa Valdez Miriam Martha Garcia Marino director of associations of the Ministry of Justice At the opening table members of the ISC Executive Committee and representatives of the
participating countries The Spiritist medical doctor Servando Agramonte leader of the Cuban Spiritist Movement and Manuel de la Cruz organisers of the event gave an address The opening prayer was said by the head of the Spiritist Centre of Havana Divaldo Franco gave the opening and closing talks and a tribute was paid to him during the event for his work for peace The following people gave talks with the
central theme being The Spiritual Education and Charity in building a World of Peace - 150 Years of The Gospel according to Spiritism Fabio Villarraga and Jorge Berrio (Colombia) Charles Kempf (France) Victor Mora Feria (Portugal) Eduardo Nanni (Bolivia) Jean-Paul Evrard (Belgium) Jussara Korngold and Vanessa Anseloni (USA) Antonio Cesar Perri de Carvalho Marlene Noble and Roberto Fuina Versiani (Brazil) Elsa Rossi (UK) Cyrus Labrada Servando Agramonte Raul Hernandez Espinosa Manuel de la Cruz and Rev Juan Ramon de La Paz (Cuba) Jose Velasquez (El Salvador) Maria de La Gracia Ender (Panama) Jorge Zurita Camargo (Mexico) Odette Lettelier (Chile) Jose Vasquez (Venezuela) Salvador Martin (Spain) Edwin Bravo (Guatemala) Eduardo dos Santos and Edimilson Luiz Nogueira (Uruguay) Edgar Machuca (Puerto Rico) and Gustavo Martinez (Argentina) Many artistic and cultural presentations took place At the end it was announced that the videos on the Congress will be available on a new website within 40 days (wwwcubaespiritaorg) A video was presented by the Portuguese Spiritist Federation inviting people to attend the 8th World Spiritist Congress which is scheduled for 2016 in Lisbon The closing prayer of the Congress was said by the President of Brazilian Spiritist Federation During the event the bust of Allan Kardec located in a public square in Havana was visited
Granma the official newspaper of Cuba government published in its issue of 23rd March news about the Congress of ISC
There are 574 registered Spiritist societies in Cuba
Information www7cemorg wwwfebnetorgbr wwwcubaespiritaorg
THE GERMAN SPIRITIST UNION
The so much anticipated seminar On the way to the Light with Haroldo Dutra Dias in Stuttgart at the headquarters GSU and SEELE Group was a success
Harold moved the more than 60 participants with his charisma and eloquence of knowledge Travelling on to Berlin he gave the same seminar to a larger audience
On 8th May 2013 Divaldo Franco started a new itinerary for his tour of dissemination of Spiritism in Europe The first city to welcome him was the beautiful Munich in the south of Germany Divaldo spoke about mediumship but with an initial approach that studied the characteristics of human beings and their different levels of consciousness Travelling to Stuttgart on 9th May 2013 Divaldo Franco gave a talk on the theme The Psychology of Gratitude at the Deutsche Vereinigung Spiritistiche (German Spiritist Union) to fully packed hall
On 10th May 2013 in Frankfurt he gave a talk with the theme Life in the Spiritual World and travelled to Bonn on 11th amp 12th May to coordinate a Spiritual Retreat Two hundred people attended the event listening to the theme Dawn of a new Era
Divaldo travelled to Bremen on 13th May and Mannheim on 15th May We know that wherever he goes he leaves a lesson of love and brotherhood
We would like to let you know that due to force majeure the Spiritist Educators for Children and Youth Training Course scheduled to be held on 15th amp 16th June 2013 in Stuttgart Germany has been moved to 15th amp 16th February 2014
Information wwwspiritismus-dsvde
kontaktspiritismus-dsvde
GERMANY
SPIRITIST SOCIETY ALLAN KARDEC OF ANGOLA
seakaangolagmailcom wwwseakaorg
ANGOLA
ARGENTINE SPIRITIST FEDERATION
Fraternal Gathering - 14th April 2013 Intersocietaria Espiacuterita (Spiritist Intersociety)
Lonquimay Santa Rosa (La Pampa)
On Sunday 14th April 203 a meeting of representatives of the Argentine Spiritist Federation and Intersocietaria Espiacuterita (Spiritist Intersociety) took place These organizations are made up by the following institutions Luz de la Pampa (Light of the Pampas) La Esperanza de Povernir (The Hope for the Future) Fundacioacuten de Estudio y Difusioacuten Espiacuterita (Foundation for the Spiritist Study and Dissemination) the last three of them being in the city of Santa Rosa Caridad Cristiana (Christian Charity) in Lonquimay Amor Fraternal (Fraternal Love) in the city of Carlos Tejedor and Saacuteenz Cortez in the city of Pehuajo
Their activities include Leaders meeting at the Christian Charity Spiritist Society Mr Gustavo Martinez the ASF chairman spoke on the theme Times have come in which he explained the Program of support to Spiritist Institutions for them to carry out their basic activities approved by the Federal Council of ASF as part of the 2012 - 2014 Action Plan which includes the creation of seven departments of work
Coordinator of Spiritual Assistance Department of the ASF and a member of the Spiritist Medical Association of Argentina Dr Daniel Gomes Montanelli spoke about the actual activities that a Spiritist centre can develop to care for people who seek support insight into and guidance on their spiritual and moral problems
In the afternoon we went to La Esperanza de Povernir Spiritist Centre in Santa Rosa where members of the Luz de la Pampa Spiritist Centre FEDE and Hacia la Fraternidad (On the way to Fraternity) Spiritist Centre were waiting for us
The meeting La Esperanza de Povernir in Santa Rosa Luz de la Pampa FEDE and Hacia la Fraternidad Welcome by Prof Mabel Rivas President of the host centre Conference by the Bachelor Daniel Gomes Montanelli on Thought and Health
Mr Eduardo de Elorriaga representing the Intersocietaria Espiacuterita said words of gratitude and handed to the representatives of the ASF a beautiful piece of engraved crystal as a memento of the meeting
Gustavo N Martinez ceaespiritistagmailcom wwwconfespirargcomar
ARGENTINA
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ASOCIACIOgraveN CIVIL DE PROYECCIOgraveN MORAL
infohondurasespiritaorg wwwhondurasespiritaorg
HONDURAS
BOLIVIAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
Arrangements in progress for the BSF to take part in the 14th International Book Fair of Santa Cruz de la Sierra from 29th May to 9th June with the massive presence of publishers booksellers exhibitors writers and the general public The Spiritist works are being exhibited with much love and care by the team of volunteers from Spiritist centres of Santa Cruz and leaders of the BSF eduardonannicotascombo wwwfebolorg
BOLIVIA
BRAZILIAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
FEB local actions
With meetings of the Central region (Palmas) in May and the North region (Porto Velho) in June the cycle of local meetings of the National Federative Council of FEB have been completed This has already been completed in the Northeast region in Jaboatao dos Guararapes Recife and in the South region in Embu das Artes Sao Paulo The meeting in the south area was attended by the Uruguayan Spiritist Federation with a team of eight participants and by the former FEB President Nestor Joao Masotti who received tributes from the current Presidents of FEB and USE-SP Subjects discussed included adjustments to the areas of work arrangements for the 4th Brazilian Spiritist Congress in 2014 arrangements for the joint meeting of Regional Committees of the National Federative Council of FEB in 2014 implementation of the Work Plan for the Brazilian Spiritist Movement (2013 to 2017) There were meetings held for the departments of Spiritual Assistance Mediumship Childhood and Youth Spiritist Social and Promotion Assistance Social Communication and Systematic Study of Spiritism At the end a seminar on Management of Federations had been developed attended by all groups and coordinated by the workers of the National Federative Council of FEB
Information cfnfebnetorgbr
FEB takes over the Spiritist Museum On the Spiritist Book day 18th April the Spiritist
Museum of Satildeo Paulo in the borough of Lapa was transferred to the Brazilian Spiritist Federation The
c e r e m o n y w a s attended by FEB President Antonio Cesar Perri de C a r v a l h o a n d directors Celia Maria Rey de Carvalho Joao Pinto Rabelo
and Niraldo Pulcineli the founders of the museum namely Paulo Machado and Elza Malzzonetto Machado the former FEB President Nestor Joao Masotti and his wife Maria Euny several collaborators of ICESP leaders and President of USE-SP Julia Nezu de Oliveira and journalists from the Spiritist press Mrs Elza M Machado the FEB President and the new coordinator of the Vieira de Melo Ocean Museum gave an address The
BRAZIL
ALLAN KARDEC - VAK Viena
Further information vakardecmsncom
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AUSTRIA
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Belgium Spiritist Union
Symposium 2013 - Organized by the Belgium Spiritist Union
25th amp 26th May 2013
Theme The importance of children in the world of
tomorrow
Venue Weacutegimont Castle 4630 Soumagne (20km away
from Liege)
Full programme on
httpwwwspiritebeimagesaffichesprog-sympopdf usbspiritebe wwwspiritebe
BELGIUM
Museum in due course will undergo some rearrangements and carry on its normal activities thereafter Information diretoriafebnetorgbr
Book Exhibition at the House of Representatives (Cacircmara dos Deputados)
The Spiritist Book for a new World was the title of the exhibition which took place from 15th to 30th April at the House of Representatives It was an initiative by the Member of the House of Representatives Marco A Ubiali with production by the Brazilian Spiritist Federation The inauguration was attended by the President of the FEB the Vice-President and a few members of the House of Representatives The major works by the FEB Publisher of Allan Kardec and Chico Xavier which are landmarks of Spiritism also historic articles and materials such as Chicos birth certificate as well as videos depicting the works and personalities of Spiritist were on display
Information diretoriafebnetorgbr
Releases and reprinting of books by FEB FEB Publisher has re-published and released dozens of books In May The new Testament translated by Haroldo Dutra Dias was released with the texts by the four Evangelists and Acts of the Apostles About the book at FEB Portal Nowadays the works of FEB Publisher with updated layout and
covers which the readers like are be ing w ide l y distributed At the same time book production and distribution are being modernized to better cater for the needs of the
modern world At international level FEB has always published a number of books in Esperanto and some in French In recent years it has licensed the translation of several titles to Editoras Mensaje Fraternal (Fraternal Message Publisher) in Venezuela to IDE Editora and EDICEI This assured a wide propagation of Spiritism in Spanish and enabled the International Spiritist Council to have publications available in over a dozen languages Information wwwfergsorgbr wwwfebnetorgbr httpwwwfebnetorgbrblogtopicogeralcolunistascesar-perri
CANADIAN SPIRITIST COUNCIL
secretarycanadianspiritistcouncilcom wwwcanadianspiritistcouncilcom
CANADA
THE COLOMBIAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Regional Meetings
The Colombian Spiritist movement legally supported by national constitution is holding Regional Meetings complying with the law for the
election of its Council of Directors particularly the nine affiliated Federations and their respective Spiritist centres
Annual General Meeting of the Colombian Spiritist Federation (CONFECOL)
On 10th May CONFECOL the entity that governs Spiritism in our country elected its new National Federative Council The members elected for the period 2013 to 2016 were as follows President Mr Jorge Ramoacuten Berrio Bustillo General Secretary Mr Luis Fernando Vargas Lozano Managing amp Finance Director Mr German T Espinosa Finance Supervisor Mr Emiro Navarro Deputy Finance Supervisor Mr Francisco Ariza Inspector Mr Jorge Francisco Leoacuten
Deputy Inspector Axel Rhenals Turriago The target for this period is to continue the 3rd
phase of Unification
Gathering for National Unification
On 12th May all federations of the country have been called to Bogota to carry out the last arrangements in the departments of Social Assistance and Promotion
and that of Family Childhood and Youth These are topics worked on in parallel at the Senderos da la Esperanza (Workers of Hope) and Tercera Revelacioacuten (Third Revelation) Spiritist Institutions
wwwconfecolorg secretariogeneralconfecolorg
COLOMBIA
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 6
UNIVERSAL LOVE AND CHARITY
SOCIETY
The website wwwcubaespiritaorg has an event summary of the whole 7th World Spiritist Congress and all activities at Spiritist Centres in Cuba This will be the official website of Cuban Spiritists Received by Manuel de la Cruz lacruzmannyaolcom
CUBA
SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRE BUENA NUEVA
Besides their weekly activities the CEEBN participated in the 7th World Spiritist Congress held in Cuba
The Annual General Meeting for the election of the new board of directors for 2013 and 2014 was held in March
A Seminar and other Spiritist activities in August will be held by Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Odete Letelier espiritismoespiritismocl wwwespiritismocl
CHILE
SPANISH SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The issue 5 of the Spiritist Magazine of the Spanish Spiritist Federation has just been released It is covers the propagation of Spiritist culture and is
SPAIN
UNITED STATES SPIRITIST COUNCIL
On 20th April 2013 the 7th US Spiritist Symposium was held in the city of Dallas Texas The event takes place once a year and is supported and attended by the National Spiritist movement Each year on Sunday following the Symposium which takes place on Saturday the Annual General Meeting of the US Spiritist Council (USSC) is held and attended by the leaders of Spiritist Groups from various parts of the country
This year the Symposium started with an opening ceremony that included all board members of the USSC going onto stage and paying a tribute to the United States as a nation which guarantees complete freedom of religious expression to its citizens unlike what is happening in many other countries At the opening the USSC President also
UNITED STATES
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF EL SALVADOR
8 Spiritist centres affiliated to the SFS Ciacuterculo de Investigaciones Psicofiacutesicas Sociedad Siacutequico Filosoacutefico Espiritual El Mesiacuteas La Verdad es para Todos Spiritist Centre Faro del Saber Spiritist Centre Virgilio Manzanares Pentildea Spiritist Centre Sociedad de Mediums Spiritist Centre Juan Diego de Guadalupe Spiritist Centre El Buen Amigo Spiritist Centre
Rosa Amelia Campos
federacionelsalvadorespiritaorg
EL SALVADOR
called for a minute of silence for all the victims affected by the terrorist event in Boston and by the disaster which happened at a chemical plant in Texas lsquoWe are extremely blessed to being able to live in a country like
the United States of Americarsquo said USSC President Mauricio Cisneros The event continued with lectures in one hall and short training seminars for Spiritist workers in another The event was closed by a representative of the Spiritist movement of Illinois when he made an invitation to the next Symposium of 2014 in Chicago Further details are available at
wwwspiritistsymposiumorg wwwspiritistus infospiritistus
2nd QUARTER 2013 7
positive feedback from lay readers and also resulted in the creation of many websites about Chico Xavier in the Spiritualist environment
The FSC continues to collaborate with the publishing of the Revue Spirite (Spiritist Magazine) in French which has been distributed at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and the ISC Annual General Meeting in Havana
The first Spiritist book for children in French has been published by Librairie Spirite Francophone in Quebec It is the result of a wide co-operation at Francophone level with the Committee for Moral Education of the Coordination Department of Europe with illustrations by Claudia Milena Werdine Alborghetti and translated by Marcia Kempf The book can be purchased at Amazon
On 9th March 2013 a local meeting of Southeast groups took place in Arles and on 28th April 2013 an E a s t e r n F r a n c e gathering took place in Hielle with a seminar on Healing run by Rosenite Alves On 30th March 2013 a seminar in Brittany run by Alirio Cerqueira Filho on mental energy
and self-healing took place On 25th amp 26th May the annual Symposium took place at the Wegimont Castle in Belgium On 8th and 9th June a local Southeast meeting will take place in Denice and on 22nd and 23rd June a local Northern meeting will be held in Lievain
Further information wwwspiritismeorg
the official publication of the Spanish Spiritist Federation and has an article dedicated to the History of Spiritism in the world
Themes developed in this issue include from precursors such as Swendborg Jackson Davis and the Fox sisters and moving on to the Spiritist revelation codified by Allan Kardec the Society of Spiritist Studies of Paris and the Revue Spirite (The Spiritist Magazine)It also included articles on the dedicated work of the mediums of the second half of the 19th century Arthur Conan Doyle and an overview of Spiritism as it stands in the world today
It featured the great work of propagation started by the Spiritist Magazine of the Spanish Spiritist Federation through the Propagation Committee with the distribution of the magazine to many universities libraries and cultural centres mainly in Madrid Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla-Leon This magazine focused primarily on the dissemination to non-Spiritist individuals trying to reclaim the space that Spiritist proposes to better understand and face the difficulties people encounter in this world of trials and regeneration
Also the speaker Haroldo Dutra a Judge from the state of Minas Gerais made a tour of Madrid Valencia and Alicante from 15th to 17th May 2013 giving talks and holding meetings
Healing through Forgiveness and The new Era were some of the themes spoken during his tour through several European countries to promote Spiritism
infoespiritismocc wwwespiritismocc
FRENCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
The French Spiritist Council (FSC) was represented at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and Annual General Meeting of the ISC in Havana by Luc Moussu and Charles Kempf They are making the arrangements to launch a new campaign Amar a Vida (Loving Life) promoted by the ISC and carried out by the Portuguese Spiritist Federation The material has been translated into French and will be shown on the cover of next issue of the Voie Spirite (Spiritist Way) newsletter (cover on the left-hand side)
The FSC in co-operation with LMSF keeps promoting books with large stock at EDICEI in Brasilia which are being sold as second hand for 990 Euros This has been bringing not only income to the ISC and the French speaking movement but also greatly increasing the dissemination of the works of Andre Luiz in France It has attracted much
FRANCE
Executive Committee of ISC
General Secretary Charles Kempf (France) 1st Secretary A Cesar Perri de Carvalho (Brazil) 2nd Secretary Elsa Rossi (United Kingdom) 1st Treasurer Roberto Versiani ( Brazil) 2nd Treasurer Jean-Paul Evrard (Belgium) Eduardo Santos (Uruguay) Edwin Bravo (Guatemala) Faacutebio Villarraga (Colombia) Jussara Korngold (USA) Milciades Lezcano ( Paraguay) Vitor Mora Feria ( Portugal) Salvador Martin ( Spain)
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 8
DUTCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
Events promoted by the Dutch Spiritist Council
Haroldo Dutra Dias Theme Paul amp Stephen amp the Parables of Jesus
19th May 2013 from 1pm to 6pm Tel 0630 050 947 with Rikeli or
0651 085 180 with Rosana grupoespiritaemanuelhotmailcom
Divaldo Pereira Franco Theme Psychology of Gratitude 22nd May 7 to 9 pm Venue Florence Steenvoorde
Building Generaal Spoorlaan 62 ndash 2285 CH - Rijswijk
Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with
Maria Moraes
Iris and Claudio Sinoti 1st theme The Psychology of Love 29th May 730 pm to 930 pm Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor
1013 XC Amsterdam Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with Maria Moraes or
0644 357 538 with Nilson 2nd theme Reflecting the soul the Spiritist
Psychology of Joanna de Angelis 30th May 8pm to 10pm Venue Stichting Muzenis
Cliffordstraat 38 1051 GV Amsterdam
Enrolment svjangelisgmailcom Contact 0615 091 659 with Dalva
12th National Spiritist Meeting Speakers Charles Kempf Claudia Werdine and
Milena Alborghetti Theme Happiness from a Spiritist viewpoint Date Sunday 25th August 2013 Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor 1013 XC Amsterdam Contact Maria Moraes - nrspiritismeyahoocombr
amp infonrspnl
4th Congress on Medicine amp Spirituality Date Saturday 12th October 2013 Venue Florence Steenvoorde Building Address Generaal Spoorlaan 62 2285 CH - Rijswijk Contact Maria Moraes - infonrspnl
nrspevenementengmailcom Full information available soon For further information please visit the Dutch Spiritist Council website at wwwnrspnl Maria Moraesinfonrspnl
HOLLAND
Excellent quality and quantity of Spiritist Courses and Conferences available on the
website of TV CEI Have you already visited it
wwwtvceicom
THE FRANCISCAN SPIRITIST CENTRE
infojoanadecusaorgau wwwjoanadecusaorgau For further information please see page 17
AUSTRALIA
CADENA HELIOSOPHICA GUATEMALTECA
A quarterly talk by the Cadeia Heliosophica Guatemalteca (Guatemalan Philosophical Study Network) took place on 27th April 203 in Joya Cuilco Huehuetenango district in Guatemala propagating the teachings of the codification of Allan Kardec providing
medical care and handing out of free medicines moral education for children and youth and a talk for over 900 brothers and sisters from different villages who arrived by lorry or on foot to listen to the teachings of the Master Jesus The board of directors also met to arrange the next quarterly conference which will take place on 27th July in the village of Ninchim San Marcos with Alipio Gonzalez who will be coming from Venezuela
It has been reported that Spiritist centre of the village of Tuimuca joined the Guatemalan Philosophical Study
Network On the first Sunday of each month the Grupo de Damas Heliosophicas Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo (Group of Ladies of Philosophical Study Network Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo) organizes a breakfast lecture for the benefit of the Charity and Light School at a restaurant in the city centre and on Sunday 5th May Mothers Day had
been successfully celebrated Edwin Bravo wwwguatespiritaorg
GUATEMALA
2nd QUARTER 2013 9
THE PORTUGUESE SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Spiritist Culture Gathering
The Association of Propagators of Spiritism of Portugal APSP held the 9th Spiritist Culture Gathering on 20th and 21st April 2013 at the municipal hall A Casa da Muacutesica (The Music Hall) in the beautiful town of Obidos again with a full house The overall feeling was that of satisfaction for getting together and exchanging knowledge
Contacts wwwadeportugalorgjornadas
Training for Workers
Saturday 11th May 2013 from 3 to 5 pm at the Portuguese Spiritist Federations headquarters a workshop on accountancy for Spiritist Workers took place
Spiritist Gathering of Algarve
The Spiritist Gathering of Algarve organized by the Nuacutecleo Familiar Espiacuterita do Mentor Amigo (Spiritist Family Centre of the Friend Mentor) took place on Sunday 12th May 2013 at the Eva Hotel in Faro It was a time of glad getting together and exchange of knowledge
Contact 965 053 743 nfe_mentoramigosapopt
Seminar by Iris and Claudio Sinoti
On 19th May the Portuguese Spiritist Federation held at its headquarters a seminar on topics related to psychology addressed in the book Refletindo a Alma (Reflecting the Soul) and others from the psychological works of the Spirit of Joanna de Angelis Iris and Claudio Sinotti who are workers from the Mansatildeo do Caminho (Mansion of the Way) Bahia joined us in the event
Contacts geralfeportuguesapt
Health and Light Project
The 3rd Light and Health Project where topics related to physical mental and spiritual health will be discussed is being organized by the Allan Kardec
PORTUGAL ITALIAN SPIRITIST UNION
The Italian Spiritist Union through its President Regina Piccoli informs that they have all the slides of the Systematic Study of Spiritism volume I and II translated into Italian They are completing the review to draw up a booklet as a complement to the study of the classes Info italiausigmailcom
ITALY
SPIRITIST FRATERNITY GOD LOVE amp CHARITY
Saturday 16th March 2013 - Self-discovery
Seminar - with the active participation of speakers Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Prof Jose Angel Velasquez from El Salvador Dr Edwin Bravo and Prof Johana Bravo from Guatemala and Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender from Panama The photos of the seminar are on Fedac Facebook at wwwfedacorgpa We had an audience of 200 people with a great interest by the participants
2 Active participation at the 7th World Spiritist Congress with a Fedac delegation of 15 people among Spiritists and accompanying people
3 We are now facing a temporary difficulty with the moving to new premises The venue we had for 26 years is being sold and we have to vacate the property
We are still looking for a place to move to within our budget
Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender wwwfedacorgpa fedacpanamahotmailcom
PANAMA
PARAGUAY SPIRITIST CENTRE
The 10th Spiritist Week in Paraguay took place and was organised by the Paraguayan Spiritist Federacion
On 13th 14th and 15th September the 2nd South American Spiritist Congress took place in
Asuncion centroespiritaparaguayo_cepariedernetpy
PARAGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 10
SPIRITIST UNION OF MOZAMBIQUE
The Spiritist Union of Mozambique was integrated to the International Spiritist Council during the Annual General Meeting in Cuba President Elide Carneiro Address Av Alfredo Keil 12 ndash Maputo Mobile +25 8844 613 251 unemomozgmailcom
wwwfacebookcomCEAKMZ
MOZAMBIQUE
MEXICAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The Mexican Federation of Spiritist Associations reports the activities below Federacioacuten Espiacuterita de Tamaulipas y las Huastecas (Spiritist Federation of Tamaulipas and the Huastecas) FETH
21st December 2012 talk and presentation of Spiritist poems by Spiritist youngsters in Valles S a n L u i s Potosi at the 1 8 t h anniversary of the Tomasito Herrera Spiritist Centre 21st to 23rd December 2012 talks and f e l l o w s h i p gathering of the Spiritist centres
of Mante Tamaulipas 1st January 2013 meeting of leaders of the FETH groups and fraternal gatherings January and February 2013 the official setup of t h e C o o r d i n a t i o n Department of Spiritist Centres from the Central Nor thwes t W estern Eastern Southeast regions of the country affiliated to the Mexican Federation of
Spiritist Associations local meeting of Spiritist centres in Mante and seminars held with the theme Death Spiritual Colonies Mental Irradiation and Spiritist Healing Celebration of 70th Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante local report on the 7th International S p i r i t i s t C o n g r e s s participation in the meeting of the International Spiritist Council
MEXICO
meeting to strengthen and unify centres affiliated to the Federation and related institutions in the cities
of Valles Victoria Tampico Mante Pueblo Viejo Veracruz workshops held on Spiritist healing and fraternal assistance in the south of Veracruz and Tlaxcala
19th April interview about Spiritism and mediumship for the Radio Net 1060 AM group from the city of Juarez Chihuahua on 19th April
2013 Setting up of Spiritist Study Groups in Tabasco Quintana Roo Guadalajara and Sonora
Jorge Camargo jorgecamargozuritagmailcom
espiritismoenmexicohotmailcom
wwwespiritismoenmexicoorg
2nd QUARTER 2013 11
The meeting of CEICA took place with the presence of Mexico Panama and Honduras
CEYCA coordinator Dr Edwin Bravo
with Divaldo Franco and Patricia Rodriguez from the
Tamaulip Federation
Talk by Jorge Zurita at the
Congress in Cuba
THE SPIRITIST CHRISTIAN COMMUNION FRANCISCO CANDIDO XAVIER
wwwspiritismjp
JAPAN
GEEAK - NORWAY
The GEEAK Oslo continues to develop its
activities at the following address Dronningens gt
23 room 512 City Centre Oslo
Study of The Spirits books on Wednesdays at
6pm
Meimei Group (children and parents) on every
Saturday at 1230pm
Jussara Korngold was in Oslo for the second time
giving a talk at the Oslo Literature Hall on 14th
February 2013 with the theme Boosting your inner
Power
Spiritist Studies in Norway
Euripides Barsanulfo Spiritist Group - Bergen
Study of The Spirits book and the Gospel according
to Spiritism on Sundays from 730 to 9pm -
Information spiritismeibergengmailcom
Chico Xavier Spiritist Group - Trondheim
Meetings Wednesdays from 615 to 715pm
Contact spiritismentrondheimgmailcom
Bernt Torstenson Spiritist Study Group - Oslo
Meetings in Norwegian on Wednesdays from 1 to 2
pm Fredrikkebygget (UiO - Universitetet i Oslo
Blindern - Oslo) next to the Fredrikke Kapell
Contact sssbernttorstensongmailcom
Paul of Tarsus Spiritist Group Stavanger
Virtual meetings on Wednesdays from 730 to 9pm
Contact gepstavangergmailcom
httpspiritismestavangerblogspotno
postgeeaknorgecom
wwwgeeaknorgecom
NORWAY SPIRITIST SOCIETY
OF IRELAND
Andrei Moreira gave a talk in Dublin on 15th May 2013 on the theme Self Love a Healing Path
Divaldo Franco will be again in Dublin with the talk Mediumship Challenges and Blessings
on 11th June 2013 On 23rd May 2013 a talk by Sergio Thiesen Information sbertozzogmailcom
wwwallankardec-irelandorg
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 12
GEEAK- LUXEMBOURG
Allan Kardec Spiritist Group of Luxembourg
You are all invited for a conference by Divaldo Pereira Franco on the theme Psychology of Gratitude Friday 7th June 2013 730pm to 1030pm Centre Socieacutetaire 29 rue de Strasbourg L-2560 - Luxembourg - Gare allankardecluxyahoofr wwwgroupespiriteallankardecluxcom
LUXEMBOURG
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF PERU
The conference by Luis Hu took place in March
feperu_espiritayahoocom httpperuespiritablogspotcom
PERU
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP - NZ
infoallankardecorgnz
httpallankardecorgnz
NEW ZEALAND
Study Group and AME GEEAK the Spiritist Medical Doctors Association of Coimbra
Contacts wwwgeeakpt
23rd Spiritist Gathering
of Lisbon
At the CEPC Centro Espiacuterita Perdatildeo e Caridade (Forgiveness and Charity Spiritist Centre) The themes are based on the book by Joanna de Angelis entitled Constelaccedilatildeo Familiar (Family
Constellation) From 10am to 5pm
With the participation of the Lisbon Spiritist Music Group and Choir and the Jogral Espiacuterita de Lisboa (Lisbon Spiritist Minstrel) as well as he participation of the DIJ of CEPC
Contacts wwwceperdaoecaridadept
June 17th CONCESP
The National Gathering of Spiritist Children will take place this year in Lisbon on 1st June From 1030 am to 430 pm at the Pousada da Juventude do Parque das Naccedilotildees with the theme Once upon a time the birds of heaven We look forward to seeing you with a lot of disposition and willingness in participating
Enrolment Forms concesp2013gmailcom
httpdijfeportuguesaptconcesp2013
Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo
On Sunday 2nd June from 10am to 6pm the Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo 2013 will take place at the D Fernando Hotel in Evora with the theme Spiritism in Alentejo
Contacts
cefeevoragmailcom
Cultural Spiritist
Meeting 2013
The Cultural Spiritist Meeting 2013 will be dedicated to the theme of The Portuguese Spiritist Movement and
2nd QUARTER 2013 13
will take place on Sunday 30th June from 2pm at its headquarters in Amadora Get to know better the history of the Portuguese Spiritist Movement See you there
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Tel 214 975 754
geralfeportuguesapt
Featured
The Portuguese Spiritist Congress 2013
It will be held in Leiria at the premises of the Spiritist Association of Leiria on 16th amp 17th November under the theme of Mediumship a vision of the future We should point out that the hall has limited capacity so it is recommended that you book your place early
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Please book your place by sending an email to
congressoespiritaportugues2013gmailcom
If you have any queries please dont hesitate to contact us
wwwfeportuguesapt
fepinformafeportuguesapt
focused on the same target which was to touching the soul of every one present in the huge audience awakening in those who were seeking knowledge a new opportunity for a new re-beginning Soon the videos of the talks will be available on Youtube Further information on the BUSS website below Article by Ana Marques
coordinator of Guiding Light Spiritist Society in Canterbury UK Photos Guilherme Almeida Future events in June in UK
Divaldo Franco on 9th June in London 10th June in Glasgow Therezinha Oliveira 23rd June to 30th June Talks in London and Wokingham
All posters and information are available on the BUSS website wwwbussorguk
busseventsgmailcom
BUSS - BRITISH UNION OF SPIRITIST SOCIETIES
2nd British Spiritist Congress Celebrating 30 Years of Spiritism
in the United Kingdom
With the main theme A new Era and the Dawning of a new Humanity the 2nd British Spiritist Congress held on 11th and 12th May 2013 at the main hall of the Quakers Friends House in London and organised by BUSS was a success Participants from 14 different countries were present namely France Norway Denmark Sweden Switzerland Japan Portugal Republic of Ireland Czech Republic Brazil Liechtenstein Germany Australia and Serbia During both Saturday and Sunday a total of 248 people enrolled for the event and were able to enjoy 15 talks offered by 13 speakers Charles Kempf General Secretary of the ISC Harold Dutra Dias Dr Andrei Moreira Speakers present from the UK Janet Duncan President of Allan Kardec Study Group - Centre for Spiritist Teachings London completing 30 years of foundation Guy Lyon Playfair Anne Christine Sinclair Silvia Gibbons Denise Ferrett Maria Gomes Davian Jessamy Elizabeth Freire Stevanin Tania and Tanya Moore
The event was hosted by Christopher Kinghorn There was a musical performance by Diego Carneiro p l a y i n g c e l l o s op r ano Maya Sapone and Martino Scovacricchi playing saxophone
Mark ing 30 years of Spiritism in the UK Janet Duncan founder of the Spiritist Movement in England gave a opening speech about the Pathway
to Enlightenment The event was broadcast worldwide through TVCEI (wwwtvceicom) and the talks were further broadcast by the Fraternity Radio and Good News Radio of
Brazil This great event focused primarily on bringing
together hearts and souls and also stressing the importance of diversity in our lives
13 speakers each one with their own different way of speaking and expressing themselves but
UNITED KINGDOM
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 14
THE SWEDISH SPIRITIST UNION
On 24th and 25th May Divaldo Pereira Franco was once again in Scandinavia This time in Gothenburg Sweden in a gathering with local Spiritist groups This year our companions from Finland also attended the event The eminent propagator of Spiritism gave a public talk in this city which was translated into Swedish and also a Seminar with the Spiritist Groups present
The Paring Vaumlgen till ljuset Spiritist Group and
the Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in Stockholm took part by selling Spiritist books and distributing messages at the Harmony Fair in Stockholm on 23rd and 24th last March It has been noticed during the Fair that people had a growing interest on the Spiritist Doctrine and its foundations
At the Vatumannen Bookstore in Stockholm Spiritist books continue to be sold and information leaflets on Spiritism distributed
The Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in
Stockholm is completing the study of the book Efter Doumlden (After Death) by Leon Denis which has already been translated into Swedish
Information spiritismensegmailcom
wwwgsfallankardecblogspotcom
wwwspiritismencom
httpspiritistiskaforbundetblogspotcouk
SWEDEN
2nd QUARTER 2013 15
accommodation and closer contact with people who normally would only have superficial contact one to each other at major events The Spirit Movement in Switzerland owes much to Mr Jorge Godinho who with his vast experience and great patience has been teaching and providing us with advice From 6th to 9th May we had
the great pleasure of having with us Haroldo Dutra a Spiritist speaker who travelled throughout Switzerland giving different talks and a short seminar With the election of the new board of directors of UCESS on 14th April 2013 Rejane Hostettler is now the director of UCESS and there are also 3 vice-directors Pedro Pereira Nelly Berchtold and Dilma Hambrock Rejane is doing a course on theology in Zurich and making Spiritism known amongst other religious denominations so that a new focus of work is being introduced
Two new Spiritist centres have been founded in this period CEBEM in Zurich (Kuumlsnacht) and GEFA in Bern (Zollikofen) In the Italian Switzerland we will be beginning a program of monthly
events in Italian in May (please see the poster) Most Spiritist centres have received a boost of new friends very knowledgeable in Spiritism joining these centres and are providing their help to the Spiritist movement with great motivation
Divaldo Franco spoke in Switzerland on 20th May 2013 in Zurich at G-19 a Spiritist institution In Winthertur at CEEAK he spoke on the following topic Rebellious Spirits and Peace For the Spiritist Centres in Switzerland please visit the website wwwspiritismech nellyberchtoldhotmailcom
UNION OF SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRES IN SWITZERLAND - UCESS
Members of the 10 Spiritist centres in Switzerland have been meeting regularly since
January 2013 for at least a week-end per month in the rural area of Berne to study the Spiritist doctrine Study a n d p r a c t i c e o f mediumship in the 1st half of the year and the Systematic Study of Spiritism is scheduled for 2nd half of the year This study promotes closer ties of friendship because of the study groups the shared
SWITZERLAND
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 16
SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
2nd QUARTER 2013 17
Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
2nd QUARTER 2013 3
7th Spiritist World Congress
Aiming at support ing and collaborating with Cuban Spiritists the International Spiritist Council and the Brazilian Spiritist Federation donated to Cuba a special edition in Spanish of The Gospel according to Spiritism and a container of books published in Spanish by the IDE
On 19th and 20th March 2013 a pre-Congress took place in the Eastern Cost of Cuba with talks and visits to the Manzanillo Bayamo and Sierra Maestra Spiritist institutions having a total of about 1200 participants As part of a local tradition before the start of the Congress a tribute at the Central square was paid to the educator and patriot Jose Marti who was also a supporter of Spiritist ideas
For the actual Congress 2012 people enrolled of whom 1200 were Cubans The following 31 countries stood out with a greater number of participants Brazil - 569 Colombia - 55 United States - 41 Mexico - 18 Uruguay - 16 Panama - 12 England and Portugal - 10
The Lazaro Pena Theatre in the centre of Havana had a full house throughout the event At the opening and at different times representatives of the Cuban Government were present Abel Prieto Jimenez advisor to the President of the Republic Caridad Diego Bello director of the Department of Religious Affairs for the Government and her advisor Eloisa Valdez Miriam Martha Garcia Marino director of associations of the Ministry of Justice At the opening table members of the ISC Executive Committee and representatives of the
participating countries The Spiritist medical doctor Servando Agramonte leader of the Cuban Spiritist Movement and Manuel de la Cruz organisers of the event gave an address The opening prayer was said by the head of the Spiritist Centre of Havana Divaldo Franco gave the opening and closing talks and a tribute was paid to him during the event for his work for peace The following people gave talks with the
central theme being The Spiritual Education and Charity in building a World of Peace - 150 Years of The Gospel according to Spiritism Fabio Villarraga and Jorge Berrio (Colombia) Charles Kempf (France) Victor Mora Feria (Portugal) Eduardo Nanni (Bolivia) Jean-Paul Evrard (Belgium) Jussara Korngold and Vanessa Anseloni (USA) Antonio Cesar Perri de Carvalho Marlene Noble and Roberto Fuina Versiani (Brazil) Elsa Rossi (UK) Cyrus Labrada Servando Agramonte Raul Hernandez Espinosa Manuel de la Cruz and Rev Juan Ramon de La Paz (Cuba) Jose Velasquez (El Salvador) Maria de La Gracia Ender (Panama) Jorge Zurita Camargo (Mexico) Odette Lettelier (Chile) Jose Vasquez (Venezuela) Salvador Martin (Spain) Edwin Bravo (Guatemala) Eduardo dos Santos and Edimilson Luiz Nogueira (Uruguay) Edgar Machuca (Puerto Rico) and Gustavo Martinez (Argentina) Many artistic and cultural presentations took place At the end it was announced that the videos on the Congress will be available on a new website within 40 days (wwwcubaespiritaorg) A video was presented by the Portuguese Spiritist Federation inviting people to attend the 8th World Spiritist Congress which is scheduled for 2016 in Lisbon The closing prayer of the Congress was said by the President of Brazilian Spiritist Federation During the event the bust of Allan Kardec located in a public square in Havana was visited
Granma the official newspaper of Cuba government published in its issue of 23rd March news about the Congress of ISC
There are 574 registered Spiritist societies in Cuba
Information www7cemorg wwwfebnetorgbr wwwcubaespiritaorg
THE GERMAN SPIRITIST UNION
The so much anticipated seminar On the way to the Light with Haroldo Dutra Dias in Stuttgart at the headquarters GSU and SEELE Group was a success
Harold moved the more than 60 participants with his charisma and eloquence of knowledge Travelling on to Berlin he gave the same seminar to a larger audience
On 8th May 2013 Divaldo Franco started a new itinerary for his tour of dissemination of Spiritism in Europe The first city to welcome him was the beautiful Munich in the south of Germany Divaldo spoke about mediumship but with an initial approach that studied the characteristics of human beings and their different levels of consciousness Travelling to Stuttgart on 9th May 2013 Divaldo Franco gave a talk on the theme The Psychology of Gratitude at the Deutsche Vereinigung Spiritistiche (German Spiritist Union) to fully packed hall
On 10th May 2013 in Frankfurt he gave a talk with the theme Life in the Spiritual World and travelled to Bonn on 11th amp 12th May to coordinate a Spiritual Retreat Two hundred people attended the event listening to the theme Dawn of a new Era
Divaldo travelled to Bremen on 13th May and Mannheim on 15th May We know that wherever he goes he leaves a lesson of love and brotherhood
We would like to let you know that due to force majeure the Spiritist Educators for Children and Youth Training Course scheduled to be held on 15th amp 16th June 2013 in Stuttgart Germany has been moved to 15th amp 16th February 2014
Information wwwspiritismus-dsvde
kontaktspiritismus-dsvde
GERMANY
SPIRITIST SOCIETY ALLAN KARDEC OF ANGOLA
seakaangolagmailcom wwwseakaorg
ANGOLA
ARGENTINE SPIRITIST FEDERATION
Fraternal Gathering - 14th April 2013 Intersocietaria Espiacuterita (Spiritist Intersociety)
Lonquimay Santa Rosa (La Pampa)
On Sunday 14th April 203 a meeting of representatives of the Argentine Spiritist Federation and Intersocietaria Espiacuterita (Spiritist Intersociety) took place These organizations are made up by the following institutions Luz de la Pampa (Light of the Pampas) La Esperanza de Povernir (The Hope for the Future) Fundacioacuten de Estudio y Difusioacuten Espiacuterita (Foundation for the Spiritist Study and Dissemination) the last three of them being in the city of Santa Rosa Caridad Cristiana (Christian Charity) in Lonquimay Amor Fraternal (Fraternal Love) in the city of Carlos Tejedor and Saacuteenz Cortez in the city of Pehuajo
Their activities include Leaders meeting at the Christian Charity Spiritist Society Mr Gustavo Martinez the ASF chairman spoke on the theme Times have come in which he explained the Program of support to Spiritist Institutions for them to carry out their basic activities approved by the Federal Council of ASF as part of the 2012 - 2014 Action Plan which includes the creation of seven departments of work
Coordinator of Spiritual Assistance Department of the ASF and a member of the Spiritist Medical Association of Argentina Dr Daniel Gomes Montanelli spoke about the actual activities that a Spiritist centre can develop to care for people who seek support insight into and guidance on their spiritual and moral problems
In the afternoon we went to La Esperanza de Povernir Spiritist Centre in Santa Rosa where members of the Luz de la Pampa Spiritist Centre FEDE and Hacia la Fraternidad (On the way to Fraternity) Spiritist Centre were waiting for us
The meeting La Esperanza de Povernir in Santa Rosa Luz de la Pampa FEDE and Hacia la Fraternidad Welcome by Prof Mabel Rivas President of the host centre Conference by the Bachelor Daniel Gomes Montanelli on Thought and Health
Mr Eduardo de Elorriaga representing the Intersocietaria Espiacuterita said words of gratitude and handed to the representatives of the ASF a beautiful piece of engraved crystal as a memento of the meeting
Gustavo N Martinez ceaespiritistagmailcom wwwconfespirargcomar
ARGENTINA
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 4
ASOCIACIOgraveN CIVIL DE PROYECCIOgraveN MORAL
infohondurasespiritaorg wwwhondurasespiritaorg
HONDURAS
BOLIVIAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
Arrangements in progress for the BSF to take part in the 14th International Book Fair of Santa Cruz de la Sierra from 29th May to 9th June with the massive presence of publishers booksellers exhibitors writers and the general public The Spiritist works are being exhibited with much love and care by the team of volunteers from Spiritist centres of Santa Cruz and leaders of the BSF eduardonannicotascombo wwwfebolorg
BOLIVIA
BRAZILIAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
FEB local actions
With meetings of the Central region (Palmas) in May and the North region (Porto Velho) in June the cycle of local meetings of the National Federative Council of FEB have been completed This has already been completed in the Northeast region in Jaboatao dos Guararapes Recife and in the South region in Embu das Artes Sao Paulo The meeting in the south area was attended by the Uruguayan Spiritist Federation with a team of eight participants and by the former FEB President Nestor Joao Masotti who received tributes from the current Presidents of FEB and USE-SP Subjects discussed included adjustments to the areas of work arrangements for the 4th Brazilian Spiritist Congress in 2014 arrangements for the joint meeting of Regional Committees of the National Federative Council of FEB in 2014 implementation of the Work Plan for the Brazilian Spiritist Movement (2013 to 2017) There were meetings held for the departments of Spiritual Assistance Mediumship Childhood and Youth Spiritist Social and Promotion Assistance Social Communication and Systematic Study of Spiritism At the end a seminar on Management of Federations had been developed attended by all groups and coordinated by the workers of the National Federative Council of FEB
Information cfnfebnetorgbr
FEB takes over the Spiritist Museum On the Spiritist Book day 18th April the Spiritist
Museum of Satildeo Paulo in the borough of Lapa was transferred to the Brazilian Spiritist Federation The
c e r e m o n y w a s attended by FEB President Antonio Cesar Perri de C a r v a l h o a n d directors Celia Maria Rey de Carvalho Joao Pinto Rabelo
and Niraldo Pulcineli the founders of the museum namely Paulo Machado and Elza Malzzonetto Machado the former FEB President Nestor Joao Masotti and his wife Maria Euny several collaborators of ICESP leaders and President of USE-SP Julia Nezu de Oliveira and journalists from the Spiritist press Mrs Elza M Machado the FEB President and the new coordinator of the Vieira de Melo Ocean Museum gave an address The
BRAZIL
ALLAN KARDEC - VAK Viena
Further information vakardecmsncom
Please visit us also on Facebook VAK-Wien vakardecmsncom wwwspiritismusat
AUSTRIA
2nd QUARTER 2013 5
Belgium Spiritist Union
Symposium 2013 - Organized by the Belgium Spiritist Union
25th amp 26th May 2013
Theme The importance of children in the world of
tomorrow
Venue Weacutegimont Castle 4630 Soumagne (20km away
from Liege)
Full programme on
httpwwwspiritebeimagesaffichesprog-sympopdf usbspiritebe wwwspiritebe
BELGIUM
Museum in due course will undergo some rearrangements and carry on its normal activities thereafter Information diretoriafebnetorgbr
Book Exhibition at the House of Representatives (Cacircmara dos Deputados)
The Spiritist Book for a new World was the title of the exhibition which took place from 15th to 30th April at the House of Representatives It was an initiative by the Member of the House of Representatives Marco A Ubiali with production by the Brazilian Spiritist Federation The inauguration was attended by the President of the FEB the Vice-President and a few members of the House of Representatives The major works by the FEB Publisher of Allan Kardec and Chico Xavier which are landmarks of Spiritism also historic articles and materials such as Chicos birth certificate as well as videos depicting the works and personalities of Spiritist were on display
Information diretoriafebnetorgbr
Releases and reprinting of books by FEB FEB Publisher has re-published and released dozens of books In May The new Testament translated by Haroldo Dutra Dias was released with the texts by the four Evangelists and Acts of the Apostles About the book at FEB Portal Nowadays the works of FEB Publisher with updated layout and
covers which the readers like are be ing w ide l y distributed At the same time book production and distribution are being modernized to better cater for the needs of the
modern world At international level FEB has always published a number of books in Esperanto and some in French In recent years it has licensed the translation of several titles to Editoras Mensaje Fraternal (Fraternal Message Publisher) in Venezuela to IDE Editora and EDICEI This assured a wide propagation of Spiritism in Spanish and enabled the International Spiritist Council to have publications available in over a dozen languages Information wwwfergsorgbr wwwfebnetorgbr httpwwwfebnetorgbrblogtopicogeralcolunistascesar-perri
CANADIAN SPIRITIST COUNCIL
secretarycanadianspiritistcouncilcom wwwcanadianspiritistcouncilcom
CANADA
THE COLOMBIAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Regional Meetings
The Colombian Spiritist movement legally supported by national constitution is holding Regional Meetings complying with the law for the
election of its Council of Directors particularly the nine affiliated Federations and their respective Spiritist centres
Annual General Meeting of the Colombian Spiritist Federation (CONFECOL)
On 10th May CONFECOL the entity that governs Spiritism in our country elected its new National Federative Council The members elected for the period 2013 to 2016 were as follows President Mr Jorge Ramoacuten Berrio Bustillo General Secretary Mr Luis Fernando Vargas Lozano Managing amp Finance Director Mr German T Espinosa Finance Supervisor Mr Emiro Navarro Deputy Finance Supervisor Mr Francisco Ariza Inspector Mr Jorge Francisco Leoacuten
Deputy Inspector Axel Rhenals Turriago The target for this period is to continue the 3rd
phase of Unification
Gathering for National Unification
On 12th May all federations of the country have been called to Bogota to carry out the last arrangements in the departments of Social Assistance and Promotion
and that of Family Childhood and Youth These are topics worked on in parallel at the Senderos da la Esperanza (Workers of Hope) and Tercera Revelacioacuten (Third Revelation) Spiritist Institutions
wwwconfecolorg secretariogeneralconfecolorg
COLOMBIA
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 6
UNIVERSAL LOVE AND CHARITY
SOCIETY
The website wwwcubaespiritaorg has an event summary of the whole 7th World Spiritist Congress and all activities at Spiritist Centres in Cuba This will be the official website of Cuban Spiritists Received by Manuel de la Cruz lacruzmannyaolcom
CUBA
SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRE BUENA NUEVA
Besides their weekly activities the CEEBN participated in the 7th World Spiritist Congress held in Cuba
The Annual General Meeting for the election of the new board of directors for 2013 and 2014 was held in March
A Seminar and other Spiritist activities in August will be held by Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Odete Letelier espiritismoespiritismocl wwwespiritismocl
CHILE
SPANISH SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The issue 5 of the Spiritist Magazine of the Spanish Spiritist Federation has just been released It is covers the propagation of Spiritist culture and is
SPAIN
UNITED STATES SPIRITIST COUNCIL
On 20th April 2013 the 7th US Spiritist Symposium was held in the city of Dallas Texas The event takes place once a year and is supported and attended by the National Spiritist movement Each year on Sunday following the Symposium which takes place on Saturday the Annual General Meeting of the US Spiritist Council (USSC) is held and attended by the leaders of Spiritist Groups from various parts of the country
This year the Symposium started with an opening ceremony that included all board members of the USSC going onto stage and paying a tribute to the United States as a nation which guarantees complete freedom of religious expression to its citizens unlike what is happening in many other countries At the opening the USSC President also
UNITED STATES
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF EL SALVADOR
8 Spiritist centres affiliated to the SFS Ciacuterculo de Investigaciones Psicofiacutesicas Sociedad Siacutequico Filosoacutefico Espiritual El Mesiacuteas La Verdad es para Todos Spiritist Centre Faro del Saber Spiritist Centre Virgilio Manzanares Pentildea Spiritist Centre Sociedad de Mediums Spiritist Centre Juan Diego de Guadalupe Spiritist Centre El Buen Amigo Spiritist Centre
Rosa Amelia Campos
federacionelsalvadorespiritaorg
EL SALVADOR
called for a minute of silence for all the victims affected by the terrorist event in Boston and by the disaster which happened at a chemical plant in Texas lsquoWe are extremely blessed to being able to live in a country like
the United States of Americarsquo said USSC President Mauricio Cisneros The event continued with lectures in one hall and short training seminars for Spiritist workers in another The event was closed by a representative of the Spiritist movement of Illinois when he made an invitation to the next Symposium of 2014 in Chicago Further details are available at
wwwspiritistsymposiumorg wwwspiritistus infospiritistus
2nd QUARTER 2013 7
positive feedback from lay readers and also resulted in the creation of many websites about Chico Xavier in the Spiritualist environment
The FSC continues to collaborate with the publishing of the Revue Spirite (Spiritist Magazine) in French which has been distributed at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and the ISC Annual General Meeting in Havana
The first Spiritist book for children in French has been published by Librairie Spirite Francophone in Quebec It is the result of a wide co-operation at Francophone level with the Committee for Moral Education of the Coordination Department of Europe with illustrations by Claudia Milena Werdine Alborghetti and translated by Marcia Kempf The book can be purchased at Amazon
On 9th March 2013 a local meeting of Southeast groups took place in Arles and on 28th April 2013 an E a s t e r n F r a n c e gathering took place in Hielle with a seminar on Healing run by Rosenite Alves On 30th March 2013 a seminar in Brittany run by Alirio Cerqueira Filho on mental energy
and self-healing took place On 25th amp 26th May the annual Symposium took place at the Wegimont Castle in Belgium On 8th and 9th June a local Southeast meeting will take place in Denice and on 22nd and 23rd June a local Northern meeting will be held in Lievain
Further information wwwspiritismeorg
the official publication of the Spanish Spiritist Federation and has an article dedicated to the History of Spiritism in the world
Themes developed in this issue include from precursors such as Swendborg Jackson Davis and the Fox sisters and moving on to the Spiritist revelation codified by Allan Kardec the Society of Spiritist Studies of Paris and the Revue Spirite (The Spiritist Magazine)It also included articles on the dedicated work of the mediums of the second half of the 19th century Arthur Conan Doyle and an overview of Spiritism as it stands in the world today
It featured the great work of propagation started by the Spiritist Magazine of the Spanish Spiritist Federation through the Propagation Committee with the distribution of the magazine to many universities libraries and cultural centres mainly in Madrid Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla-Leon This magazine focused primarily on the dissemination to non-Spiritist individuals trying to reclaim the space that Spiritist proposes to better understand and face the difficulties people encounter in this world of trials and regeneration
Also the speaker Haroldo Dutra a Judge from the state of Minas Gerais made a tour of Madrid Valencia and Alicante from 15th to 17th May 2013 giving talks and holding meetings
Healing through Forgiveness and The new Era were some of the themes spoken during his tour through several European countries to promote Spiritism
infoespiritismocc wwwespiritismocc
FRENCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
The French Spiritist Council (FSC) was represented at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and Annual General Meeting of the ISC in Havana by Luc Moussu and Charles Kempf They are making the arrangements to launch a new campaign Amar a Vida (Loving Life) promoted by the ISC and carried out by the Portuguese Spiritist Federation The material has been translated into French and will be shown on the cover of next issue of the Voie Spirite (Spiritist Way) newsletter (cover on the left-hand side)
The FSC in co-operation with LMSF keeps promoting books with large stock at EDICEI in Brasilia which are being sold as second hand for 990 Euros This has been bringing not only income to the ISC and the French speaking movement but also greatly increasing the dissemination of the works of Andre Luiz in France It has attracted much
FRANCE
Executive Committee of ISC
General Secretary Charles Kempf (France) 1st Secretary A Cesar Perri de Carvalho (Brazil) 2nd Secretary Elsa Rossi (United Kingdom) 1st Treasurer Roberto Versiani ( Brazil) 2nd Treasurer Jean-Paul Evrard (Belgium) Eduardo Santos (Uruguay) Edwin Bravo (Guatemala) Faacutebio Villarraga (Colombia) Jussara Korngold (USA) Milciades Lezcano ( Paraguay) Vitor Mora Feria ( Portugal) Salvador Martin ( Spain)
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 8
DUTCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
Events promoted by the Dutch Spiritist Council
Haroldo Dutra Dias Theme Paul amp Stephen amp the Parables of Jesus
19th May 2013 from 1pm to 6pm Tel 0630 050 947 with Rikeli or
0651 085 180 with Rosana grupoespiritaemanuelhotmailcom
Divaldo Pereira Franco Theme Psychology of Gratitude 22nd May 7 to 9 pm Venue Florence Steenvoorde
Building Generaal Spoorlaan 62 ndash 2285 CH - Rijswijk
Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with
Maria Moraes
Iris and Claudio Sinoti 1st theme The Psychology of Love 29th May 730 pm to 930 pm Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor
1013 XC Amsterdam Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with Maria Moraes or
0644 357 538 with Nilson 2nd theme Reflecting the soul the Spiritist
Psychology of Joanna de Angelis 30th May 8pm to 10pm Venue Stichting Muzenis
Cliffordstraat 38 1051 GV Amsterdam
Enrolment svjangelisgmailcom Contact 0615 091 659 with Dalva
12th National Spiritist Meeting Speakers Charles Kempf Claudia Werdine and
Milena Alborghetti Theme Happiness from a Spiritist viewpoint Date Sunday 25th August 2013 Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor 1013 XC Amsterdam Contact Maria Moraes - nrspiritismeyahoocombr
amp infonrspnl
4th Congress on Medicine amp Spirituality Date Saturday 12th October 2013 Venue Florence Steenvoorde Building Address Generaal Spoorlaan 62 2285 CH - Rijswijk Contact Maria Moraes - infonrspnl
nrspevenementengmailcom Full information available soon For further information please visit the Dutch Spiritist Council website at wwwnrspnl Maria Moraesinfonrspnl
HOLLAND
Excellent quality and quantity of Spiritist Courses and Conferences available on the
website of TV CEI Have you already visited it
wwwtvceicom
THE FRANCISCAN SPIRITIST CENTRE
infojoanadecusaorgau wwwjoanadecusaorgau For further information please see page 17
AUSTRALIA
CADENA HELIOSOPHICA GUATEMALTECA
A quarterly talk by the Cadeia Heliosophica Guatemalteca (Guatemalan Philosophical Study Network) took place on 27th April 203 in Joya Cuilco Huehuetenango district in Guatemala propagating the teachings of the codification of Allan Kardec providing
medical care and handing out of free medicines moral education for children and youth and a talk for over 900 brothers and sisters from different villages who arrived by lorry or on foot to listen to the teachings of the Master Jesus The board of directors also met to arrange the next quarterly conference which will take place on 27th July in the village of Ninchim San Marcos with Alipio Gonzalez who will be coming from Venezuela
It has been reported that Spiritist centre of the village of Tuimuca joined the Guatemalan Philosophical Study
Network On the first Sunday of each month the Grupo de Damas Heliosophicas Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo (Group of Ladies of Philosophical Study Network Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo) organizes a breakfast lecture for the benefit of the Charity and Light School at a restaurant in the city centre and on Sunday 5th May Mothers Day had
been successfully celebrated Edwin Bravo wwwguatespiritaorg
GUATEMALA
2nd QUARTER 2013 9
THE PORTUGUESE SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Spiritist Culture Gathering
The Association of Propagators of Spiritism of Portugal APSP held the 9th Spiritist Culture Gathering on 20th and 21st April 2013 at the municipal hall A Casa da Muacutesica (The Music Hall) in the beautiful town of Obidos again with a full house The overall feeling was that of satisfaction for getting together and exchanging knowledge
Contacts wwwadeportugalorgjornadas
Training for Workers
Saturday 11th May 2013 from 3 to 5 pm at the Portuguese Spiritist Federations headquarters a workshop on accountancy for Spiritist Workers took place
Spiritist Gathering of Algarve
The Spiritist Gathering of Algarve organized by the Nuacutecleo Familiar Espiacuterita do Mentor Amigo (Spiritist Family Centre of the Friend Mentor) took place on Sunday 12th May 2013 at the Eva Hotel in Faro It was a time of glad getting together and exchange of knowledge
Contact 965 053 743 nfe_mentoramigosapopt
Seminar by Iris and Claudio Sinoti
On 19th May the Portuguese Spiritist Federation held at its headquarters a seminar on topics related to psychology addressed in the book Refletindo a Alma (Reflecting the Soul) and others from the psychological works of the Spirit of Joanna de Angelis Iris and Claudio Sinotti who are workers from the Mansatildeo do Caminho (Mansion of the Way) Bahia joined us in the event
Contacts geralfeportuguesapt
Health and Light Project
The 3rd Light and Health Project where topics related to physical mental and spiritual health will be discussed is being organized by the Allan Kardec
PORTUGAL ITALIAN SPIRITIST UNION
The Italian Spiritist Union through its President Regina Piccoli informs that they have all the slides of the Systematic Study of Spiritism volume I and II translated into Italian They are completing the review to draw up a booklet as a complement to the study of the classes Info italiausigmailcom
ITALY
SPIRITIST FRATERNITY GOD LOVE amp CHARITY
Saturday 16th March 2013 - Self-discovery
Seminar - with the active participation of speakers Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Prof Jose Angel Velasquez from El Salvador Dr Edwin Bravo and Prof Johana Bravo from Guatemala and Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender from Panama The photos of the seminar are on Fedac Facebook at wwwfedacorgpa We had an audience of 200 people with a great interest by the participants
2 Active participation at the 7th World Spiritist Congress with a Fedac delegation of 15 people among Spiritists and accompanying people
3 We are now facing a temporary difficulty with the moving to new premises The venue we had for 26 years is being sold and we have to vacate the property
We are still looking for a place to move to within our budget
Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender wwwfedacorgpa fedacpanamahotmailcom
PANAMA
PARAGUAY SPIRITIST CENTRE
The 10th Spiritist Week in Paraguay took place and was organised by the Paraguayan Spiritist Federacion
On 13th 14th and 15th September the 2nd South American Spiritist Congress took place in
Asuncion centroespiritaparaguayo_cepariedernetpy
PARAGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 10
SPIRITIST UNION OF MOZAMBIQUE
The Spiritist Union of Mozambique was integrated to the International Spiritist Council during the Annual General Meeting in Cuba President Elide Carneiro Address Av Alfredo Keil 12 ndash Maputo Mobile +25 8844 613 251 unemomozgmailcom
wwwfacebookcomCEAKMZ
MOZAMBIQUE
MEXICAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The Mexican Federation of Spiritist Associations reports the activities below Federacioacuten Espiacuterita de Tamaulipas y las Huastecas (Spiritist Federation of Tamaulipas and the Huastecas) FETH
21st December 2012 talk and presentation of Spiritist poems by Spiritist youngsters in Valles S a n L u i s Potosi at the 1 8 t h anniversary of the Tomasito Herrera Spiritist Centre 21st to 23rd December 2012 talks and f e l l o w s h i p gathering of the Spiritist centres
of Mante Tamaulipas 1st January 2013 meeting of leaders of the FETH groups and fraternal gatherings January and February 2013 the official setup of t h e C o o r d i n a t i o n Department of Spiritist Centres from the Central Nor thwes t W estern Eastern Southeast regions of the country affiliated to the Mexican Federation of
Spiritist Associations local meeting of Spiritist centres in Mante and seminars held with the theme Death Spiritual Colonies Mental Irradiation and Spiritist Healing Celebration of 70th Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante local report on the 7th International S p i r i t i s t C o n g r e s s participation in the meeting of the International Spiritist Council
MEXICO
meeting to strengthen and unify centres affiliated to the Federation and related institutions in the cities
of Valles Victoria Tampico Mante Pueblo Viejo Veracruz workshops held on Spiritist healing and fraternal assistance in the south of Veracruz and Tlaxcala
19th April interview about Spiritism and mediumship for the Radio Net 1060 AM group from the city of Juarez Chihuahua on 19th April
2013 Setting up of Spiritist Study Groups in Tabasco Quintana Roo Guadalajara and Sonora
Jorge Camargo jorgecamargozuritagmailcom
espiritismoenmexicohotmailcom
wwwespiritismoenmexicoorg
2nd QUARTER 2013 11
The meeting of CEICA took place with the presence of Mexico Panama and Honduras
CEYCA coordinator Dr Edwin Bravo
with Divaldo Franco and Patricia Rodriguez from the
Tamaulip Federation
Talk by Jorge Zurita at the
Congress in Cuba
THE SPIRITIST CHRISTIAN COMMUNION FRANCISCO CANDIDO XAVIER
wwwspiritismjp
JAPAN
GEEAK - NORWAY
The GEEAK Oslo continues to develop its
activities at the following address Dronningens gt
23 room 512 City Centre Oslo
Study of The Spirits books on Wednesdays at
6pm
Meimei Group (children and parents) on every
Saturday at 1230pm
Jussara Korngold was in Oslo for the second time
giving a talk at the Oslo Literature Hall on 14th
February 2013 with the theme Boosting your inner
Power
Spiritist Studies in Norway
Euripides Barsanulfo Spiritist Group - Bergen
Study of The Spirits book and the Gospel according
to Spiritism on Sundays from 730 to 9pm -
Information spiritismeibergengmailcom
Chico Xavier Spiritist Group - Trondheim
Meetings Wednesdays from 615 to 715pm
Contact spiritismentrondheimgmailcom
Bernt Torstenson Spiritist Study Group - Oslo
Meetings in Norwegian on Wednesdays from 1 to 2
pm Fredrikkebygget (UiO - Universitetet i Oslo
Blindern - Oslo) next to the Fredrikke Kapell
Contact sssbernttorstensongmailcom
Paul of Tarsus Spiritist Group Stavanger
Virtual meetings on Wednesdays from 730 to 9pm
Contact gepstavangergmailcom
httpspiritismestavangerblogspotno
postgeeaknorgecom
wwwgeeaknorgecom
NORWAY SPIRITIST SOCIETY
OF IRELAND
Andrei Moreira gave a talk in Dublin on 15th May 2013 on the theme Self Love a Healing Path
Divaldo Franco will be again in Dublin with the talk Mediumship Challenges and Blessings
on 11th June 2013 On 23rd May 2013 a talk by Sergio Thiesen Information sbertozzogmailcom
wwwallankardec-irelandorg
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 12
GEEAK- LUXEMBOURG
Allan Kardec Spiritist Group of Luxembourg
You are all invited for a conference by Divaldo Pereira Franco on the theme Psychology of Gratitude Friday 7th June 2013 730pm to 1030pm Centre Socieacutetaire 29 rue de Strasbourg L-2560 - Luxembourg - Gare allankardecluxyahoofr wwwgroupespiriteallankardecluxcom
LUXEMBOURG
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF PERU
The conference by Luis Hu took place in March
feperu_espiritayahoocom httpperuespiritablogspotcom
PERU
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP - NZ
infoallankardecorgnz
httpallankardecorgnz
NEW ZEALAND
Study Group and AME GEEAK the Spiritist Medical Doctors Association of Coimbra
Contacts wwwgeeakpt
23rd Spiritist Gathering
of Lisbon
At the CEPC Centro Espiacuterita Perdatildeo e Caridade (Forgiveness and Charity Spiritist Centre) The themes are based on the book by Joanna de Angelis entitled Constelaccedilatildeo Familiar (Family
Constellation) From 10am to 5pm
With the participation of the Lisbon Spiritist Music Group and Choir and the Jogral Espiacuterita de Lisboa (Lisbon Spiritist Minstrel) as well as he participation of the DIJ of CEPC
Contacts wwwceperdaoecaridadept
June 17th CONCESP
The National Gathering of Spiritist Children will take place this year in Lisbon on 1st June From 1030 am to 430 pm at the Pousada da Juventude do Parque das Naccedilotildees with the theme Once upon a time the birds of heaven We look forward to seeing you with a lot of disposition and willingness in participating
Enrolment Forms concesp2013gmailcom
httpdijfeportuguesaptconcesp2013
Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo
On Sunday 2nd June from 10am to 6pm the Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo 2013 will take place at the D Fernando Hotel in Evora with the theme Spiritism in Alentejo
Contacts
cefeevoragmailcom
Cultural Spiritist
Meeting 2013
The Cultural Spiritist Meeting 2013 will be dedicated to the theme of The Portuguese Spiritist Movement and
2nd QUARTER 2013 13
will take place on Sunday 30th June from 2pm at its headquarters in Amadora Get to know better the history of the Portuguese Spiritist Movement See you there
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Tel 214 975 754
geralfeportuguesapt
Featured
The Portuguese Spiritist Congress 2013
It will be held in Leiria at the premises of the Spiritist Association of Leiria on 16th amp 17th November under the theme of Mediumship a vision of the future We should point out that the hall has limited capacity so it is recommended that you book your place early
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Please book your place by sending an email to
congressoespiritaportugues2013gmailcom
If you have any queries please dont hesitate to contact us
wwwfeportuguesapt
fepinformafeportuguesapt
focused on the same target which was to touching the soul of every one present in the huge audience awakening in those who were seeking knowledge a new opportunity for a new re-beginning Soon the videos of the talks will be available on Youtube Further information on the BUSS website below Article by Ana Marques
coordinator of Guiding Light Spiritist Society in Canterbury UK Photos Guilherme Almeida Future events in June in UK
Divaldo Franco on 9th June in London 10th June in Glasgow Therezinha Oliveira 23rd June to 30th June Talks in London and Wokingham
All posters and information are available on the BUSS website wwwbussorguk
busseventsgmailcom
BUSS - BRITISH UNION OF SPIRITIST SOCIETIES
2nd British Spiritist Congress Celebrating 30 Years of Spiritism
in the United Kingdom
With the main theme A new Era and the Dawning of a new Humanity the 2nd British Spiritist Congress held on 11th and 12th May 2013 at the main hall of the Quakers Friends House in London and organised by BUSS was a success Participants from 14 different countries were present namely France Norway Denmark Sweden Switzerland Japan Portugal Republic of Ireland Czech Republic Brazil Liechtenstein Germany Australia and Serbia During both Saturday and Sunday a total of 248 people enrolled for the event and were able to enjoy 15 talks offered by 13 speakers Charles Kempf General Secretary of the ISC Harold Dutra Dias Dr Andrei Moreira Speakers present from the UK Janet Duncan President of Allan Kardec Study Group - Centre for Spiritist Teachings London completing 30 years of foundation Guy Lyon Playfair Anne Christine Sinclair Silvia Gibbons Denise Ferrett Maria Gomes Davian Jessamy Elizabeth Freire Stevanin Tania and Tanya Moore
The event was hosted by Christopher Kinghorn There was a musical performance by Diego Carneiro p l a y i n g c e l l o s op r ano Maya Sapone and Martino Scovacricchi playing saxophone
Mark ing 30 years of Spiritism in the UK Janet Duncan founder of the Spiritist Movement in England gave a opening speech about the Pathway
to Enlightenment The event was broadcast worldwide through TVCEI (wwwtvceicom) and the talks were further broadcast by the Fraternity Radio and Good News Radio of
Brazil This great event focused primarily on bringing
together hearts and souls and also stressing the importance of diversity in our lives
13 speakers each one with their own different way of speaking and expressing themselves but
UNITED KINGDOM
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 14
THE SWEDISH SPIRITIST UNION
On 24th and 25th May Divaldo Pereira Franco was once again in Scandinavia This time in Gothenburg Sweden in a gathering with local Spiritist groups This year our companions from Finland also attended the event The eminent propagator of Spiritism gave a public talk in this city which was translated into Swedish and also a Seminar with the Spiritist Groups present
The Paring Vaumlgen till ljuset Spiritist Group and
the Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in Stockholm took part by selling Spiritist books and distributing messages at the Harmony Fair in Stockholm on 23rd and 24th last March It has been noticed during the Fair that people had a growing interest on the Spiritist Doctrine and its foundations
At the Vatumannen Bookstore in Stockholm Spiritist books continue to be sold and information leaflets on Spiritism distributed
The Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in
Stockholm is completing the study of the book Efter Doumlden (After Death) by Leon Denis which has already been translated into Swedish
Information spiritismensegmailcom
wwwgsfallankardecblogspotcom
wwwspiritismencom
httpspiritistiskaforbundetblogspotcouk
SWEDEN
2nd QUARTER 2013 15
accommodation and closer contact with people who normally would only have superficial contact one to each other at major events The Spirit Movement in Switzerland owes much to Mr Jorge Godinho who with his vast experience and great patience has been teaching and providing us with advice From 6th to 9th May we had
the great pleasure of having with us Haroldo Dutra a Spiritist speaker who travelled throughout Switzerland giving different talks and a short seminar With the election of the new board of directors of UCESS on 14th April 2013 Rejane Hostettler is now the director of UCESS and there are also 3 vice-directors Pedro Pereira Nelly Berchtold and Dilma Hambrock Rejane is doing a course on theology in Zurich and making Spiritism known amongst other religious denominations so that a new focus of work is being introduced
Two new Spiritist centres have been founded in this period CEBEM in Zurich (Kuumlsnacht) and GEFA in Bern (Zollikofen) In the Italian Switzerland we will be beginning a program of monthly
events in Italian in May (please see the poster) Most Spiritist centres have received a boost of new friends very knowledgeable in Spiritism joining these centres and are providing their help to the Spiritist movement with great motivation
Divaldo Franco spoke in Switzerland on 20th May 2013 in Zurich at G-19 a Spiritist institution In Winthertur at CEEAK he spoke on the following topic Rebellious Spirits and Peace For the Spiritist Centres in Switzerland please visit the website wwwspiritismech nellyberchtoldhotmailcom
UNION OF SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRES IN SWITZERLAND - UCESS
Members of the 10 Spiritist centres in Switzerland have been meeting regularly since
January 2013 for at least a week-end per month in the rural area of Berne to study the Spiritist doctrine Study a n d p r a c t i c e o f mediumship in the 1st half of the year and the Systematic Study of Spiritism is scheduled for 2nd half of the year This study promotes closer ties of friendship because of the study groups the shared
SWITZERLAND
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 16
SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
2nd QUARTER 2013 17
Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
THE GERMAN SPIRITIST UNION
The so much anticipated seminar On the way to the Light with Haroldo Dutra Dias in Stuttgart at the headquarters GSU and SEELE Group was a success
Harold moved the more than 60 participants with his charisma and eloquence of knowledge Travelling on to Berlin he gave the same seminar to a larger audience
On 8th May 2013 Divaldo Franco started a new itinerary for his tour of dissemination of Spiritism in Europe The first city to welcome him was the beautiful Munich in the south of Germany Divaldo spoke about mediumship but with an initial approach that studied the characteristics of human beings and their different levels of consciousness Travelling to Stuttgart on 9th May 2013 Divaldo Franco gave a talk on the theme The Psychology of Gratitude at the Deutsche Vereinigung Spiritistiche (German Spiritist Union) to fully packed hall
On 10th May 2013 in Frankfurt he gave a talk with the theme Life in the Spiritual World and travelled to Bonn on 11th amp 12th May to coordinate a Spiritual Retreat Two hundred people attended the event listening to the theme Dawn of a new Era
Divaldo travelled to Bremen on 13th May and Mannheim on 15th May We know that wherever he goes he leaves a lesson of love and brotherhood
We would like to let you know that due to force majeure the Spiritist Educators for Children and Youth Training Course scheduled to be held on 15th amp 16th June 2013 in Stuttgart Germany has been moved to 15th amp 16th February 2014
Information wwwspiritismus-dsvde
kontaktspiritismus-dsvde
GERMANY
SPIRITIST SOCIETY ALLAN KARDEC OF ANGOLA
seakaangolagmailcom wwwseakaorg
ANGOLA
ARGENTINE SPIRITIST FEDERATION
Fraternal Gathering - 14th April 2013 Intersocietaria Espiacuterita (Spiritist Intersociety)
Lonquimay Santa Rosa (La Pampa)
On Sunday 14th April 203 a meeting of representatives of the Argentine Spiritist Federation and Intersocietaria Espiacuterita (Spiritist Intersociety) took place These organizations are made up by the following institutions Luz de la Pampa (Light of the Pampas) La Esperanza de Povernir (The Hope for the Future) Fundacioacuten de Estudio y Difusioacuten Espiacuterita (Foundation for the Spiritist Study and Dissemination) the last three of them being in the city of Santa Rosa Caridad Cristiana (Christian Charity) in Lonquimay Amor Fraternal (Fraternal Love) in the city of Carlos Tejedor and Saacuteenz Cortez in the city of Pehuajo
Their activities include Leaders meeting at the Christian Charity Spiritist Society Mr Gustavo Martinez the ASF chairman spoke on the theme Times have come in which he explained the Program of support to Spiritist Institutions for them to carry out their basic activities approved by the Federal Council of ASF as part of the 2012 - 2014 Action Plan which includes the creation of seven departments of work
Coordinator of Spiritual Assistance Department of the ASF and a member of the Spiritist Medical Association of Argentina Dr Daniel Gomes Montanelli spoke about the actual activities that a Spiritist centre can develop to care for people who seek support insight into and guidance on their spiritual and moral problems
In the afternoon we went to La Esperanza de Povernir Spiritist Centre in Santa Rosa where members of the Luz de la Pampa Spiritist Centre FEDE and Hacia la Fraternidad (On the way to Fraternity) Spiritist Centre were waiting for us
The meeting La Esperanza de Povernir in Santa Rosa Luz de la Pampa FEDE and Hacia la Fraternidad Welcome by Prof Mabel Rivas President of the host centre Conference by the Bachelor Daniel Gomes Montanelli on Thought and Health
Mr Eduardo de Elorriaga representing the Intersocietaria Espiacuterita said words of gratitude and handed to the representatives of the ASF a beautiful piece of engraved crystal as a memento of the meeting
Gustavo N Martinez ceaespiritistagmailcom wwwconfespirargcomar
ARGENTINA
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 4
ASOCIACIOgraveN CIVIL DE PROYECCIOgraveN MORAL
infohondurasespiritaorg wwwhondurasespiritaorg
HONDURAS
BOLIVIAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
Arrangements in progress for the BSF to take part in the 14th International Book Fair of Santa Cruz de la Sierra from 29th May to 9th June with the massive presence of publishers booksellers exhibitors writers and the general public The Spiritist works are being exhibited with much love and care by the team of volunteers from Spiritist centres of Santa Cruz and leaders of the BSF eduardonannicotascombo wwwfebolorg
BOLIVIA
BRAZILIAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
FEB local actions
With meetings of the Central region (Palmas) in May and the North region (Porto Velho) in June the cycle of local meetings of the National Federative Council of FEB have been completed This has already been completed in the Northeast region in Jaboatao dos Guararapes Recife and in the South region in Embu das Artes Sao Paulo The meeting in the south area was attended by the Uruguayan Spiritist Federation with a team of eight participants and by the former FEB President Nestor Joao Masotti who received tributes from the current Presidents of FEB and USE-SP Subjects discussed included adjustments to the areas of work arrangements for the 4th Brazilian Spiritist Congress in 2014 arrangements for the joint meeting of Regional Committees of the National Federative Council of FEB in 2014 implementation of the Work Plan for the Brazilian Spiritist Movement (2013 to 2017) There were meetings held for the departments of Spiritual Assistance Mediumship Childhood and Youth Spiritist Social and Promotion Assistance Social Communication and Systematic Study of Spiritism At the end a seminar on Management of Federations had been developed attended by all groups and coordinated by the workers of the National Federative Council of FEB
Information cfnfebnetorgbr
FEB takes over the Spiritist Museum On the Spiritist Book day 18th April the Spiritist
Museum of Satildeo Paulo in the borough of Lapa was transferred to the Brazilian Spiritist Federation The
c e r e m o n y w a s attended by FEB President Antonio Cesar Perri de C a r v a l h o a n d directors Celia Maria Rey de Carvalho Joao Pinto Rabelo
and Niraldo Pulcineli the founders of the museum namely Paulo Machado and Elza Malzzonetto Machado the former FEB President Nestor Joao Masotti and his wife Maria Euny several collaborators of ICESP leaders and President of USE-SP Julia Nezu de Oliveira and journalists from the Spiritist press Mrs Elza M Machado the FEB President and the new coordinator of the Vieira de Melo Ocean Museum gave an address The
BRAZIL
ALLAN KARDEC - VAK Viena
Further information vakardecmsncom
Please visit us also on Facebook VAK-Wien vakardecmsncom wwwspiritismusat
AUSTRIA
2nd QUARTER 2013 5
Belgium Spiritist Union
Symposium 2013 - Organized by the Belgium Spiritist Union
25th amp 26th May 2013
Theme The importance of children in the world of
tomorrow
Venue Weacutegimont Castle 4630 Soumagne (20km away
from Liege)
Full programme on
httpwwwspiritebeimagesaffichesprog-sympopdf usbspiritebe wwwspiritebe
BELGIUM
Museum in due course will undergo some rearrangements and carry on its normal activities thereafter Information diretoriafebnetorgbr
Book Exhibition at the House of Representatives (Cacircmara dos Deputados)
The Spiritist Book for a new World was the title of the exhibition which took place from 15th to 30th April at the House of Representatives It was an initiative by the Member of the House of Representatives Marco A Ubiali with production by the Brazilian Spiritist Federation The inauguration was attended by the President of the FEB the Vice-President and a few members of the House of Representatives The major works by the FEB Publisher of Allan Kardec and Chico Xavier which are landmarks of Spiritism also historic articles and materials such as Chicos birth certificate as well as videos depicting the works and personalities of Spiritist were on display
Information diretoriafebnetorgbr
Releases and reprinting of books by FEB FEB Publisher has re-published and released dozens of books In May The new Testament translated by Haroldo Dutra Dias was released with the texts by the four Evangelists and Acts of the Apostles About the book at FEB Portal Nowadays the works of FEB Publisher with updated layout and
covers which the readers like are be ing w ide l y distributed At the same time book production and distribution are being modernized to better cater for the needs of the
modern world At international level FEB has always published a number of books in Esperanto and some in French In recent years it has licensed the translation of several titles to Editoras Mensaje Fraternal (Fraternal Message Publisher) in Venezuela to IDE Editora and EDICEI This assured a wide propagation of Spiritism in Spanish and enabled the International Spiritist Council to have publications available in over a dozen languages Information wwwfergsorgbr wwwfebnetorgbr httpwwwfebnetorgbrblogtopicogeralcolunistascesar-perri
CANADIAN SPIRITIST COUNCIL
secretarycanadianspiritistcouncilcom wwwcanadianspiritistcouncilcom
CANADA
THE COLOMBIAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Regional Meetings
The Colombian Spiritist movement legally supported by national constitution is holding Regional Meetings complying with the law for the
election of its Council of Directors particularly the nine affiliated Federations and their respective Spiritist centres
Annual General Meeting of the Colombian Spiritist Federation (CONFECOL)
On 10th May CONFECOL the entity that governs Spiritism in our country elected its new National Federative Council The members elected for the period 2013 to 2016 were as follows President Mr Jorge Ramoacuten Berrio Bustillo General Secretary Mr Luis Fernando Vargas Lozano Managing amp Finance Director Mr German T Espinosa Finance Supervisor Mr Emiro Navarro Deputy Finance Supervisor Mr Francisco Ariza Inspector Mr Jorge Francisco Leoacuten
Deputy Inspector Axel Rhenals Turriago The target for this period is to continue the 3rd
phase of Unification
Gathering for National Unification
On 12th May all federations of the country have been called to Bogota to carry out the last arrangements in the departments of Social Assistance and Promotion
and that of Family Childhood and Youth These are topics worked on in parallel at the Senderos da la Esperanza (Workers of Hope) and Tercera Revelacioacuten (Third Revelation) Spiritist Institutions
wwwconfecolorg secretariogeneralconfecolorg
COLOMBIA
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 6
UNIVERSAL LOVE AND CHARITY
SOCIETY
The website wwwcubaespiritaorg has an event summary of the whole 7th World Spiritist Congress and all activities at Spiritist Centres in Cuba This will be the official website of Cuban Spiritists Received by Manuel de la Cruz lacruzmannyaolcom
CUBA
SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRE BUENA NUEVA
Besides their weekly activities the CEEBN participated in the 7th World Spiritist Congress held in Cuba
The Annual General Meeting for the election of the new board of directors for 2013 and 2014 was held in March
A Seminar and other Spiritist activities in August will be held by Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Odete Letelier espiritismoespiritismocl wwwespiritismocl
CHILE
SPANISH SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The issue 5 of the Spiritist Magazine of the Spanish Spiritist Federation has just been released It is covers the propagation of Spiritist culture and is
SPAIN
UNITED STATES SPIRITIST COUNCIL
On 20th April 2013 the 7th US Spiritist Symposium was held in the city of Dallas Texas The event takes place once a year and is supported and attended by the National Spiritist movement Each year on Sunday following the Symposium which takes place on Saturday the Annual General Meeting of the US Spiritist Council (USSC) is held and attended by the leaders of Spiritist Groups from various parts of the country
This year the Symposium started with an opening ceremony that included all board members of the USSC going onto stage and paying a tribute to the United States as a nation which guarantees complete freedom of religious expression to its citizens unlike what is happening in many other countries At the opening the USSC President also
UNITED STATES
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF EL SALVADOR
8 Spiritist centres affiliated to the SFS Ciacuterculo de Investigaciones Psicofiacutesicas Sociedad Siacutequico Filosoacutefico Espiritual El Mesiacuteas La Verdad es para Todos Spiritist Centre Faro del Saber Spiritist Centre Virgilio Manzanares Pentildea Spiritist Centre Sociedad de Mediums Spiritist Centre Juan Diego de Guadalupe Spiritist Centre El Buen Amigo Spiritist Centre
Rosa Amelia Campos
federacionelsalvadorespiritaorg
EL SALVADOR
called for a minute of silence for all the victims affected by the terrorist event in Boston and by the disaster which happened at a chemical plant in Texas lsquoWe are extremely blessed to being able to live in a country like
the United States of Americarsquo said USSC President Mauricio Cisneros The event continued with lectures in one hall and short training seminars for Spiritist workers in another The event was closed by a representative of the Spiritist movement of Illinois when he made an invitation to the next Symposium of 2014 in Chicago Further details are available at
wwwspiritistsymposiumorg wwwspiritistus infospiritistus
2nd QUARTER 2013 7
positive feedback from lay readers and also resulted in the creation of many websites about Chico Xavier in the Spiritualist environment
The FSC continues to collaborate with the publishing of the Revue Spirite (Spiritist Magazine) in French which has been distributed at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and the ISC Annual General Meeting in Havana
The first Spiritist book for children in French has been published by Librairie Spirite Francophone in Quebec It is the result of a wide co-operation at Francophone level with the Committee for Moral Education of the Coordination Department of Europe with illustrations by Claudia Milena Werdine Alborghetti and translated by Marcia Kempf The book can be purchased at Amazon
On 9th March 2013 a local meeting of Southeast groups took place in Arles and on 28th April 2013 an E a s t e r n F r a n c e gathering took place in Hielle with a seminar on Healing run by Rosenite Alves On 30th March 2013 a seminar in Brittany run by Alirio Cerqueira Filho on mental energy
and self-healing took place On 25th amp 26th May the annual Symposium took place at the Wegimont Castle in Belgium On 8th and 9th June a local Southeast meeting will take place in Denice and on 22nd and 23rd June a local Northern meeting will be held in Lievain
Further information wwwspiritismeorg
the official publication of the Spanish Spiritist Federation and has an article dedicated to the History of Spiritism in the world
Themes developed in this issue include from precursors such as Swendborg Jackson Davis and the Fox sisters and moving on to the Spiritist revelation codified by Allan Kardec the Society of Spiritist Studies of Paris and the Revue Spirite (The Spiritist Magazine)It also included articles on the dedicated work of the mediums of the second half of the 19th century Arthur Conan Doyle and an overview of Spiritism as it stands in the world today
It featured the great work of propagation started by the Spiritist Magazine of the Spanish Spiritist Federation through the Propagation Committee with the distribution of the magazine to many universities libraries and cultural centres mainly in Madrid Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla-Leon This magazine focused primarily on the dissemination to non-Spiritist individuals trying to reclaim the space that Spiritist proposes to better understand and face the difficulties people encounter in this world of trials and regeneration
Also the speaker Haroldo Dutra a Judge from the state of Minas Gerais made a tour of Madrid Valencia and Alicante from 15th to 17th May 2013 giving talks and holding meetings
Healing through Forgiveness and The new Era were some of the themes spoken during his tour through several European countries to promote Spiritism
infoespiritismocc wwwespiritismocc
FRENCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
The French Spiritist Council (FSC) was represented at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and Annual General Meeting of the ISC in Havana by Luc Moussu and Charles Kempf They are making the arrangements to launch a new campaign Amar a Vida (Loving Life) promoted by the ISC and carried out by the Portuguese Spiritist Federation The material has been translated into French and will be shown on the cover of next issue of the Voie Spirite (Spiritist Way) newsletter (cover on the left-hand side)
The FSC in co-operation with LMSF keeps promoting books with large stock at EDICEI in Brasilia which are being sold as second hand for 990 Euros This has been bringing not only income to the ISC and the French speaking movement but also greatly increasing the dissemination of the works of Andre Luiz in France It has attracted much
FRANCE
Executive Committee of ISC
General Secretary Charles Kempf (France) 1st Secretary A Cesar Perri de Carvalho (Brazil) 2nd Secretary Elsa Rossi (United Kingdom) 1st Treasurer Roberto Versiani ( Brazil) 2nd Treasurer Jean-Paul Evrard (Belgium) Eduardo Santos (Uruguay) Edwin Bravo (Guatemala) Faacutebio Villarraga (Colombia) Jussara Korngold (USA) Milciades Lezcano ( Paraguay) Vitor Mora Feria ( Portugal) Salvador Martin ( Spain)
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 8
DUTCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
Events promoted by the Dutch Spiritist Council
Haroldo Dutra Dias Theme Paul amp Stephen amp the Parables of Jesus
19th May 2013 from 1pm to 6pm Tel 0630 050 947 with Rikeli or
0651 085 180 with Rosana grupoespiritaemanuelhotmailcom
Divaldo Pereira Franco Theme Psychology of Gratitude 22nd May 7 to 9 pm Venue Florence Steenvoorde
Building Generaal Spoorlaan 62 ndash 2285 CH - Rijswijk
Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with
Maria Moraes
Iris and Claudio Sinoti 1st theme The Psychology of Love 29th May 730 pm to 930 pm Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor
1013 XC Amsterdam Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with Maria Moraes or
0644 357 538 with Nilson 2nd theme Reflecting the soul the Spiritist
Psychology of Joanna de Angelis 30th May 8pm to 10pm Venue Stichting Muzenis
Cliffordstraat 38 1051 GV Amsterdam
Enrolment svjangelisgmailcom Contact 0615 091 659 with Dalva
12th National Spiritist Meeting Speakers Charles Kempf Claudia Werdine and
Milena Alborghetti Theme Happiness from a Spiritist viewpoint Date Sunday 25th August 2013 Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor 1013 XC Amsterdam Contact Maria Moraes - nrspiritismeyahoocombr
amp infonrspnl
4th Congress on Medicine amp Spirituality Date Saturday 12th October 2013 Venue Florence Steenvoorde Building Address Generaal Spoorlaan 62 2285 CH - Rijswijk Contact Maria Moraes - infonrspnl
nrspevenementengmailcom Full information available soon For further information please visit the Dutch Spiritist Council website at wwwnrspnl Maria Moraesinfonrspnl
HOLLAND
Excellent quality and quantity of Spiritist Courses and Conferences available on the
website of TV CEI Have you already visited it
wwwtvceicom
THE FRANCISCAN SPIRITIST CENTRE
infojoanadecusaorgau wwwjoanadecusaorgau For further information please see page 17
AUSTRALIA
CADENA HELIOSOPHICA GUATEMALTECA
A quarterly talk by the Cadeia Heliosophica Guatemalteca (Guatemalan Philosophical Study Network) took place on 27th April 203 in Joya Cuilco Huehuetenango district in Guatemala propagating the teachings of the codification of Allan Kardec providing
medical care and handing out of free medicines moral education for children and youth and a talk for over 900 brothers and sisters from different villages who arrived by lorry or on foot to listen to the teachings of the Master Jesus The board of directors also met to arrange the next quarterly conference which will take place on 27th July in the village of Ninchim San Marcos with Alipio Gonzalez who will be coming from Venezuela
It has been reported that Spiritist centre of the village of Tuimuca joined the Guatemalan Philosophical Study
Network On the first Sunday of each month the Grupo de Damas Heliosophicas Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo (Group of Ladies of Philosophical Study Network Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo) organizes a breakfast lecture for the benefit of the Charity and Light School at a restaurant in the city centre and on Sunday 5th May Mothers Day had
been successfully celebrated Edwin Bravo wwwguatespiritaorg
GUATEMALA
2nd QUARTER 2013 9
THE PORTUGUESE SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Spiritist Culture Gathering
The Association of Propagators of Spiritism of Portugal APSP held the 9th Spiritist Culture Gathering on 20th and 21st April 2013 at the municipal hall A Casa da Muacutesica (The Music Hall) in the beautiful town of Obidos again with a full house The overall feeling was that of satisfaction for getting together and exchanging knowledge
Contacts wwwadeportugalorgjornadas
Training for Workers
Saturday 11th May 2013 from 3 to 5 pm at the Portuguese Spiritist Federations headquarters a workshop on accountancy for Spiritist Workers took place
Spiritist Gathering of Algarve
The Spiritist Gathering of Algarve organized by the Nuacutecleo Familiar Espiacuterita do Mentor Amigo (Spiritist Family Centre of the Friend Mentor) took place on Sunday 12th May 2013 at the Eva Hotel in Faro It was a time of glad getting together and exchange of knowledge
Contact 965 053 743 nfe_mentoramigosapopt
Seminar by Iris and Claudio Sinoti
On 19th May the Portuguese Spiritist Federation held at its headquarters a seminar on topics related to psychology addressed in the book Refletindo a Alma (Reflecting the Soul) and others from the psychological works of the Spirit of Joanna de Angelis Iris and Claudio Sinotti who are workers from the Mansatildeo do Caminho (Mansion of the Way) Bahia joined us in the event
Contacts geralfeportuguesapt
Health and Light Project
The 3rd Light and Health Project where topics related to physical mental and spiritual health will be discussed is being organized by the Allan Kardec
PORTUGAL ITALIAN SPIRITIST UNION
The Italian Spiritist Union through its President Regina Piccoli informs that they have all the slides of the Systematic Study of Spiritism volume I and II translated into Italian They are completing the review to draw up a booklet as a complement to the study of the classes Info italiausigmailcom
ITALY
SPIRITIST FRATERNITY GOD LOVE amp CHARITY
Saturday 16th March 2013 - Self-discovery
Seminar - with the active participation of speakers Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Prof Jose Angel Velasquez from El Salvador Dr Edwin Bravo and Prof Johana Bravo from Guatemala and Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender from Panama The photos of the seminar are on Fedac Facebook at wwwfedacorgpa We had an audience of 200 people with a great interest by the participants
2 Active participation at the 7th World Spiritist Congress with a Fedac delegation of 15 people among Spiritists and accompanying people
3 We are now facing a temporary difficulty with the moving to new premises The venue we had for 26 years is being sold and we have to vacate the property
We are still looking for a place to move to within our budget
Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender wwwfedacorgpa fedacpanamahotmailcom
PANAMA
PARAGUAY SPIRITIST CENTRE
The 10th Spiritist Week in Paraguay took place and was organised by the Paraguayan Spiritist Federacion
On 13th 14th and 15th September the 2nd South American Spiritist Congress took place in
Asuncion centroespiritaparaguayo_cepariedernetpy
PARAGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 10
SPIRITIST UNION OF MOZAMBIQUE
The Spiritist Union of Mozambique was integrated to the International Spiritist Council during the Annual General Meeting in Cuba President Elide Carneiro Address Av Alfredo Keil 12 ndash Maputo Mobile +25 8844 613 251 unemomozgmailcom
wwwfacebookcomCEAKMZ
MOZAMBIQUE
MEXICAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The Mexican Federation of Spiritist Associations reports the activities below Federacioacuten Espiacuterita de Tamaulipas y las Huastecas (Spiritist Federation of Tamaulipas and the Huastecas) FETH
21st December 2012 talk and presentation of Spiritist poems by Spiritist youngsters in Valles S a n L u i s Potosi at the 1 8 t h anniversary of the Tomasito Herrera Spiritist Centre 21st to 23rd December 2012 talks and f e l l o w s h i p gathering of the Spiritist centres
of Mante Tamaulipas 1st January 2013 meeting of leaders of the FETH groups and fraternal gatherings January and February 2013 the official setup of t h e C o o r d i n a t i o n Department of Spiritist Centres from the Central Nor thwes t W estern Eastern Southeast regions of the country affiliated to the Mexican Federation of
Spiritist Associations local meeting of Spiritist centres in Mante and seminars held with the theme Death Spiritual Colonies Mental Irradiation and Spiritist Healing Celebration of 70th Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante local report on the 7th International S p i r i t i s t C o n g r e s s participation in the meeting of the International Spiritist Council
MEXICO
meeting to strengthen and unify centres affiliated to the Federation and related institutions in the cities
of Valles Victoria Tampico Mante Pueblo Viejo Veracruz workshops held on Spiritist healing and fraternal assistance in the south of Veracruz and Tlaxcala
19th April interview about Spiritism and mediumship for the Radio Net 1060 AM group from the city of Juarez Chihuahua on 19th April
2013 Setting up of Spiritist Study Groups in Tabasco Quintana Roo Guadalajara and Sonora
Jorge Camargo jorgecamargozuritagmailcom
espiritismoenmexicohotmailcom
wwwespiritismoenmexicoorg
2nd QUARTER 2013 11
The meeting of CEICA took place with the presence of Mexico Panama and Honduras
CEYCA coordinator Dr Edwin Bravo
with Divaldo Franco and Patricia Rodriguez from the
Tamaulip Federation
Talk by Jorge Zurita at the
Congress in Cuba
THE SPIRITIST CHRISTIAN COMMUNION FRANCISCO CANDIDO XAVIER
wwwspiritismjp
JAPAN
GEEAK - NORWAY
The GEEAK Oslo continues to develop its
activities at the following address Dronningens gt
23 room 512 City Centre Oslo
Study of The Spirits books on Wednesdays at
6pm
Meimei Group (children and parents) on every
Saturday at 1230pm
Jussara Korngold was in Oslo for the second time
giving a talk at the Oslo Literature Hall on 14th
February 2013 with the theme Boosting your inner
Power
Spiritist Studies in Norway
Euripides Barsanulfo Spiritist Group - Bergen
Study of The Spirits book and the Gospel according
to Spiritism on Sundays from 730 to 9pm -
Information spiritismeibergengmailcom
Chico Xavier Spiritist Group - Trondheim
Meetings Wednesdays from 615 to 715pm
Contact spiritismentrondheimgmailcom
Bernt Torstenson Spiritist Study Group - Oslo
Meetings in Norwegian on Wednesdays from 1 to 2
pm Fredrikkebygget (UiO - Universitetet i Oslo
Blindern - Oslo) next to the Fredrikke Kapell
Contact sssbernttorstensongmailcom
Paul of Tarsus Spiritist Group Stavanger
Virtual meetings on Wednesdays from 730 to 9pm
Contact gepstavangergmailcom
httpspiritismestavangerblogspotno
postgeeaknorgecom
wwwgeeaknorgecom
NORWAY SPIRITIST SOCIETY
OF IRELAND
Andrei Moreira gave a talk in Dublin on 15th May 2013 on the theme Self Love a Healing Path
Divaldo Franco will be again in Dublin with the talk Mediumship Challenges and Blessings
on 11th June 2013 On 23rd May 2013 a talk by Sergio Thiesen Information sbertozzogmailcom
wwwallankardec-irelandorg
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 12
GEEAK- LUXEMBOURG
Allan Kardec Spiritist Group of Luxembourg
You are all invited for a conference by Divaldo Pereira Franco on the theme Psychology of Gratitude Friday 7th June 2013 730pm to 1030pm Centre Socieacutetaire 29 rue de Strasbourg L-2560 - Luxembourg - Gare allankardecluxyahoofr wwwgroupespiriteallankardecluxcom
LUXEMBOURG
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF PERU
The conference by Luis Hu took place in March
feperu_espiritayahoocom httpperuespiritablogspotcom
PERU
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP - NZ
infoallankardecorgnz
httpallankardecorgnz
NEW ZEALAND
Study Group and AME GEEAK the Spiritist Medical Doctors Association of Coimbra
Contacts wwwgeeakpt
23rd Spiritist Gathering
of Lisbon
At the CEPC Centro Espiacuterita Perdatildeo e Caridade (Forgiveness and Charity Spiritist Centre) The themes are based on the book by Joanna de Angelis entitled Constelaccedilatildeo Familiar (Family
Constellation) From 10am to 5pm
With the participation of the Lisbon Spiritist Music Group and Choir and the Jogral Espiacuterita de Lisboa (Lisbon Spiritist Minstrel) as well as he participation of the DIJ of CEPC
Contacts wwwceperdaoecaridadept
June 17th CONCESP
The National Gathering of Spiritist Children will take place this year in Lisbon on 1st June From 1030 am to 430 pm at the Pousada da Juventude do Parque das Naccedilotildees with the theme Once upon a time the birds of heaven We look forward to seeing you with a lot of disposition and willingness in participating
Enrolment Forms concesp2013gmailcom
httpdijfeportuguesaptconcesp2013
Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo
On Sunday 2nd June from 10am to 6pm the Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo 2013 will take place at the D Fernando Hotel in Evora with the theme Spiritism in Alentejo
Contacts
cefeevoragmailcom
Cultural Spiritist
Meeting 2013
The Cultural Spiritist Meeting 2013 will be dedicated to the theme of The Portuguese Spiritist Movement and
2nd QUARTER 2013 13
will take place on Sunday 30th June from 2pm at its headquarters in Amadora Get to know better the history of the Portuguese Spiritist Movement See you there
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Tel 214 975 754
geralfeportuguesapt
Featured
The Portuguese Spiritist Congress 2013
It will be held in Leiria at the premises of the Spiritist Association of Leiria on 16th amp 17th November under the theme of Mediumship a vision of the future We should point out that the hall has limited capacity so it is recommended that you book your place early
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Please book your place by sending an email to
congressoespiritaportugues2013gmailcom
If you have any queries please dont hesitate to contact us
wwwfeportuguesapt
fepinformafeportuguesapt
focused on the same target which was to touching the soul of every one present in the huge audience awakening in those who were seeking knowledge a new opportunity for a new re-beginning Soon the videos of the talks will be available on Youtube Further information on the BUSS website below Article by Ana Marques
coordinator of Guiding Light Spiritist Society in Canterbury UK Photos Guilherme Almeida Future events in June in UK
Divaldo Franco on 9th June in London 10th June in Glasgow Therezinha Oliveira 23rd June to 30th June Talks in London and Wokingham
All posters and information are available on the BUSS website wwwbussorguk
busseventsgmailcom
BUSS - BRITISH UNION OF SPIRITIST SOCIETIES
2nd British Spiritist Congress Celebrating 30 Years of Spiritism
in the United Kingdom
With the main theme A new Era and the Dawning of a new Humanity the 2nd British Spiritist Congress held on 11th and 12th May 2013 at the main hall of the Quakers Friends House in London and organised by BUSS was a success Participants from 14 different countries were present namely France Norway Denmark Sweden Switzerland Japan Portugal Republic of Ireland Czech Republic Brazil Liechtenstein Germany Australia and Serbia During both Saturday and Sunday a total of 248 people enrolled for the event and were able to enjoy 15 talks offered by 13 speakers Charles Kempf General Secretary of the ISC Harold Dutra Dias Dr Andrei Moreira Speakers present from the UK Janet Duncan President of Allan Kardec Study Group - Centre for Spiritist Teachings London completing 30 years of foundation Guy Lyon Playfair Anne Christine Sinclair Silvia Gibbons Denise Ferrett Maria Gomes Davian Jessamy Elizabeth Freire Stevanin Tania and Tanya Moore
The event was hosted by Christopher Kinghorn There was a musical performance by Diego Carneiro p l a y i n g c e l l o s op r ano Maya Sapone and Martino Scovacricchi playing saxophone
Mark ing 30 years of Spiritism in the UK Janet Duncan founder of the Spiritist Movement in England gave a opening speech about the Pathway
to Enlightenment The event was broadcast worldwide through TVCEI (wwwtvceicom) and the talks were further broadcast by the Fraternity Radio and Good News Radio of
Brazil This great event focused primarily on bringing
together hearts and souls and also stressing the importance of diversity in our lives
13 speakers each one with their own different way of speaking and expressing themselves but
UNITED KINGDOM
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 14
THE SWEDISH SPIRITIST UNION
On 24th and 25th May Divaldo Pereira Franco was once again in Scandinavia This time in Gothenburg Sweden in a gathering with local Spiritist groups This year our companions from Finland also attended the event The eminent propagator of Spiritism gave a public talk in this city which was translated into Swedish and also a Seminar with the Spiritist Groups present
The Paring Vaumlgen till ljuset Spiritist Group and
the Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in Stockholm took part by selling Spiritist books and distributing messages at the Harmony Fair in Stockholm on 23rd and 24th last March It has been noticed during the Fair that people had a growing interest on the Spiritist Doctrine and its foundations
At the Vatumannen Bookstore in Stockholm Spiritist books continue to be sold and information leaflets on Spiritism distributed
The Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in
Stockholm is completing the study of the book Efter Doumlden (After Death) by Leon Denis which has already been translated into Swedish
Information spiritismensegmailcom
wwwgsfallankardecblogspotcom
wwwspiritismencom
httpspiritistiskaforbundetblogspotcouk
SWEDEN
2nd QUARTER 2013 15
accommodation and closer contact with people who normally would only have superficial contact one to each other at major events The Spirit Movement in Switzerland owes much to Mr Jorge Godinho who with his vast experience and great patience has been teaching and providing us with advice From 6th to 9th May we had
the great pleasure of having with us Haroldo Dutra a Spiritist speaker who travelled throughout Switzerland giving different talks and a short seminar With the election of the new board of directors of UCESS on 14th April 2013 Rejane Hostettler is now the director of UCESS and there are also 3 vice-directors Pedro Pereira Nelly Berchtold and Dilma Hambrock Rejane is doing a course on theology in Zurich and making Spiritism known amongst other religious denominations so that a new focus of work is being introduced
Two new Spiritist centres have been founded in this period CEBEM in Zurich (Kuumlsnacht) and GEFA in Bern (Zollikofen) In the Italian Switzerland we will be beginning a program of monthly
events in Italian in May (please see the poster) Most Spiritist centres have received a boost of new friends very knowledgeable in Spiritism joining these centres and are providing their help to the Spiritist movement with great motivation
Divaldo Franco spoke in Switzerland on 20th May 2013 in Zurich at G-19 a Spiritist institution In Winthertur at CEEAK he spoke on the following topic Rebellious Spirits and Peace For the Spiritist Centres in Switzerland please visit the website wwwspiritismech nellyberchtoldhotmailcom
UNION OF SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRES IN SWITZERLAND - UCESS
Members of the 10 Spiritist centres in Switzerland have been meeting regularly since
January 2013 for at least a week-end per month in the rural area of Berne to study the Spiritist doctrine Study a n d p r a c t i c e o f mediumship in the 1st half of the year and the Systematic Study of Spiritism is scheduled for 2nd half of the year This study promotes closer ties of friendship because of the study groups the shared
SWITZERLAND
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 16
SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
2nd QUARTER 2013 17
Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
ASOCIACIOgraveN CIVIL DE PROYECCIOgraveN MORAL
infohondurasespiritaorg wwwhondurasespiritaorg
HONDURAS
BOLIVIAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
Arrangements in progress for the BSF to take part in the 14th International Book Fair of Santa Cruz de la Sierra from 29th May to 9th June with the massive presence of publishers booksellers exhibitors writers and the general public The Spiritist works are being exhibited with much love and care by the team of volunteers from Spiritist centres of Santa Cruz and leaders of the BSF eduardonannicotascombo wwwfebolorg
BOLIVIA
BRAZILIAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
FEB local actions
With meetings of the Central region (Palmas) in May and the North region (Porto Velho) in June the cycle of local meetings of the National Federative Council of FEB have been completed This has already been completed in the Northeast region in Jaboatao dos Guararapes Recife and in the South region in Embu das Artes Sao Paulo The meeting in the south area was attended by the Uruguayan Spiritist Federation with a team of eight participants and by the former FEB President Nestor Joao Masotti who received tributes from the current Presidents of FEB and USE-SP Subjects discussed included adjustments to the areas of work arrangements for the 4th Brazilian Spiritist Congress in 2014 arrangements for the joint meeting of Regional Committees of the National Federative Council of FEB in 2014 implementation of the Work Plan for the Brazilian Spiritist Movement (2013 to 2017) There were meetings held for the departments of Spiritual Assistance Mediumship Childhood and Youth Spiritist Social and Promotion Assistance Social Communication and Systematic Study of Spiritism At the end a seminar on Management of Federations had been developed attended by all groups and coordinated by the workers of the National Federative Council of FEB
Information cfnfebnetorgbr
FEB takes over the Spiritist Museum On the Spiritist Book day 18th April the Spiritist
Museum of Satildeo Paulo in the borough of Lapa was transferred to the Brazilian Spiritist Federation The
c e r e m o n y w a s attended by FEB President Antonio Cesar Perri de C a r v a l h o a n d directors Celia Maria Rey de Carvalho Joao Pinto Rabelo
and Niraldo Pulcineli the founders of the museum namely Paulo Machado and Elza Malzzonetto Machado the former FEB President Nestor Joao Masotti and his wife Maria Euny several collaborators of ICESP leaders and President of USE-SP Julia Nezu de Oliveira and journalists from the Spiritist press Mrs Elza M Machado the FEB President and the new coordinator of the Vieira de Melo Ocean Museum gave an address The
BRAZIL
ALLAN KARDEC - VAK Viena
Further information vakardecmsncom
Please visit us also on Facebook VAK-Wien vakardecmsncom wwwspiritismusat
AUSTRIA
2nd QUARTER 2013 5
Belgium Spiritist Union
Symposium 2013 - Organized by the Belgium Spiritist Union
25th amp 26th May 2013
Theme The importance of children in the world of
tomorrow
Venue Weacutegimont Castle 4630 Soumagne (20km away
from Liege)
Full programme on
httpwwwspiritebeimagesaffichesprog-sympopdf usbspiritebe wwwspiritebe
BELGIUM
Museum in due course will undergo some rearrangements and carry on its normal activities thereafter Information diretoriafebnetorgbr
Book Exhibition at the House of Representatives (Cacircmara dos Deputados)
The Spiritist Book for a new World was the title of the exhibition which took place from 15th to 30th April at the House of Representatives It was an initiative by the Member of the House of Representatives Marco A Ubiali with production by the Brazilian Spiritist Federation The inauguration was attended by the President of the FEB the Vice-President and a few members of the House of Representatives The major works by the FEB Publisher of Allan Kardec and Chico Xavier which are landmarks of Spiritism also historic articles and materials such as Chicos birth certificate as well as videos depicting the works and personalities of Spiritist were on display
Information diretoriafebnetorgbr
Releases and reprinting of books by FEB FEB Publisher has re-published and released dozens of books In May The new Testament translated by Haroldo Dutra Dias was released with the texts by the four Evangelists and Acts of the Apostles About the book at FEB Portal Nowadays the works of FEB Publisher with updated layout and
covers which the readers like are be ing w ide l y distributed At the same time book production and distribution are being modernized to better cater for the needs of the
modern world At international level FEB has always published a number of books in Esperanto and some in French In recent years it has licensed the translation of several titles to Editoras Mensaje Fraternal (Fraternal Message Publisher) in Venezuela to IDE Editora and EDICEI This assured a wide propagation of Spiritism in Spanish and enabled the International Spiritist Council to have publications available in over a dozen languages Information wwwfergsorgbr wwwfebnetorgbr httpwwwfebnetorgbrblogtopicogeralcolunistascesar-perri
CANADIAN SPIRITIST COUNCIL
secretarycanadianspiritistcouncilcom wwwcanadianspiritistcouncilcom
CANADA
THE COLOMBIAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Regional Meetings
The Colombian Spiritist movement legally supported by national constitution is holding Regional Meetings complying with the law for the
election of its Council of Directors particularly the nine affiliated Federations and their respective Spiritist centres
Annual General Meeting of the Colombian Spiritist Federation (CONFECOL)
On 10th May CONFECOL the entity that governs Spiritism in our country elected its new National Federative Council The members elected for the period 2013 to 2016 were as follows President Mr Jorge Ramoacuten Berrio Bustillo General Secretary Mr Luis Fernando Vargas Lozano Managing amp Finance Director Mr German T Espinosa Finance Supervisor Mr Emiro Navarro Deputy Finance Supervisor Mr Francisco Ariza Inspector Mr Jorge Francisco Leoacuten
Deputy Inspector Axel Rhenals Turriago The target for this period is to continue the 3rd
phase of Unification
Gathering for National Unification
On 12th May all federations of the country have been called to Bogota to carry out the last arrangements in the departments of Social Assistance and Promotion
and that of Family Childhood and Youth These are topics worked on in parallel at the Senderos da la Esperanza (Workers of Hope) and Tercera Revelacioacuten (Third Revelation) Spiritist Institutions
wwwconfecolorg secretariogeneralconfecolorg
COLOMBIA
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 6
UNIVERSAL LOVE AND CHARITY
SOCIETY
The website wwwcubaespiritaorg has an event summary of the whole 7th World Spiritist Congress and all activities at Spiritist Centres in Cuba This will be the official website of Cuban Spiritists Received by Manuel de la Cruz lacruzmannyaolcom
CUBA
SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRE BUENA NUEVA
Besides their weekly activities the CEEBN participated in the 7th World Spiritist Congress held in Cuba
The Annual General Meeting for the election of the new board of directors for 2013 and 2014 was held in March
A Seminar and other Spiritist activities in August will be held by Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Odete Letelier espiritismoespiritismocl wwwespiritismocl
CHILE
SPANISH SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The issue 5 of the Spiritist Magazine of the Spanish Spiritist Federation has just been released It is covers the propagation of Spiritist culture and is
SPAIN
UNITED STATES SPIRITIST COUNCIL
On 20th April 2013 the 7th US Spiritist Symposium was held in the city of Dallas Texas The event takes place once a year and is supported and attended by the National Spiritist movement Each year on Sunday following the Symposium which takes place on Saturday the Annual General Meeting of the US Spiritist Council (USSC) is held and attended by the leaders of Spiritist Groups from various parts of the country
This year the Symposium started with an opening ceremony that included all board members of the USSC going onto stage and paying a tribute to the United States as a nation which guarantees complete freedom of religious expression to its citizens unlike what is happening in many other countries At the opening the USSC President also
UNITED STATES
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF EL SALVADOR
8 Spiritist centres affiliated to the SFS Ciacuterculo de Investigaciones Psicofiacutesicas Sociedad Siacutequico Filosoacutefico Espiritual El Mesiacuteas La Verdad es para Todos Spiritist Centre Faro del Saber Spiritist Centre Virgilio Manzanares Pentildea Spiritist Centre Sociedad de Mediums Spiritist Centre Juan Diego de Guadalupe Spiritist Centre El Buen Amigo Spiritist Centre
Rosa Amelia Campos
federacionelsalvadorespiritaorg
EL SALVADOR
called for a minute of silence for all the victims affected by the terrorist event in Boston and by the disaster which happened at a chemical plant in Texas lsquoWe are extremely blessed to being able to live in a country like
the United States of Americarsquo said USSC President Mauricio Cisneros The event continued with lectures in one hall and short training seminars for Spiritist workers in another The event was closed by a representative of the Spiritist movement of Illinois when he made an invitation to the next Symposium of 2014 in Chicago Further details are available at
wwwspiritistsymposiumorg wwwspiritistus infospiritistus
2nd QUARTER 2013 7
positive feedback from lay readers and also resulted in the creation of many websites about Chico Xavier in the Spiritualist environment
The FSC continues to collaborate with the publishing of the Revue Spirite (Spiritist Magazine) in French which has been distributed at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and the ISC Annual General Meeting in Havana
The first Spiritist book for children in French has been published by Librairie Spirite Francophone in Quebec It is the result of a wide co-operation at Francophone level with the Committee for Moral Education of the Coordination Department of Europe with illustrations by Claudia Milena Werdine Alborghetti and translated by Marcia Kempf The book can be purchased at Amazon
On 9th March 2013 a local meeting of Southeast groups took place in Arles and on 28th April 2013 an E a s t e r n F r a n c e gathering took place in Hielle with a seminar on Healing run by Rosenite Alves On 30th March 2013 a seminar in Brittany run by Alirio Cerqueira Filho on mental energy
and self-healing took place On 25th amp 26th May the annual Symposium took place at the Wegimont Castle in Belgium On 8th and 9th June a local Southeast meeting will take place in Denice and on 22nd and 23rd June a local Northern meeting will be held in Lievain
Further information wwwspiritismeorg
the official publication of the Spanish Spiritist Federation and has an article dedicated to the History of Spiritism in the world
Themes developed in this issue include from precursors such as Swendborg Jackson Davis and the Fox sisters and moving on to the Spiritist revelation codified by Allan Kardec the Society of Spiritist Studies of Paris and the Revue Spirite (The Spiritist Magazine)It also included articles on the dedicated work of the mediums of the second half of the 19th century Arthur Conan Doyle and an overview of Spiritism as it stands in the world today
It featured the great work of propagation started by the Spiritist Magazine of the Spanish Spiritist Federation through the Propagation Committee with the distribution of the magazine to many universities libraries and cultural centres mainly in Madrid Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla-Leon This magazine focused primarily on the dissemination to non-Spiritist individuals trying to reclaim the space that Spiritist proposes to better understand and face the difficulties people encounter in this world of trials and regeneration
Also the speaker Haroldo Dutra a Judge from the state of Minas Gerais made a tour of Madrid Valencia and Alicante from 15th to 17th May 2013 giving talks and holding meetings
Healing through Forgiveness and The new Era were some of the themes spoken during his tour through several European countries to promote Spiritism
infoespiritismocc wwwespiritismocc
FRENCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
The French Spiritist Council (FSC) was represented at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and Annual General Meeting of the ISC in Havana by Luc Moussu and Charles Kempf They are making the arrangements to launch a new campaign Amar a Vida (Loving Life) promoted by the ISC and carried out by the Portuguese Spiritist Federation The material has been translated into French and will be shown on the cover of next issue of the Voie Spirite (Spiritist Way) newsletter (cover on the left-hand side)
The FSC in co-operation with LMSF keeps promoting books with large stock at EDICEI in Brasilia which are being sold as second hand for 990 Euros This has been bringing not only income to the ISC and the French speaking movement but also greatly increasing the dissemination of the works of Andre Luiz in France It has attracted much
FRANCE
Executive Committee of ISC
General Secretary Charles Kempf (France) 1st Secretary A Cesar Perri de Carvalho (Brazil) 2nd Secretary Elsa Rossi (United Kingdom) 1st Treasurer Roberto Versiani ( Brazil) 2nd Treasurer Jean-Paul Evrard (Belgium) Eduardo Santos (Uruguay) Edwin Bravo (Guatemala) Faacutebio Villarraga (Colombia) Jussara Korngold (USA) Milciades Lezcano ( Paraguay) Vitor Mora Feria ( Portugal) Salvador Martin ( Spain)
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 8
DUTCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
Events promoted by the Dutch Spiritist Council
Haroldo Dutra Dias Theme Paul amp Stephen amp the Parables of Jesus
19th May 2013 from 1pm to 6pm Tel 0630 050 947 with Rikeli or
0651 085 180 with Rosana grupoespiritaemanuelhotmailcom
Divaldo Pereira Franco Theme Psychology of Gratitude 22nd May 7 to 9 pm Venue Florence Steenvoorde
Building Generaal Spoorlaan 62 ndash 2285 CH - Rijswijk
Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with
Maria Moraes
Iris and Claudio Sinoti 1st theme The Psychology of Love 29th May 730 pm to 930 pm Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor
1013 XC Amsterdam Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with Maria Moraes or
0644 357 538 with Nilson 2nd theme Reflecting the soul the Spiritist
Psychology of Joanna de Angelis 30th May 8pm to 10pm Venue Stichting Muzenis
Cliffordstraat 38 1051 GV Amsterdam
Enrolment svjangelisgmailcom Contact 0615 091 659 with Dalva
12th National Spiritist Meeting Speakers Charles Kempf Claudia Werdine and
Milena Alborghetti Theme Happiness from a Spiritist viewpoint Date Sunday 25th August 2013 Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor 1013 XC Amsterdam Contact Maria Moraes - nrspiritismeyahoocombr
amp infonrspnl
4th Congress on Medicine amp Spirituality Date Saturday 12th October 2013 Venue Florence Steenvoorde Building Address Generaal Spoorlaan 62 2285 CH - Rijswijk Contact Maria Moraes - infonrspnl
nrspevenementengmailcom Full information available soon For further information please visit the Dutch Spiritist Council website at wwwnrspnl Maria Moraesinfonrspnl
HOLLAND
Excellent quality and quantity of Spiritist Courses and Conferences available on the
website of TV CEI Have you already visited it
wwwtvceicom
THE FRANCISCAN SPIRITIST CENTRE
infojoanadecusaorgau wwwjoanadecusaorgau For further information please see page 17
AUSTRALIA
CADENA HELIOSOPHICA GUATEMALTECA
A quarterly talk by the Cadeia Heliosophica Guatemalteca (Guatemalan Philosophical Study Network) took place on 27th April 203 in Joya Cuilco Huehuetenango district in Guatemala propagating the teachings of the codification of Allan Kardec providing
medical care and handing out of free medicines moral education for children and youth and a talk for over 900 brothers and sisters from different villages who arrived by lorry or on foot to listen to the teachings of the Master Jesus The board of directors also met to arrange the next quarterly conference which will take place on 27th July in the village of Ninchim San Marcos with Alipio Gonzalez who will be coming from Venezuela
It has been reported that Spiritist centre of the village of Tuimuca joined the Guatemalan Philosophical Study
Network On the first Sunday of each month the Grupo de Damas Heliosophicas Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo (Group of Ladies of Philosophical Study Network Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo) organizes a breakfast lecture for the benefit of the Charity and Light School at a restaurant in the city centre and on Sunday 5th May Mothers Day had
been successfully celebrated Edwin Bravo wwwguatespiritaorg
GUATEMALA
2nd QUARTER 2013 9
THE PORTUGUESE SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Spiritist Culture Gathering
The Association of Propagators of Spiritism of Portugal APSP held the 9th Spiritist Culture Gathering on 20th and 21st April 2013 at the municipal hall A Casa da Muacutesica (The Music Hall) in the beautiful town of Obidos again with a full house The overall feeling was that of satisfaction for getting together and exchanging knowledge
Contacts wwwadeportugalorgjornadas
Training for Workers
Saturday 11th May 2013 from 3 to 5 pm at the Portuguese Spiritist Federations headquarters a workshop on accountancy for Spiritist Workers took place
Spiritist Gathering of Algarve
The Spiritist Gathering of Algarve organized by the Nuacutecleo Familiar Espiacuterita do Mentor Amigo (Spiritist Family Centre of the Friend Mentor) took place on Sunday 12th May 2013 at the Eva Hotel in Faro It was a time of glad getting together and exchange of knowledge
Contact 965 053 743 nfe_mentoramigosapopt
Seminar by Iris and Claudio Sinoti
On 19th May the Portuguese Spiritist Federation held at its headquarters a seminar on topics related to psychology addressed in the book Refletindo a Alma (Reflecting the Soul) and others from the psychological works of the Spirit of Joanna de Angelis Iris and Claudio Sinotti who are workers from the Mansatildeo do Caminho (Mansion of the Way) Bahia joined us in the event
Contacts geralfeportuguesapt
Health and Light Project
The 3rd Light and Health Project where topics related to physical mental and spiritual health will be discussed is being organized by the Allan Kardec
PORTUGAL ITALIAN SPIRITIST UNION
The Italian Spiritist Union through its President Regina Piccoli informs that they have all the slides of the Systematic Study of Spiritism volume I and II translated into Italian They are completing the review to draw up a booklet as a complement to the study of the classes Info italiausigmailcom
ITALY
SPIRITIST FRATERNITY GOD LOVE amp CHARITY
Saturday 16th March 2013 - Self-discovery
Seminar - with the active participation of speakers Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Prof Jose Angel Velasquez from El Salvador Dr Edwin Bravo and Prof Johana Bravo from Guatemala and Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender from Panama The photos of the seminar are on Fedac Facebook at wwwfedacorgpa We had an audience of 200 people with a great interest by the participants
2 Active participation at the 7th World Spiritist Congress with a Fedac delegation of 15 people among Spiritists and accompanying people
3 We are now facing a temporary difficulty with the moving to new premises The venue we had for 26 years is being sold and we have to vacate the property
We are still looking for a place to move to within our budget
Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender wwwfedacorgpa fedacpanamahotmailcom
PANAMA
PARAGUAY SPIRITIST CENTRE
The 10th Spiritist Week in Paraguay took place and was organised by the Paraguayan Spiritist Federacion
On 13th 14th and 15th September the 2nd South American Spiritist Congress took place in
Asuncion centroespiritaparaguayo_cepariedernetpy
PARAGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 10
SPIRITIST UNION OF MOZAMBIQUE
The Spiritist Union of Mozambique was integrated to the International Spiritist Council during the Annual General Meeting in Cuba President Elide Carneiro Address Av Alfredo Keil 12 ndash Maputo Mobile +25 8844 613 251 unemomozgmailcom
wwwfacebookcomCEAKMZ
MOZAMBIQUE
MEXICAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The Mexican Federation of Spiritist Associations reports the activities below Federacioacuten Espiacuterita de Tamaulipas y las Huastecas (Spiritist Federation of Tamaulipas and the Huastecas) FETH
21st December 2012 talk and presentation of Spiritist poems by Spiritist youngsters in Valles S a n L u i s Potosi at the 1 8 t h anniversary of the Tomasito Herrera Spiritist Centre 21st to 23rd December 2012 talks and f e l l o w s h i p gathering of the Spiritist centres
of Mante Tamaulipas 1st January 2013 meeting of leaders of the FETH groups and fraternal gatherings January and February 2013 the official setup of t h e C o o r d i n a t i o n Department of Spiritist Centres from the Central Nor thwes t W estern Eastern Southeast regions of the country affiliated to the Mexican Federation of
Spiritist Associations local meeting of Spiritist centres in Mante and seminars held with the theme Death Spiritual Colonies Mental Irradiation and Spiritist Healing Celebration of 70th Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante local report on the 7th International S p i r i t i s t C o n g r e s s participation in the meeting of the International Spiritist Council
MEXICO
meeting to strengthen and unify centres affiliated to the Federation and related institutions in the cities
of Valles Victoria Tampico Mante Pueblo Viejo Veracruz workshops held on Spiritist healing and fraternal assistance in the south of Veracruz and Tlaxcala
19th April interview about Spiritism and mediumship for the Radio Net 1060 AM group from the city of Juarez Chihuahua on 19th April
2013 Setting up of Spiritist Study Groups in Tabasco Quintana Roo Guadalajara and Sonora
Jorge Camargo jorgecamargozuritagmailcom
espiritismoenmexicohotmailcom
wwwespiritismoenmexicoorg
2nd QUARTER 2013 11
The meeting of CEICA took place with the presence of Mexico Panama and Honduras
CEYCA coordinator Dr Edwin Bravo
with Divaldo Franco and Patricia Rodriguez from the
Tamaulip Federation
Talk by Jorge Zurita at the
Congress in Cuba
THE SPIRITIST CHRISTIAN COMMUNION FRANCISCO CANDIDO XAVIER
wwwspiritismjp
JAPAN
GEEAK - NORWAY
The GEEAK Oslo continues to develop its
activities at the following address Dronningens gt
23 room 512 City Centre Oslo
Study of The Spirits books on Wednesdays at
6pm
Meimei Group (children and parents) on every
Saturday at 1230pm
Jussara Korngold was in Oslo for the second time
giving a talk at the Oslo Literature Hall on 14th
February 2013 with the theme Boosting your inner
Power
Spiritist Studies in Norway
Euripides Barsanulfo Spiritist Group - Bergen
Study of The Spirits book and the Gospel according
to Spiritism on Sundays from 730 to 9pm -
Information spiritismeibergengmailcom
Chico Xavier Spiritist Group - Trondheim
Meetings Wednesdays from 615 to 715pm
Contact spiritismentrondheimgmailcom
Bernt Torstenson Spiritist Study Group - Oslo
Meetings in Norwegian on Wednesdays from 1 to 2
pm Fredrikkebygget (UiO - Universitetet i Oslo
Blindern - Oslo) next to the Fredrikke Kapell
Contact sssbernttorstensongmailcom
Paul of Tarsus Spiritist Group Stavanger
Virtual meetings on Wednesdays from 730 to 9pm
Contact gepstavangergmailcom
httpspiritismestavangerblogspotno
postgeeaknorgecom
wwwgeeaknorgecom
NORWAY SPIRITIST SOCIETY
OF IRELAND
Andrei Moreira gave a talk in Dublin on 15th May 2013 on the theme Self Love a Healing Path
Divaldo Franco will be again in Dublin with the talk Mediumship Challenges and Blessings
on 11th June 2013 On 23rd May 2013 a talk by Sergio Thiesen Information sbertozzogmailcom
wwwallankardec-irelandorg
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 12
GEEAK- LUXEMBOURG
Allan Kardec Spiritist Group of Luxembourg
You are all invited for a conference by Divaldo Pereira Franco on the theme Psychology of Gratitude Friday 7th June 2013 730pm to 1030pm Centre Socieacutetaire 29 rue de Strasbourg L-2560 - Luxembourg - Gare allankardecluxyahoofr wwwgroupespiriteallankardecluxcom
LUXEMBOURG
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF PERU
The conference by Luis Hu took place in March
feperu_espiritayahoocom httpperuespiritablogspotcom
PERU
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP - NZ
infoallankardecorgnz
httpallankardecorgnz
NEW ZEALAND
Study Group and AME GEEAK the Spiritist Medical Doctors Association of Coimbra
Contacts wwwgeeakpt
23rd Spiritist Gathering
of Lisbon
At the CEPC Centro Espiacuterita Perdatildeo e Caridade (Forgiveness and Charity Spiritist Centre) The themes are based on the book by Joanna de Angelis entitled Constelaccedilatildeo Familiar (Family
Constellation) From 10am to 5pm
With the participation of the Lisbon Spiritist Music Group and Choir and the Jogral Espiacuterita de Lisboa (Lisbon Spiritist Minstrel) as well as he participation of the DIJ of CEPC
Contacts wwwceperdaoecaridadept
June 17th CONCESP
The National Gathering of Spiritist Children will take place this year in Lisbon on 1st June From 1030 am to 430 pm at the Pousada da Juventude do Parque das Naccedilotildees with the theme Once upon a time the birds of heaven We look forward to seeing you with a lot of disposition and willingness in participating
Enrolment Forms concesp2013gmailcom
httpdijfeportuguesaptconcesp2013
Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo
On Sunday 2nd June from 10am to 6pm the Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo 2013 will take place at the D Fernando Hotel in Evora with the theme Spiritism in Alentejo
Contacts
cefeevoragmailcom
Cultural Spiritist
Meeting 2013
The Cultural Spiritist Meeting 2013 will be dedicated to the theme of The Portuguese Spiritist Movement and
2nd QUARTER 2013 13
will take place on Sunday 30th June from 2pm at its headquarters in Amadora Get to know better the history of the Portuguese Spiritist Movement See you there
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Tel 214 975 754
geralfeportuguesapt
Featured
The Portuguese Spiritist Congress 2013
It will be held in Leiria at the premises of the Spiritist Association of Leiria on 16th amp 17th November under the theme of Mediumship a vision of the future We should point out that the hall has limited capacity so it is recommended that you book your place early
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Please book your place by sending an email to
congressoespiritaportugues2013gmailcom
If you have any queries please dont hesitate to contact us
wwwfeportuguesapt
fepinformafeportuguesapt
focused on the same target which was to touching the soul of every one present in the huge audience awakening in those who were seeking knowledge a new opportunity for a new re-beginning Soon the videos of the talks will be available on Youtube Further information on the BUSS website below Article by Ana Marques
coordinator of Guiding Light Spiritist Society in Canterbury UK Photos Guilherme Almeida Future events in June in UK
Divaldo Franco on 9th June in London 10th June in Glasgow Therezinha Oliveira 23rd June to 30th June Talks in London and Wokingham
All posters and information are available on the BUSS website wwwbussorguk
busseventsgmailcom
BUSS - BRITISH UNION OF SPIRITIST SOCIETIES
2nd British Spiritist Congress Celebrating 30 Years of Spiritism
in the United Kingdom
With the main theme A new Era and the Dawning of a new Humanity the 2nd British Spiritist Congress held on 11th and 12th May 2013 at the main hall of the Quakers Friends House in London and organised by BUSS was a success Participants from 14 different countries were present namely France Norway Denmark Sweden Switzerland Japan Portugal Republic of Ireland Czech Republic Brazil Liechtenstein Germany Australia and Serbia During both Saturday and Sunday a total of 248 people enrolled for the event and were able to enjoy 15 talks offered by 13 speakers Charles Kempf General Secretary of the ISC Harold Dutra Dias Dr Andrei Moreira Speakers present from the UK Janet Duncan President of Allan Kardec Study Group - Centre for Spiritist Teachings London completing 30 years of foundation Guy Lyon Playfair Anne Christine Sinclair Silvia Gibbons Denise Ferrett Maria Gomes Davian Jessamy Elizabeth Freire Stevanin Tania and Tanya Moore
The event was hosted by Christopher Kinghorn There was a musical performance by Diego Carneiro p l a y i n g c e l l o s op r ano Maya Sapone and Martino Scovacricchi playing saxophone
Mark ing 30 years of Spiritism in the UK Janet Duncan founder of the Spiritist Movement in England gave a opening speech about the Pathway
to Enlightenment The event was broadcast worldwide through TVCEI (wwwtvceicom) and the talks were further broadcast by the Fraternity Radio and Good News Radio of
Brazil This great event focused primarily on bringing
together hearts and souls and also stressing the importance of diversity in our lives
13 speakers each one with their own different way of speaking and expressing themselves but
UNITED KINGDOM
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 14
THE SWEDISH SPIRITIST UNION
On 24th and 25th May Divaldo Pereira Franco was once again in Scandinavia This time in Gothenburg Sweden in a gathering with local Spiritist groups This year our companions from Finland also attended the event The eminent propagator of Spiritism gave a public talk in this city which was translated into Swedish and also a Seminar with the Spiritist Groups present
The Paring Vaumlgen till ljuset Spiritist Group and
the Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in Stockholm took part by selling Spiritist books and distributing messages at the Harmony Fair in Stockholm on 23rd and 24th last March It has been noticed during the Fair that people had a growing interest on the Spiritist Doctrine and its foundations
At the Vatumannen Bookstore in Stockholm Spiritist books continue to be sold and information leaflets on Spiritism distributed
The Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in
Stockholm is completing the study of the book Efter Doumlden (After Death) by Leon Denis which has already been translated into Swedish
Information spiritismensegmailcom
wwwgsfallankardecblogspotcom
wwwspiritismencom
httpspiritistiskaforbundetblogspotcouk
SWEDEN
2nd QUARTER 2013 15
accommodation and closer contact with people who normally would only have superficial contact one to each other at major events The Spirit Movement in Switzerland owes much to Mr Jorge Godinho who with his vast experience and great patience has been teaching and providing us with advice From 6th to 9th May we had
the great pleasure of having with us Haroldo Dutra a Spiritist speaker who travelled throughout Switzerland giving different talks and a short seminar With the election of the new board of directors of UCESS on 14th April 2013 Rejane Hostettler is now the director of UCESS and there are also 3 vice-directors Pedro Pereira Nelly Berchtold and Dilma Hambrock Rejane is doing a course on theology in Zurich and making Spiritism known amongst other religious denominations so that a new focus of work is being introduced
Two new Spiritist centres have been founded in this period CEBEM in Zurich (Kuumlsnacht) and GEFA in Bern (Zollikofen) In the Italian Switzerland we will be beginning a program of monthly
events in Italian in May (please see the poster) Most Spiritist centres have received a boost of new friends very knowledgeable in Spiritism joining these centres and are providing their help to the Spiritist movement with great motivation
Divaldo Franco spoke in Switzerland on 20th May 2013 in Zurich at G-19 a Spiritist institution In Winthertur at CEEAK he spoke on the following topic Rebellious Spirits and Peace For the Spiritist Centres in Switzerland please visit the website wwwspiritismech nellyberchtoldhotmailcom
UNION OF SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRES IN SWITZERLAND - UCESS
Members of the 10 Spiritist centres in Switzerland have been meeting regularly since
January 2013 for at least a week-end per month in the rural area of Berne to study the Spiritist doctrine Study a n d p r a c t i c e o f mediumship in the 1st half of the year and the Systematic Study of Spiritism is scheduled for 2nd half of the year This study promotes closer ties of friendship because of the study groups the shared
SWITZERLAND
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 16
SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
2nd QUARTER 2013 17
Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
Museum in due course will undergo some rearrangements and carry on its normal activities thereafter Information diretoriafebnetorgbr
Book Exhibition at the House of Representatives (Cacircmara dos Deputados)
The Spiritist Book for a new World was the title of the exhibition which took place from 15th to 30th April at the House of Representatives It was an initiative by the Member of the House of Representatives Marco A Ubiali with production by the Brazilian Spiritist Federation The inauguration was attended by the President of the FEB the Vice-President and a few members of the House of Representatives The major works by the FEB Publisher of Allan Kardec and Chico Xavier which are landmarks of Spiritism also historic articles and materials such as Chicos birth certificate as well as videos depicting the works and personalities of Spiritist were on display
Information diretoriafebnetorgbr
Releases and reprinting of books by FEB FEB Publisher has re-published and released dozens of books In May The new Testament translated by Haroldo Dutra Dias was released with the texts by the four Evangelists and Acts of the Apostles About the book at FEB Portal Nowadays the works of FEB Publisher with updated layout and
covers which the readers like are be ing w ide l y distributed At the same time book production and distribution are being modernized to better cater for the needs of the
modern world At international level FEB has always published a number of books in Esperanto and some in French In recent years it has licensed the translation of several titles to Editoras Mensaje Fraternal (Fraternal Message Publisher) in Venezuela to IDE Editora and EDICEI This assured a wide propagation of Spiritism in Spanish and enabled the International Spiritist Council to have publications available in over a dozen languages Information wwwfergsorgbr wwwfebnetorgbr httpwwwfebnetorgbrblogtopicogeralcolunistascesar-perri
CANADIAN SPIRITIST COUNCIL
secretarycanadianspiritistcouncilcom wwwcanadianspiritistcouncilcom
CANADA
THE COLOMBIAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Regional Meetings
The Colombian Spiritist movement legally supported by national constitution is holding Regional Meetings complying with the law for the
election of its Council of Directors particularly the nine affiliated Federations and their respective Spiritist centres
Annual General Meeting of the Colombian Spiritist Federation (CONFECOL)
On 10th May CONFECOL the entity that governs Spiritism in our country elected its new National Federative Council The members elected for the period 2013 to 2016 were as follows President Mr Jorge Ramoacuten Berrio Bustillo General Secretary Mr Luis Fernando Vargas Lozano Managing amp Finance Director Mr German T Espinosa Finance Supervisor Mr Emiro Navarro Deputy Finance Supervisor Mr Francisco Ariza Inspector Mr Jorge Francisco Leoacuten
Deputy Inspector Axel Rhenals Turriago The target for this period is to continue the 3rd
phase of Unification
Gathering for National Unification
On 12th May all federations of the country have been called to Bogota to carry out the last arrangements in the departments of Social Assistance and Promotion
and that of Family Childhood and Youth These are topics worked on in parallel at the Senderos da la Esperanza (Workers of Hope) and Tercera Revelacioacuten (Third Revelation) Spiritist Institutions
wwwconfecolorg secretariogeneralconfecolorg
COLOMBIA
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 6
UNIVERSAL LOVE AND CHARITY
SOCIETY
The website wwwcubaespiritaorg has an event summary of the whole 7th World Spiritist Congress and all activities at Spiritist Centres in Cuba This will be the official website of Cuban Spiritists Received by Manuel de la Cruz lacruzmannyaolcom
CUBA
SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRE BUENA NUEVA
Besides their weekly activities the CEEBN participated in the 7th World Spiritist Congress held in Cuba
The Annual General Meeting for the election of the new board of directors for 2013 and 2014 was held in March
A Seminar and other Spiritist activities in August will be held by Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Odete Letelier espiritismoespiritismocl wwwespiritismocl
CHILE
SPANISH SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The issue 5 of the Spiritist Magazine of the Spanish Spiritist Federation has just been released It is covers the propagation of Spiritist culture and is
SPAIN
UNITED STATES SPIRITIST COUNCIL
On 20th April 2013 the 7th US Spiritist Symposium was held in the city of Dallas Texas The event takes place once a year and is supported and attended by the National Spiritist movement Each year on Sunday following the Symposium which takes place on Saturday the Annual General Meeting of the US Spiritist Council (USSC) is held and attended by the leaders of Spiritist Groups from various parts of the country
This year the Symposium started with an opening ceremony that included all board members of the USSC going onto stage and paying a tribute to the United States as a nation which guarantees complete freedom of religious expression to its citizens unlike what is happening in many other countries At the opening the USSC President also
UNITED STATES
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF EL SALVADOR
8 Spiritist centres affiliated to the SFS Ciacuterculo de Investigaciones Psicofiacutesicas Sociedad Siacutequico Filosoacutefico Espiritual El Mesiacuteas La Verdad es para Todos Spiritist Centre Faro del Saber Spiritist Centre Virgilio Manzanares Pentildea Spiritist Centre Sociedad de Mediums Spiritist Centre Juan Diego de Guadalupe Spiritist Centre El Buen Amigo Spiritist Centre
Rosa Amelia Campos
federacionelsalvadorespiritaorg
EL SALVADOR
called for a minute of silence for all the victims affected by the terrorist event in Boston and by the disaster which happened at a chemical plant in Texas lsquoWe are extremely blessed to being able to live in a country like
the United States of Americarsquo said USSC President Mauricio Cisneros The event continued with lectures in one hall and short training seminars for Spiritist workers in another The event was closed by a representative of the Spiritist movement of Illinois when he made an invitation to the next Symposium of 2014 in Chicago Further details are available at
wwwspiritistsymposiumorg wwwspiritistus infospiritistus
2nd QUARTER 2013 7
positive feedback from lay readers and also resulted in the creation of many websites about Chico Xavier in the Spiritualist environment
The FSC continues to collaborate with the publishing of the Revue Spirite (Spiritist Magazine) in French which has been distributed at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and the ISC Annual General Meeting in Havana
The first Spiritist book for children in French has been published by Librairie Spirite Francophone in Quebec It is the result of a wide co-operation at Francophone level with the Committee for Moral Education of the Coordination Department of Europe with illustrations by Claudia Milena Werdine Alborghetti and translated by Marcia Kempf The book can be purchased at Amazon
On 9th March 2013 a local meeting of Southeast groups took place in Arles and on 28th April 2013 an E a s t e r n F r a n c e gathering took place in Hielle with a seminar on Healing run by Rosenite Alves On 30th March 2013 a seminar in Brittany run by Alirio Cerqueira Filho on mental energy
and self-healing took place On 25th amp 26th May the annual Symposium took place at the Wegimont Castle in Belgium On 8th and 9th June a local Southeast meeting will take place in Denice and on 22nd and 23rd June a local Northern meeting will be held in Lievain
Further information wwwspiritismeorg
the official publication of the Spanish Spiritist Federation and has an article dedicated to the History of Spiritism in the world
Themes developed in this issue include from precursors such as Swendborg Jackson Davis and the Fox sisters and moving on to the Spiritist revelation codified by Allan Kardec the Society of Spiritist Studies of Paris and the Revue Spirite (The Spiritist Magazine)It also included articles on the dedicated work of the mediums of the second half of the 19th century Arthur Conan Doyle and an overview of Spiritism as it stands in the world today
It featured the great work of propagation started by the Spiritist Magazine of the Spanish Spiritist Federation through the Propagation Committee with the distribution of the magazine to many universities libraries and cultural centres mainly in Madrid Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla-Leon This magazine focused primarily on the dissemination to non-Spiritist individuals trying to reclaim the space that Spiritist proposes to better understand and face the difficulties people encounter in this world of trials and regeneration
Also the speaker Haroldo Dutra a Judge from the state of Minas Gerais made a tour of Madrid Valencia and Alicante from 15th to 17th May 2013 giving talks and holding meetings
Healing through Forgiveness and The new Era were some of the themes spoken during his tour through several European countries to promote Spiritism
infoespiritismocc wwwespiritismocc
FRENCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
The French Spiritist Council (FSC) was represented at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and Annual General Meeting of the ISC in Havana by Luc Moussu and Charles Kempf They are making the arrangements to launch a new campaign Amar a Vida (Loving Life) promoted by the ISC and carried out by the Portuguese Spiritist Federation The material has been translated into French and will be shown on the cover of next issue of the Voie Spirite (Spiritist Way) newsletter (cover on the left-hand side)
The FSC in co-operation with LMSF keeps promoting books with large stock at EDICEI in Brasilia which are being sold as second hand for 990 Euros This has been bringing not only income to the ISC and the French speaking movement but also greatly increasing the dissemination of the works of Andre Luiz in France It has attracted much
FRANCE
Executive Committee of ISC
General Secretary Charles Kempf (France) 1st Secretary A Cesar Perri de Carvalho (Brazil) 2nd Secretary Elsa Rossi (United Kingdom) 1st Treasurer Roberto Versiani ( Brazil) 2nd Treasurer Jean-Paul Evrard (Belgium) Eduardo Santos (Uruguay) Edwin Bravo (Guatemala) Faacutebio Villarraga (Colombia) Jussara Korngold (USA) Milciades Lezcano ( Paraguay) Vitor Mora Feria ( Portugal) Salvador Martin ( Spain)
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 8
DUTCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
Events promoted by the Dutch Spiritist Council
Haroldo Dutra Dias Theme Paul amp Stephen amp the Parables of Jesus
19th May 2013 from 1pm to 6pm Tel 0630 050 947 with Rikeli or
0651 085 180 with Rosana grupoespiritaemanuelhotmailcom
Divaldo Pereira Franco Theme Psychology of Gratitude 22nd May 7 to 9 pm Venue Florence Steenvoorde
Building Generaal Spoorlaan 62 ndash 2285 CH - Rijswijk
Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with
Maria Moraes
Iris and Claudio Sinoti 1st theme The Psychology of Love 29th May 730 pm to 930 pm Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor
1013 XC Amsterdam Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with Maria Moraes or
0644 357 538 with Nilson 2nd theme Reflecting the soul the Spiritist
Psychology of Joanna de Angelis 30th May 8pm to 10pm Venue Stichting Muzenis
Cliffordstraat 38 1051 GV Amsterdam
Enrolment svjangelisgmailcom Contact 0615 091 659 with Dalva
12th National Spiritist Meeting Speakers Charles Kempf Claudia Werdine and
Milena Alborghetti Theme Happiness from a Spiritist viewpoint Date Sunday 25th August 2013 Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor 1013 XC Amsterdam Contact Maria Moraes - nrspiritismeyahoocombr
amp infonrspnl
4th Congress on Medicine amp Spirituality Date Saturday 12th October 2013 Venue Florence Steenvoorde Building Address Generaal Spoorlaan 62 2285 CH - Rijswijk Contact Maria Moraes - infonrspnl
nrspevenementengmailcom Full information available soon For further information please visit the Dutch Spiritist Council website at wwwnrspnl Maria Moraesinfonrspnl
HOLLAND
Excellent quality and quantity of Spiritist Courses and Conferences available on the
website of TV CEI Have you already visited it
wwwtvceicom
THE FRANCISCAN SPIRITIST CENTRE
infojoanadecusaorgau wwwjoanadecusaorgau For further information please see page 17
AUSTRALIA
CADENA HELIOSOPHICA GUATEMALTECA
A quarterly talk by the Cadeia Heliosophica Guatemalteca (Guatemalan Philosophical Study Network) took place on 27th April 203 in Joya Cuilco Huehuetenango district in Guatemala propagating the teachings of the codification of Allan Kardec providing
medical care and handing out of free medicines moral education for children and youth and a talk for over 900 brothers and sisters from different villages who arrived by lorry or on foot to listen to the teachings of the Master Jesus The board of directors also met to arrange the next quarterly conference which will take place on 27th July in the village of Ninchim San Marcos with Alipio Gonzalez who will be coming from Venezuela
It has been reported that Spiritist centre of the village of Tuimuca joined the Guatemalan Philosophical Study
Network On the first Sunday of each month the Grupo de Damas Heliosophicas Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo (Group of Ladies of Philosophical Study Network Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo) organizes a breakfast lecture for the benefit of the Charity and Light School at a restaurant in the city centre and on Sunday 5th May Mothers Day had
been successfully celebrated Edwin Bravo wwwguatespiritaorg
GUATEMALA
2nd QUARTER 2013 9
THE PORTUGUESE SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Spiritist Culture Gathering
The Association of Propagators of Spiritism of Portugal APSP held the 9th Spiritist Culture Gathering on 20th and 21st April 2013 at the municipal hall A Casa da Muacutesica (The Music Hall) in the beautiful town of Obidos again with a full house The overall feeling was that of satisfaction for getting together and exchanging knowledge
Contacts wwwadeportugalorgjornadas
Training for Workers
Saturday 11th May 2013 from 3 to 5 pm at the Portuguese Spiritist Federations headquarters a workshop on accountancy for Spiritist Workers took place
Spiritist Gathering of Algarve
The Spiritist Gathering of Algarve organized by the Nuacutecleo Familiar Espiacuterita do Mentor Amigo (Spiritist Family Centre of the Friend Mentor) took place on Sunday 12th May 2013 at the Eva Hotel in Faro It was a time of glad getting together and exchange of knowledge
Contact 965 053 743 nfe_mentoramigosapopt
Seminar by Iris and Claudio Sinoti
On 19th May the Portuguese Spiritist Federation held at its headquarters a seminar on topics related to psychology addressed in the book Refletindo a Alma (Reflecting the Soul) and others from the psychological works of the Spirit of Joanna de Angelis Iris and Claudio Sinotti who are workers from the Mansatildeo do Caminho (Mansion of the Way) Bahia joined us in the event
Contacts geralfeportuguesapt
Health and Light Project
The 3rd Light and Health Project where topics related to physical mental and spiritual health will be discussed is being organized by the Allan Kardec
PORTUGAL ITALIAN SPIRITIST UNION
The Italian Spiritist Union through its President Regina Piccoli informs that they have all the slides of the Systematic Study of Spiritism volume I and II translated into Italian They are completing the review to draw up a booklet as a complement to the study of the classes Info italiausigmailcom
ITALY
SPIRITIST FRATERNITY GOD LOVE amp CHARITY
Saturday 16th March 2013 - Self-discovery
Seminar - with the active participation of speakers Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Prof Jose Angel Velasquez from El Salvador Dr Edwin Bravo and Prof Johana Bravo from Guatemala and Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender from Panama The photos of the seminar are on Fedac Facebook at wwwfedacorgpa We had an audience of 200 people with a great interest by the participants
2 Active participation at the 7th World Spiritist Congress with a Fedac delegation of 15 people among Spiritists and accompanying people
3 We are now facing a temporary difficulty with the moving to new premises The venue we had for 26 years is being sold and we have to vacate the property
We are still looking for a place to move to within our budget
Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender wwwfedacorgpa fedacpanamahotmailcom
PANAMA
PARAGUAY SPIRITIST CENTRE
The 10th Spiritist Week in Paraguay took place and was organised by the Paraguayan Spiritist Federacion
On 13th 14th and 15th September the 2nd South American Spiritist Congress took place in
Asuncion centroespiritaparaguayo_cepariedernetpy
PARAGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 10
SPIRITIST UNION OF MOZAMBIQUE
The Spiritist Union of Mozambique was integrated to the International Spiritist Council during the Annual General Meeting in Cuba President Elide Carneiro Address Av Alfredo Keil 12 ndash Maputo Mobile +25 8844 613 251 unemomozgmailcom
wwwfacebookcomCEAKMZ
MOZAMBIQUE
MEXICAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The Mexican Federation of Spiritist Associations reports the activities below Federacioacuten Espiacuterita de Tamaulipas y las Huastecas (Spiritist Federation of Tamaulipas and the Huastecas) FETH
21st December 2012 talk and presentation of Spiritist poems by Spiritist youngsters in Valles S a n L u i s Potosi at the 1 8 t h anniversary of the Tomasito Herrera Spiritist Centre 21st to 23rd December 2012 talks and f e l l o w s h i p gathering of the Spiritist centres
of Mante Tamaulipas 1st January 2013 meeting of leaders of the FETH groups and fraternal gatherings January and February 2013 the official setup of t h e C o o r d i n a t i o n Department of Spiritist Centres from the Central Nor thwes t W estern Eastern Southeast regions of the country affiliated to the Mexican Federation of
Spiritist Associations local meeting of Spiritist centres in Mante and seminars held with the theme Death Spiritual Colonies Mental Irradiation and Spiritist Healing Celebration of 70th Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante local report on the 7th International S p i r i t i s t C o n g r e s s participation in the meeting of the International Spiritist Council
MEXICO
meeting to strengthen and unify centres affiliated to the Federation and related institutions in the cities
of Valles Victoria Tampico Mante Pueblo Viejo Veracruz workshops held on Spiritist healing and fraternal assistance in the south of Veracruz and Tlaxcala
19th April interview about Spiritism and mediumship for the Radio Net 1060 AM group from the city of Juarez Chihuahua on 19th April
2013 Setting up of Spiritist Study Groups in Tabasco Quintana Roo Guadalajara and Sonora
Jorge Camargo jorgecamargozuritagmailcom
espiritismoenmexicohotmailcom
wwwespiritismoenmexicoorg
2nd QUARTER 2013 11
The meeting of CEICA took place with the presence of Mexico Panama and Honduras
CEYCA coordinator Dr Edwin Bravo
with Divaldo Franco and Patricia Rodriguez from the
Tamaulip Federation
Talk by Jorge Zurita at the
Congress in Cuba
THE SPIRITIST CHRISTIAN COMMUNION FRANCISCO CANDIDO XAVIER
wwwspiritismjp
JAPAN
GEEAK - NORWAY
The GEEAK Oslo continues to develop its
activities at the following address Dronningens gt
23 room 512 City Centre Oslo
Study of The Spirits books on Wednesdays at
6pm
Meimei Group (children and parents) on every
Saturday at 1230pm
Jussara Korngold was in Oslo for the second time
giving a talk at the Oslo Literature Hall on 14th
February 2013 with the theme Boosting your inner
Power
Spiritist Studies in Norway
Euripides Barsanulfo Spiritist Group - Bergen
Study of The Spirits book and the Gospel according
to Spiritism on Sundays from 730 to 9pm -
Information spiritismeibergengmailcom
Chico Xavier Spiritist Group - Trondheim
Meetings Wednesdays from 615 to 715pm
Contact spiritismentrondheimgmailcom
Bernt Torstenson Spiritist Study Group - Oslo
Meetings in Norwegian on Wednesdays from 1 to 2
pm Fredrikkebygget (UiO - Universitetet i Oslo
Blindern - Oslo) next to the Fredrikke Kapell
Contact sssbernttorstensongmailcom
Paul of Tarsus Spiritist Group Stavanger
Virtual meetings on Wednesdays from 730 to 9pm
Contact gepstavangergmailcom
httpspiritismestavangerblogspotno
postgeeaknorgecom
wwwgeeaknorgecom
NORWAY SPIRITIST SOCIETY
OF IRELAND
Andrei Moreira gave a talk in Dublin on 15th May 2013 on the theme Self Love a Healing Path
Divaldo Franco will be again in Dublin with the talk Mediumship Challenges and Blessings
on 11th June 2013 On 23rd May 2013 a talk by Sergio Thiesen Information sbertozzogmailcom
wwwallankardec-irelandorg
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 12
GEEAK- LUXEMBOURG
Allan Kardec Spiritist Group of Luxembourg
You are all invited for a conference by Divaldo Pereira Franco on the theme Psychology of Gratitude Friday 7th June 2013 730pm to 1030pm Centre Socieacutetaire 29 rue de Strasbourg L-2560 - Luxembourg - Gare allankardecluxyahoofr wwwgroupespiriteallankardecluxcom
LUXEMBOURG
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF PERU
The conference by Luis Hu took place in March
feperu_espiritayahoocom httpperuespiritablogspotcom
PERU
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP - NZ
infoallankardecorgnz
httpallankardecorgnz
NEW ZEALAND
Study Group and AME GEEAK the Spiritist Medical Doctors Association of Coimbra
Contacts wwwgeeakpt
23rd Spiritist Gathering
of Lisbon
At the CEPC Centro Espiacuterita Perdatildeo e Caridade (Forgiveness and Charity Spiritist Centre) The themes are based on the book by Joanna de Angelis entitled Constelaccedilatildeo Familiar (Family
Constellation) From 10am to 5pm
With the participation of the Lisbon Spiritist Music Group and Choir and the Jogral Espiacuterita de Lisboa (Lisbon Spiritist Minstrel) as well as he participation of the DIJ of CEPC
Contacts wwwceperdaoecaridadept
June 17th CONCESP
The National Gathering of Spiritist Children will take place this year in Lisbon on 1st June From 1030 am to 430 pm at the Pousada da Juventude do Parque das Naccedilotildees with the theme Once upon a time the birds of heaven We look forward to seeing you with a lot of disposition and willingness in participating
Enrolment Forms concesp2013gmailcom
httpdijfeportuguesaptconcesp2013
Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo
On Sunday 2nd June from 10am to 6pm the Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo 2013 will take place at the D Fernando Hotel in Evora with the theme Spiritism in Alentejo
Contacts
cefeevoragmailcom
Cultural Spiritist
Meeting 2013
The Cultural Spiritist Meeting 2013 will be dedicated to the theme of The Portuguese Spiritist Movement and
2nd QUARTER 2013 13
will take place on Sunday 30th June from 2pm at its headquarters in Amadora Get to know better the history of the Portuguese Spiritist Movement See you there
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Tel 214 975 754
geralfeportuguesapt
Featured
The Portuguese Spiritist Congress 2013
It will be held in Leiria at the premises of the Spiritist Association of Leiria on 16th amp 17th November under the theme of Mediumship a vision of the future We should point out that the hall has limited capacity so it is recommended that you book your place early
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Please book your place by sending an email to
congressoespiritaportugues2013gmailcom
If you have any queries please dont hesitate to contact us
wwwfeportuguesapt
fepinformafeportuguesapt
focused on the same target which was to touching the soul of every one present in the huge audience awakening in those who were seeking knowledge a new opportunity for a new re-beginning Soon the videos of the talks will be available on Youtube Further information on the BUSS website below Article by Ana Marques
coordinator of Guiding Light Spiritist Society in Canterbury UK Photos Guilherme Almeida Future events in June in UK
Divaldo Franco on 9th June in London 10th June in Glasgow Therezinha Oliveira 23rd June to 30th June Talks in London and Wokingham
All posters and information are available on the BUSS website wwwbussorguk
busseventsgmailcom
BUSS - BRITISH UNION OF SPIRITIST SOCIETIES
2nd British Spiritist Congress Celebrating 30 Years of Spiritism
in the United Kingdom
With the main theme A new Era and the Dawning of a new Humanity the 2nd British Spiritist Congress held on 11th and 12th May 2013 at the main hall of the Quakers Friends House in London and organised by BUSS was a success Participants from 14 different countries were present namely France Norway Denmark Sweden Switzerland Japan Portugal Republic of Ireland Czech Republic Brazil Liechtenstein Germany Australia and Serbia During both Saturday and Sunday a total of 248 people enrolled for the event and were able to enjoy 15 talks offered by 13 speakers Charles Kempf General Secretary of the ISC Harold Dutra Dias Dr Andrei Moreira Speakers present from the UK Janet Duncan President of Allan Kardec Study Group - Centre for Spiritist Teachings London completing 30 years of foundation Guy Lyon Playfair Anne Christine Sinclair Silvia Gibbons Denise Ferrett Maria Gomes Davian Jessamy Elizabeth Freire Stevanin Tania and Tanya Moore
The event was hosted by Christopher Kinghorn There was a musical performance by Diego Carneiro p l a y i n g c e l l o s op r ano Maya Sapone and Martino Scovacricchi playing saxophone
Mark ing 30 years of Spiritism in the UK Janet Duncan founder of the Spiritist Movement in England gave a opening speech about the Pathway
to Enlightenment The event was broadcast worldwide through TVCEI (wwwtvceicom) and the talks were further broadcast by the Fraternity Radio and Good News Radio of
Brazil This great event focused primarily on bringing
together hearts and souls and also stressing the importance of diversity in our lives
13 speakers each one with their own different way of speaking and expressing themselves but
UNITED KINGDOM
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 14
THE SWEDISH SPIRITIST UNION
On 24th and 25th May Divaldo Pereira Franco was once again in Scandinavia This time in Gothenburg Sweden in a gathering with local Spiritist groups This year our companions from Finland also attended the event The eminent propagator of Spiritism gave a public talk in this city which was translated into Swedish and also a Seminar with the Spiritist Groups present
The Paring Vaumlgen till ljuset Spiritist Group and
the Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in Stockholm took part by selling Spiritist books and distributing messages at the Harmony Fair in Stockholm on 23rd and 24th last March It has been noticed during the Fair that people had a growing interest on the Spiritist Doctrine and its foundations
At the Vatumannen Bookstore in Stockholm Spiritist books continue to be sold and information leaflets on Spiritism distributed
The Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in
Stockholm is completing the study of the book Efter Doumlden (After Death) by Leon Denis which has already been translated into Swedish
Information spiritismensegmailcom
wwwgsfallankardecblogspotcom
wwwspiritismencom
httpspiritistiskaforbundetblogspotcouk
SWEDEN
2nd QUARTER 2013 15
accommodation and closer contact with people who normally would only have superficial contact one to each other at major events The Spirit Movement in Switzerland owes much to Mr Jorge Godinho who with his vast experience and great patience has been teaching and providing us with advice From 6th to 9th May we had
the great pleasure of having with us Haroldo Dutra a Spiritist speaker who travelled throughout Switzerland giving different talks and a short seminar With the election of the new board of directors of UCESS on 14th April 2013 Rejane Hostettler is now the director of UCESS and there are also 3 vice-directors Pedro Pereira Nelly Berchtold and Dilma Hambrock Rejane is doing a course on theology in Zurich and making Spiritism known amongst other religious denominations so that a new focus of work is being introduced
Two new Spiritist centres have been founded in this period CEBEM in Zurich (Kuumlsnacht) and GEFA in Bern (Zollikofen) In the Italian Switzerland we will be beginning a program of monthly
events in Italian in May (please see the poster) Most Spiritist centres have received a boost of new friends very knowledgeable in Spiritism joining these centres and are providing their help to the Spiritist movement with great motivation
Divaldo Franco spoke in Switzerland on 20th May 2013 in Zurich at G-19 a Spiritist institution In Winthertur at CEEAK he spoke on the following topic Rebellious Spirits and Peace For the Spiritist Centres in Switzerland please visit the website wwwspiritismech nellyberchtoldhotmailcom
UNION OF SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRES IN SWITZERLAND - UCESS
Members of the 10 Spiritist centres in Switzerland have been meeting regularly since
January 2013 for at least a week-end per month in the rural area of Berne to study the Spiritist doctrine Study a n d p r a c t i c e o f mediumship in the 1st half of the year and the Systematic Study of Spiritism is scheduled for 2nd half of the year This study promotes closer ties of friendship because of the study groups the shared
SWITZERLAND
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 16
SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
2nd QUARTER 2013 17
Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
UNIVERSAL LOVE AND CHARITY
SOCIETY
The website wwwcubaespiritaorg has an event summary of the whole 7th World Spiritist Congress and all activities at Spiritist Centres in Cuba This will be the official website of Cuban Spiritists Received by Manuel de la Cruz lacruzmannyaolcom
CUBA
SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRE BUENA NUEVA
Besides their weekly activities the CEEBN participated in the 7th World Spiritist Congress held in Cuba
The Annual General Meeting for the election of the new board of directors for 2013 and 2014 was held in March
A Seminar and other Spiritist activities in August will be held by Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Odete Letelier espiritismoespiritismocl wwwespiritismocl
CHILE
SPANISH SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The issue 5 of the Spiritist Magazine of the Spanish Spiritist Federation has just been released It is covers the propagation of Spiritist culture and is
SPAIN
UNITED STATES SPIRITIST COUNCIL
On 20th April 2013 the 7th US Spiritist Symposium was held in the city of Dallas Texas The event takes place once a year and is supported and attended by the National Spiritist movement Each year on Sunday following the Symposium which takes place on Saturday the Annual General Meeting of the US Spiritist Council (USSC) is held and attended by the leaders of Spiritist Groups from various parts of the country
This year the Symposium started with an opening ceremony that included all board members of the USSC going onto stage and paying a tribute to the United States as a nation which guarantees complete freedom of religious expression to its citizens unlike what is happening in many other countries At the opening the USSC President also
UNITED STATES
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF EL SALVADOR
8 Spiritist centres affiliated to the SFS Ciacuterculo de Investigaciones Psicofiacutesicas Sociedad Siacutequico Filosoacutefico Espiritual El Mesiacuteas La Verdad es para Todos Spiritist Centre Faro del Saber Spiritist Centre Virgilio Manzanares Pentildea Spiritist Centre Sociedad de Mediums Spiritist Centre Juan Diego de Guadalupe Spiritist Centre El Buen Amigo Spiritist Centre
Rosa Amelia Campos
federacionelsalvadorespiritaorg
EL SALVADOR
called for a minute of silence for all the victims affected by the terrorist event in Boston and by the disaster which happened at a chemical plant in Texas lsquoWe are extremely blessed to being able to live in a country like
the United States of Americarsquo said USSC President Mauricio Cisneros The event continued with lectures in one hall and short training seminars for Spiritist workers in another The event was closed by a representative of the Spiritist movement of Illinois when he made an invitation to the next Symposium of 2014 in Chicago Further details are available at
wwwspiritistsymposiumorg wwwspiritistus infospiritistus
2nd QUARTER 2013 7
positive feedback from lay readers and also resulted in the creation of many websites about Chico Xavier in the Spiritualist environment
The FSC continues to collaborate with the publishing of the Revue Spirite (Spiritist Magazine) in French which has been distributed at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and the ISC Annual General Meeting in Havana
The first Spiritist book for children in French has been published by Librairie Spirite Francophone in Quebec It is the result of a wide co-operation at Francophone level with the Committee for Moral Education of the Coordination Department of Europe with illustrations by Claudia Milena Werdine Alborghetti and translated by Marcia Kempf The book can be purchased at Amazon
On 9th March 2013 a local meeting of Southeast groups took place in Arles and on 28th April 2013 an E a s t e r n F r a n c e gathering took place in Hielle with a seminar on Healing run by Rosenite Alves On 30th March 2013 a seminar in Brittany run by Alirio Cerqueira Filho on mental energy
and self-healing took place On 25th amp 26th May the annual Symposium took place at the Wegimont Castle in Belgium On 8th and 9th June a local Southeast meeting will take place in Denice and on 22nd and 23rd June a local Northern meeting will be held in Lievain
Further information wwwspiritismeorg
the official publication of the Spanish Spiritist Federation and has an article dedicated to the History of Spiritism in the world
Themes developed in this issue include from precursors such as Swendborg Jackson Davis and the Fox sisters and moving on to the Spiritist revelation codified by Allan Kardec the Society of Spiritist Studies of Paris and the Revue Spirite (The Spiritist Magazine)It also included articles on the dedicated work of the mediums of the second half of the 19th century Arthur Conan Doyle and an overview of Spiritism as it stands in the world today
It featured the great work of propagation started by the Spiritist Magazine of the Spanish Spiritist Federation through the Propagation Committee with the distribution of the magazine to many universities libraries and cultural centres mainly in Madrid Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla-Leon This magazine focused primarily on the dissemination to non-Spiritist individuals trying to reclaim the space that Spiritist proposes to better understand and face the difficulties people encounter in this world of trials and regeneration
Also the speaker Haroldo Dutra a Judge from the state of Minas Gerais made a tour of Madrid Valencia and Alicante from 15th to 17th May 2013 giving talks and holding meetings
Healing through Forgiveness and The new Era were some of the themes spoken during his tour through several European countries to promote Spiritism
infoespiritismocc wwwespiritismocc
FRENCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
The French Spiritist Council (FSC) was represented at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and Annual General Meeting of the ISC in Havana by Luc Moussu and Charles Kempf They are making the arrangements to launch a new campaign Amar a Vida (Loving Life) promoted by the ISC and carried out by the Portuguese Spiritist Federation The material has been translated into French and will be shown on the cover of next issue of the Voie Spirite (Spiritist Way) newsletter (cover on the left-hand side)
The FSC in co-operation with LMSF keeps promoting books with large stock at EDICEI in Brasilia which are being sold as second hand for 990 Euros This has been bringing not only income to the ISC and the French speaking movement but also greatly increasing the dissemination of the works of Andre Luiz in France It has attracted much
FRANCE
Executive Committee of ISC
General Secretary Charles Kempf (France) 1st Secretary A Cesar Perri de Carvalho (Brazil) 2nd Secretary Elsa Rossi (United Kingdom) 1st Treasurer Roberto Versiani ( Brazil) 2nd Treasurer Jean-Paul Evrard (Belgium) Eduardo Santos (Uruguay) Edwin Bravo (Guatemala) Faacutebio Villarraga (Colombia) Jussara Korngold (USA) Milciades Lezcano ( Paraguay) Vitor Mora Feria ( Portugal) Salvador Martin ( Spain)
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DUTCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
Events promoted by the Dutch Spiritist Council
Haroldo Dutra Dias Theme Paul amp Stephen amp the Parables of Jesus
19th May 2013 from 1pm to 6pm Tel 0630 050 947 with Rikeli or
0651 085 180 with Rosana grupoespiritaemanuelhotmailcom
Divaldo Pereira Franco Theme Psychology of Gratitude 22nd May 7 to 9 pm Venue Florence Steenvoorde
Building Generaal Spoorlaan 62 ndash 2285 CH - Rijswijk
Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with
Maria Moraes
Iris and Claudio Sinoti 1st theme The Psychology of Love 29th May 730 pm to 930 pm Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor
1013 XC Amsterdam Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with Maria Moraes or
0644 357 538 with Nilson 2nd theme Reflecting the soul the Spiritist
Psychology of Joanna de Angelis 30th May 8pm to 10pm Venue Stichting Muzenis
Cliffordstraat 38 1051 GV Amsterdam
Enrolment svjangelisgmailcom Contact 0615 091 659 with Dalva
12th National Spiritist Meeting Speakers Charles Kempf Claudia Werdine and
Milena Alborghetti Theme Happiness from a Spiritist viewpoint Date Sunday 25th August 2013 Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor 1013 XC Amsterdam Contact Maria Moraes - nrspiritismeyahoocombr
amp infonrspnl
4th Congress on Medicine amp Spirituality Date Saturday 12th October 2013 Venue Florence Steenvoorde Building Address Generaal Spoorlaan 62 2285 CH - Rijswijk Contact Maria Moraes - infonrspnl
nrspevenementengmailcom Full information available soon For further information please visit the Dutch Spiritist Council website at wwwnrspnl Maria Moraesinfonrspnl
HOLLAND
Excellent quality and quantity of Spiritist Courses and Conferences available on the
website of TV CEI Have you already visited it
wwwtvceicom
THE FRANCISCAN SPIRITIST CENTRE
infojoanadecusaorgau wwwjoanadecusaorgau For further information please see page 17
AUSTRALIA
CADENA HELIOSOPHICA GUATEMALTECA
A quarterly talk by the Cadeia Heliosophica Guatemalteca (Guatemalan Philosophical Study Network) took place on 27th April 203 in Joya Cuilco Huehuetenango district in Guatemala propagating the teachings of the codification of Allan Kardec providing
medical care and handing out of free medicines moral education for children and youth and a talk for over 900 brothers and sisters from different villages who arrived by lorry or on foot to listen to the teachings of the Master Jesus The board of directors also met to arrange the next quarterly conference which will take place on 27th July in the village of Ninchim San Marcos with Alipio Gonzalez who will be coming from Venezuela
It has been reported that Spiritist centre of the village of Tuimuca joined the Guatemalan Philosophical Study
Network On the first Sunday of each month the Grupo de Damas Heliosophicas Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo (Group of Ladies of Philosophical Study Network Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo) organizes a breakfast lecture for the benefit of the Charity and Light School at a restaurant in the city centre and on Sunday 5th May Mothers Day had
been successfully celebrated Edwin Bravo wwwguatespiritaorg
GUATEMALA
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THE PORTUGUESE SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Spiritist Culture Gathering
The Association of Propagators of Spiritism of Portugal APSP held the 9th Spiritist Culture Gathering on 20th and 21st April 2013 at the municipal hall A Casa da Muacutesica (The Music Hall) in the beautiful town of Obidos again with a full house The overall feeling was that of satisfaction for getting together and exchanging knowledge
Contacts wwwadeportugalorgjornadas
Training for Workers
Saturday 11th May 2013 from 3 to 5 pm at the Portuguese Spiritist Federations headquarters a workshop on accountancy for Spiritist Workers took place
Spiritist Gathering of Algarve
The Spiritist Gathering of Algarve organized by the Nuacutecleo Familiar Espiacuterita do Mentor Amigo (Spiritist Family Centre of the Friend Mentor) took place on Sunday 12th May 2013 at the Eva Hotel in Faro It was a time of glad getting together and exchange of knowledge
Contact 965 053 743 nfe_mentoramigosapopt
Seminar by Iris and Claudio Sinoti
On 19th May the Portuguese Spiritist Federation held at its headquarters a seminar on topics related to psychology addressed in the book Refletindo a Alma (Reflecting the Soul) and others from the psychological works of the Spirit of Joanna de Angelis Iris and Claudio Sinotti who are workers from the Mansatildeo do Caminho (Mansion of the Way) Bahia joined us in the event
Contacts geralfeportuguesapt
Health and Light Project
The 3rd Light and Health Project where topics related to physical mental and spiritual health will be discussed is being organized by the Allan Kardec
PORTUGAL ITALIAN SPIRITIST UNION
The Italian Spiritist Union through its President Regina Piccoli informs that they have all the slides of the Systematic Study of Spiritism volume I and II translated into Italian They are completing the review to draw up a booklet as a complement to the study of the classes Info italiausigmailcom
ITALY
SPIRITIST FRATERNITY GOD LOVE amp CHARITY
Saturday 16th March 2013 - Self-discovery
Seminar - with the active participation of speakers Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Prof Jose Angel Velasquez from El Salvador Dr Edwin Bravo and Prof Johana Bravo from Guatemala and Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender from Panama The photos of the seminar are on Fedac Facebook at wwwfedacorgpa We had an audience of 200 people with a great interest by the participants
2 Active participation at the 7th World Spiritist Congress with a Fedac delegation of 15 people among Spiritists and accompanying people
3 We are now facing a temporary difficulty with the moving to new premises The venue we had for 26 years is being sold and we have to vacate the property
We are still looking for a place to move to within our budget
Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender wwwfedacorgpa fedacpanamahotmailcom
PANAMA
PARAGUAY SPIRITIST CENTRE
The 10th Spiritist Week in Paraguay took place and was organised by the Paraguayan Spiritist Federacion
On 13th 14th and 15th September the 2nd South American Spiritist Congress took place in
Asuncion centroespiritaparaguayo_cepariedernetpy
PARAGUAY
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SPIRITIST UNION OF MOZAMBIQUE
The Spiritist Union of Mozambique was integrated to the International Spiritist Council during the Annual General Meeting in Cuba President Elide Carneiro Address Av Alfredo Keil 12 ndash Maputo Mobile +25 8844 613 251 unemomozgmailcom
wwwfacebookcomCEAKMZ
MOZAMBIQUE
MEXICAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The Mexican Federation of Spiritist Associations reports the activities below Federacioacuten Espiacuterita de Tamaulipas y las Huastecas (Spiritist Federation of Tamaulipas and the Huastecas) FETH
21st December 2012 talk and presentation of Spiritist poems by Spiritist youngsters in Valles S a n L u i s Potosi at the 1 8 t h anniversary of the Tomasito Herrera Spiritist Centre 21st to 23rd December 2012 talks and f e l l o w s h i p gathering of the Spiritist centres
of Mante Tamaulipas 1st January 2013 meeting of leaders of the FETH groups and fraternal gatherings January and February 2013 the official setup of t h e C o o r d i n a t i o n Department of Spiritist Centres from the Central Nor thwes t W estern Eastern Southeast regions of the country affiliated to the Mexican Federation of
Spiritist Associations local meeting of Spiritist centres in Mante and seminars held with the theme Death Spiritual Colonies Mental Irradiation and Spiritist Healing Celebration of 70th Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante local report on the 7th International S p i r i t i s t C o n g r e s s participation in the meeting of the International Spiritist Council
MEXICO
meeting to strengthen and unify centres affiliated to the Federation and related institutions in the cities
of Valles Victoria Tampico Mante Pueblo Viejo Veracruz workshops held on Spiritist healing and fraternal assistance in the south of Veracruz and Tlaxcala
19th April interview about Spiritism and mediumship for the Radio Net 1060 AM group from the city of Juarez Chihuahua on 19th April
2013 Setting up of Spiritist Study Groups in Tabasco Quintana Roo Guadalajara and Sonora
Jorge Camargo jorgecamargozuritagmailcom
espiritismoenmexicohotmailcom
wwwespiritismoenmexicoorg
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The meeting of CEICA took place with the presence of Mexico Panama and Honduras
CEYCA coordinator Dr Edwin Bravo
with Divaldo Franco and Patricia Rodriguez from the
Tamaulip Federation
Talk by Jorge Zurita at the
Congress in Cuba
THE SPIRITIST CHRISTIAN COMMUNION FRANCISCO CANDIDO XAVIER
wwwspiritismjp
JAPAN
GEEAK - NORWAY
The GEEAK Oslo continues to develop its
activities at the following address Dronningens gt
23 room 512 City Centre Oslo
Study of The Spirits books on Wednesdays at
6pm
Meimei Group (children and parents) on every
Saturday at 1230pm
Jussara Korngold was in Oslo for the second time
giving a talk at the Oslo Literature Hall on 14th
February 2013 with the theme Boosting your inner
Power
Spiritist Studies in Norway
Euripides Barsanulfo Spiritist Group - Bergen
Study of The Spirits book and the Gospel according
to Spiritism on Sundays from 730 to 9pm -
Information spiritismeibergengmailcom
Chico Xavier Spiritist Group - Trondheim
Meetings Wednesdays from 615 to 715pm
Contact spiritismentrondheimgmailcom
Bernt Torstenson Spiritist Study Group - Oslo
Meetings in Norwegian on Wednesdays from 1 to 2
pm Fredrikkebygget (UiO - Universitetet i Oslo
Blindern - Oslo) next to the Fredrikke Kapell
Contact sssbernttorstensongmailcom
Paul of Tarsus Spiritist Group Stavanger
Virtual meetings on Wednesdays from 730 to 9pm
Contact gepstavangergmailcom
httpspiritismestavangerblogspotno
postgeeaknorgecom
wwwgeeaknorgecom
NORWAY SPIRITIST SOCIETY
OF IRELAND
Andrei Moreira gave a talk in Dublin on 15th May 2013 on the theme Self Love a Healing Path
Divaldo Franco will be again in Dublin with the talk Mediumship Challenges and Blessings
on 11th June 2013 On 23rd May 2013 a talk by Sergio Thiesen Information sbertozzogmailcom
wwwallankardec-irelandorg
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 12
GEEAK- LUXEMBOURG
Allan Kardec Spiritist Group of Luxembourg
You are all invited for a conference by Divaldo Pereira Franco on the theme Psychology of Gratitude Friday 7th June 2013 730pm to 1030pm Centre Socieacutetaire 29 rue de Strasbourg L-2560 - Luxembourg - Gare allankardecluxyahoofr wwwgroupespiriteallankardecluxcom
LUXEMBOURG
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF PERU
The conference by Luis Hu took place in March
feperu_espiritayahoocom httpperuespiritablogspotcom
PERU
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP - NZ
infoallankardecorgnz
httpallankardecorgnz
NEW ZEALAND
Study Group and AME GEEAK the Spiritist Medical Doctors Association of Coimbra
Contacts wwwgeeakpt
23rd Spiritist Gathering
of Lisbon
At the CEPC Centro Espiacuterita Perdatildeo e Caridade (Forgiveness and Charity Spiritist Centre) The themes are based on the book by Joanna de Angelis entitled Constelaccedilatildeo Familiar (Family
Constellation) From 10am to 5pm
With the participation of the Lisbon Spiritist Music Group and Choir and the Jogral Espiacuterita de Lisboa (Lisbon Spiritist Minstrel) as well as he participation of the DIJ of CEPC
Contacts wwwceperdaoecaridadept
June 17th CONCESP
The National Gathering of Spiritist Children will take place this year in Lisbon on 1st June From 1030 am to 430 pm at the Pousada da Juventude do Parque das Naccedilotildees with the theme Once upon a time the birds of heaven We look forward to seeing you with a lot of disposition and willingness in participating
Enrolment Forms concesp2013gmailcom
httpdijfeportuguesaptconcesp2013
Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo
On Sunday 2nd June from 10am to 6pm the Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo 2013 will take place at the D Fernando Hotel in Evora with the theme Spiritism in Alentejo
Contacts
cefeevoragmailcom
Cultural Spiritist
Meeting 2013
The Cultural Spiritist Meeting 2013 will be dedicated to the theme of The Portuguese Spiritist Movement and
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will take place on Sunday 30th June from 2pm at its headquarters in Amadora Get to know better the history of the Portuguese Spiritist Movement See you there
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Tel 214 975 754
geralfeportuguesapt
Featured
The Portuguese Spiritist Congress 2013
It will be held in Leiria at the premises of the Spiritist Association of Leiria on 16th amp 17th November under the theme of Mediumship a vision of the future We should point out that the hall has limited capacity so it is recommended that you book your place early
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Please book your place by sending an email to
congressoespiritaportugues2013gmailcom
If you have any queries please dont hesitate to contact us
wwwfeportuguesapt
fepinformafeportuguesapt
focused on the same target which was to touching the soul of every one present in the huge audience awakening in those who were seeking knowledge a new opportunity for a new re-beginning Soon the videos of the talks will be available on Youtube Further information on the BUSS website below Article by Ana Marques
coordinator of Guiding Light Spiritist Society in Canterbury UK Photos Guilherme Almeida Future events in June in UK
Divaldo Franco on 9th June in London 10th June in Glasgow Therezinha Oliveira 23rd June to 30th June Talks in London and Wokingham
All posters and information are available on the BUSS website wwwbussorguk
busseventsgmailcom
BUSS - BRITISH UNION OF SPIRITIST SOCIETIES
2nd British Spiritist Congress Celebrating 30 Years of Spiritism
in the United Kingdom
With the main theme A new Era and the Dawning of a new Humanity the 2nd British Spiritist Congress held on 11th and 12th May 2013 at the main hall of the Quakers Friends House in London and organised by BUSS was a success Participants from 14 different countries were present namely France Norway Denmark Sweden Switzerland Japan Portugal Republic of Ireland Czech Republic Brazil Liechtenstein Germany Australia and Serbia During both Saturday and Sunday a total of 248 people enrolled for the event and were able to enjoy 15 talks offered by 13 speakers Charles Kempf General Secretary of the ISC Harold Dutra Dias Dr Andrei Moreira Speakers present from the UK Janet Duncan President of Allan Kardec Study Group - Centre for Spiritist Teachings London completing 30 years of foundation Guy Lyon Playfair Anne Christine Sinclair Silvia Gibbons Denise Ferrett Maria Gomes Davian Jessamy Elizabeth Freire Stevanin Tania and Tanya Moore
The event was hosted by Christopher Kinghorn There was a musical performance by Diego Carneiro p l a y i n g c e l l o s op r ano Maya Sapone and Martino Scovacricchi playing saxophone
Mark ing 30 years of Spiritism in the UK Janet Duncan founder of the Spiritist Movement in England gave a opening speech about the Pathway
to Enlightenment The event was broadcast worldwide through TVCEI (wwwtvceicom) and the talks were further broadcast by the Fraternity Radio and Good News Radio of
Brazil This great event focused primarily on bringing
together hearts and souls and also stressing the importance of diversity in our lives
13 speakers each one with their own different way of speaking and expressing themselves but
UNITED KINGDOM
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 14
THE SWEDISH SPIRITIST UNION
On 24th and 25th May Divaldo Pereira Franco was once again in Scandinavia This time in Gothenburg Sweden in a gathering with local Spiritist groups This year our companions from Finland also attended the event The eminent propagator of Spiritism gave a public talk in this city which was translated into Swedish and also a Seminar with the Spiritist Groups present
The Paring Vaumlgen till ljuset Spiritist Group and
the Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in Stockholm took part by selling Spiritist books and distributing messages at the Harmony Fair in Stockholm on 23rd and 24th last March It has been noticed during the Fair that people had a growing interest on the Spiritist Doctrine and its foundations
At the Vatumannen Bookstore in Stockholm Spiritist books continue to be sold and information leaflets on Spiritism distributed
The Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in
Stockholm is completing the study of the book Efter Doumlden (After Death) by Leon Denis which has already been translated into Swedish
Information spiritismensegmailcom
wwwgsfallankardecblogspotcom
wwwspiritismencom
httpspiritistiskaforbundetblogspotcouk
SWEDEN
2nd QUARTER 2013 15
accommodation and closer contact with people who normally would only have superficial contact one to each other at major events The Spirit Movement in Switzerland owes much to Mr Jorge Godinho who with his vast experience and great patience has been teaching and providing us with advice From 6th to 9th May we had
the great pleasure of having with us Haroldo Dutra a Spiritist speaker who travelled throughout Switzerland giving different talks and a short seminar With the election of the new board of directors of UCESS on 14th April 2013 Rejane Hostettler is now the director of UCESS and there are also 3 vice-directors Pedro Pereira Nelly Berchtold and Dilma Hambrock Rejane is doing a course on theology in Zurich and making Spiritism known amongst other religious denominations so that a new focus of work is being introduced
Two new Spiritist centres have been founded in this period CEBEM in Zurich (Kuumlsnacht) and GEFA in Bern (Zollikofen) In the Italian Switzerland we will be beginning a program of monthly
events in Italian in May (please see the poster) Most Spiritist centres have received a boost of new friends very knowledgeable in Spiritism joining these centres and are providing their help to the Spiritist movement with great motivation
Divaldo Franco spoke in Switzerland on 20th May 2013 in Zurich at G-19 a Spiritist institution In Winthertur at CEEAK he spoke on the following topic Rebellious Spirits and Peace For the Spiritist Centres in Switzerland please visit the website wwwspiritismech nellyberchtoldhotmailcom
UNION OF SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRES IN SWITZERLAND - UCESS
Members of the 10 Spiritist centres in Switzerland have been meeting regularly since
January 2013 for at least a week-end per month in the rural area of Berne to study the Spiritist doctrine Study a n d p r a c t i c e o f mediumship in the 1st half of the year and the Systematic Study of Spiritism is scheduled for 2nd half of the year This study promotes closer ties of friendship because of the study groups the shared
SWITZERLAND
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 16
SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
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Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
positive feedback from lay readers and also resulted in the creation of many websites about Chico Xavier in the Spiritualist environment
The FSC continues to collaborate with the publishing of the Revue Spirite (Spiritist Magazine) in French which has been distributed at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and the ISC Annual General Meeting in Havana
The first Spiritist book for children in French has been published by Librairie Spirite Francophone in Quebec It is the result of a wide co-operation at Francophone level with the Committee for Moral Education of the Coordination Department of Europe with illustrations by Claudia Milena Werdine Alborghetti and translated by Marcia Kempf The book can be purchased at Amazon
On 9th March 2013 a local meeting of Southeast groups took place in Arles and on 28th April 2013 an E a s t e r n F r a n c e gathering took place in Hielle with a seminar on Healing run by Rosenite Alves On 30th March 2013 a seminar in Brittany run by Alirio Cerqueira Filho on mental energy
and self-healing took place On 25th amp 26th May the annual Symposium took place at the Wegimont Castle in Belgium On 8th and 9th June a local Southeast meeting will take place in Denice and on 22nd and 23rd June a local Northern meeting will be held in Lievain
Further information wwwspiritismeorg
the official publication of the Spanish Spiritist Federation and has an article dedicated to the History of Spiritism in the world
Themes developed in this issue include from precursors such as Swendborg Jackson Davis and the Fox sisters and moving on to the Spiritist revelation codified by Allan Kardec the Society of Spiritist Studies of Paris and the Revue Spirite (The Spiritist Magazine)It also included articles on the dedicated work of the mediums of the second half of the 19th century Arthur Conan Doyle and an overview of Spiritism as it stands in the world today
It featured the great work of propagation started by the Spiritist Magazine of the Spanish Spiritist Federation through the Propagation Committee with the distribution of the magazine to many universities libraries and cultural centres mainly in Madrid Castilla-La Mancha and Castilla-Leon This magazine focused primarily on the dissemination to non-Spiritist individuals trying to reclaim the space that Spiritist proposes to better understand and face the difficulties people encounter in this world of trials and regeneration
Also the speaker Haroldo Dutra a Judge from the state of Minas Gerais made a tour of Madrid Valencia and Alicante from 15th to 17th May 2013 giving talks and holding meetings
Healing through Forgiveness and The new Era were some of the themes spoken during his tour through several European countries to promote Spiritism
infoespiritismocc wwwespiritismocc
FRENCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
The French Spiritist Council (FSC) was represented at the 7th World Spiritist Congress and Annual General Meeting of the ISC in Havana by Luc Moussu and Charles Kempf They are making the arrangements to launch a new campaign Amar a Vida (Loving Life) promoted by the ISC and carried out by the Portuguese Spiritist Federation The material has been translated into French and will be shown on the cover of next issue of the Voie Spirite (Spiritist Way) newsletter (cover on the left-hand side)
The FSC in co-operation with LMSF keeps promoting books with large stock at EDICEI in Brasilia which are being sold as second hand for 990 Euros This has been bringing not only income to the ISC and the French speaking movement but also greatly increasing the dissemination of the works of Andre Luiz in France It has attracted much
FRANCE
Executive Committee of ISC
General Secretary Charles Kempf (France) 1st Secretary A Cesar Perri de Carvalho (Brazil) 2nd Secretary Elsa Rossi (United Kingdom) 1st Treasurer Roberto Versiani ( Brazil) 2nd Treasurer Jean-Paul Evrard (Belgium) Eduardo Santos (Uruguay) Edwin Bravo (Guatemala) Faacutebio Villarraga (Colombia) Jussara Korngold (USA) Milciades Lezcano ( Paraguay) Vitor Mora Feria ( Portugal) Salvador Martin ( Spain)
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DUTCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
Events promoted by the Dutch Spiritist Council
Haroldo Dutra Dias Theme Paul amp Stephen amp the Parables of Jesus
19th May 2013 from 1pm to 6pm Tel 0630 050 947 with Rikeli or
0651 085 180 with Rosana grupoespiritaemanuelhotmailcom
Divaldo Pereira Franco Theme Psychology of Gratitude 22nd May 7 to 9 pm Venue Florence Steenvoorde
Building Generaal Spoorlaan 62 ndash 2285 CH - Rijswijk
Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with
Maria Moraes
Iris and Claudio Sinoti 1st theme The Psychology of Love 29th May 730 pm to 930 pm Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor
1013 XC Amsterdam Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with Maria Moraes or
0644 357 538 with Nilson 2nd theme Reflecting the soul the Spiritist
Psychology of Joanna de Angelis 30th May 8pm to 10pm Venue Stichting Muzenis
Cliffordstraat 38 1051 GV Amsterdam
Enrolment svjangelisgmailcom Contact 0615 091 659 with Dalva
12th National Spiritist Meeting Speakers Charles Kempf Claudia Werdine and
Milena Alborghetti Theme Happiness from a Spiritist viewpoint Date Sunday 25th August 2013 Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor 1013 XC Amsterdam Contact Maria Moraes - nrspiritismeyahoocombr
amp infonrspnl
4th Congress on Medicine amp Spirituality Date Saturday 12th October 2013 Venue Florence Steenvoorde Building Address Generaal Spoorlaan 62 2285 CH - Rijswijk Contact Maria Moraes - infonrspnl
nrspevenementengmailcom Full information available soon For further information please visit the Dutch Spiritist Council website at wwwnrspnl Maria Moraesinfonrspnl
HOLLAND
Excellent quality and quantity of Spiritist Courses and Conferences available on the
website of TV CEI Have you already visited it
wwwtvceicom
THE FRANCISCAN SPIRITIST CENTRE
infojoanadecusaorgau wwwjoanadecusaorgau For further information please see page 17
AUSTRALIA
CADENA HELIOSOPHICA GUATEMALTECA
A quarterly talk by the Cadeia Heliosophica Guatemalteca (Guatemalan Philosophical Study Network) took place on 27th April 203 in Joya Cuilco Huehuetenango district in Guatemala propagating the teachings of the codification of Allan Kardec providing
medical care and handing out of free medicines moral education for children and youth and a talk for over 900 brothers and sisters from different villages who arrived by lorry or on foot to listen to the teachings of the Master Jesus The board of directors also met to arrange the next quarterly conference which will take place on 27th July in the village of Ninchim San Marcos with Alipio Gonzalez who will be coming from Venezuela
It has been reported that Spiritist centre of the village of Tuimuca joined the Guatemalan Philosophical Study
Network On the first Sunday of each month the Grupo de Damas Heliosophicas Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo (Group of Ladies of Philosophical Study Network Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo) organizes a breakfast lecture for the benefit of the Charity and Light School at a restaurant in the city centre and on Sunday 5th May Mothers Day had
been successfully celebrated Edwin Bravo wwwguatespiritaorg
GUATEMALA
2nd QUARTER 2013 9
THE PORTUGUESE SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Spiritist Culture Gathering
The Association of Propagators of Spiritism of Portugal APSP held the 9th Spiritist Culture Gathering on 20th and 21st April 2013 at the municipal hall A Casa da Muacutesica (The Music Hall) in the beautiful town of Obidos again with a full house The overall feeling was that of satisfaction for getting together and exchanging knowledge
Contacts wwwadeportugalorgjornadas
Training for Workers
Saturday 11th May 2013 from 3 to 5 pm at the Portuguese Spiritist Federations headquarters a workshop on accountancy for Spiritist Workers took place
Spiritist Gathering of Algarve
The Spiritist Gathering of Algarve organized by the Nuacutecleo Familiar Espiacuterita do Mentor Amigo (Spiritist Family Centre of the Friend Mentor) took place on Sunday 12th May 2013 at the Eva Hotel in Faro It was a time of glad getting together and exchange of knowledge
Contact 965 053 743 nfe_mentoramigosapopt
Seminar by Iris and Claudio Sinoti
On 19th May the Portuguese Spiritist Federation held at its headquarters a seminar on topics related to psychology addressed in the book Refletindo a Alma (Reflecting the Soul) and others from the psychological works of the Spirit of Joanna de Angelis Iris and Claudio Sinotti who are workers from the Mansatildeo do Caminho (Mansion of the Way) Bahia joined us in the event
Contacts geralfeportuguesapt
Health and Light Project
The 3rd Light and Health Project where topics related to physical mental and spiritual health will be discussed is being organized by the Allan Kardec
PORTUGAL ITALIAN SPIRITIST UNION
The Italian Spiritist Union through its President Regina Piccoli informs that they have all the slides of the Systematic Study of Spiritism volume I and II translated into Italian They are completing the review to draw up a booklet as a complement to the study of the classes Info italiausigmailcom
ITALY
SPIRITIST FRATERNITY GOD LOVE amp CHARITY
Saturday 16th March 2013 - Self-discovery
Seminar - with the active participation of speakers Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Prof Jose Angel Velasquez from El Salvador Dr Edwin Bravo and Prof Johana Bravo from Guatemala and Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender from Panama The photos of the seminar are on Fedac Facebook at wwwfedacorgpa We had an audience of 200 people with a great interest by the participants
2 Active participation at the 7th World Spiritist Congress with a Fedac delegation of 15 people among Spiritists and accompanying people
3 We are now facing a temporary difficulty with the moving to new premises The venue we had for 26 years is being sold and we have to vacate the property
We are still looking for a place to move to within our budget
Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender wwwfedacorgpa fedacpanamahotmailcom
PANAMA
PARAGUAY SPIRITIST CENTRE
The 10th Spiritist Week in Paraguay took place and was organised by the Paraguayan Spiritist Federacion
On 13th 14th and 15th September the 2nd South American Spiritist Congress took place in
Asuncion centroespiritaparaguayo_cepariedernetpy
PARAGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 10
SPIRITIST UNION OF MOZAMBIQUE
The Spiritist Union of Mozambique was integrated to the International Spiritist Council during the Annual General Meeting in Cuba President Elide Carneiro Address Av Alfredo Keil 12 ndash Maputo Mobile +25 8844 613 251 unemomozgmailcom
wwwfacebookcomCEAKMZ
MOZAMBIQUE
MEXICAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The Mexican Federation of Spiritist Associations reports the activities below Federacioacuten Espiacuterita de Tamaulipas y las Huastecas (Spiritist Federation of Tamaulipas and the Huastecas) FETH
21st December 2012 talk and presentation of Spiritist poems by Spiritist youngsters in Valles S a n L u i s Potosi at the 1 8 t h anniversary of the Tomasito Herrera Spiritist Centre 21st to 23rd December 2012 talks and f e l l o w s h i p gathering of the Spiritist centres
of Mante Tamaulipas 1st January 2013 meeting of leaders of the FETH groups and fraternal gatherings January and February 2013 the official setup of t h e C o o r d i n a t i o n Department of Spiritist Centres from the Central Nor thwes t W estern Eastern Southeast regions of the country affiliated to the Mexican Federation of
Spiritist Associations local meeting of Spiritist centres in Mante and seminars held with the theme Death Spiritual Colonies Mental Irradiation and Spiritist Healing Celebration of 70th Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante local report on the 7th International S p i r i t i s t C o n g r e s s participation in the meeting of the International Spiritist Council
MEXICO
meeting to strengthen and unify centres affiliated to the Federation and related institutions in the cities
of Valles Victoria Tampico Mante Pueblo Viejo Veracruz workshops held on Spiritist healing and fraternal assistance in the south of Veracruz and Tlaxcala
19th April interview about Spiritism and mediumship for the Radio Net 1060 AM group from the city of Juarez Chihuahua on 19th April
2013 Setting up of Spiritist Study Groups in Tabasco Quintana Roo Guadalajara and Sonora
Jorge Camargo jorgecamargozuritagmailcom
espiritismoenmexicohotmailcom
wwwespiritismoenmexicoorg
2nd QUARTER 2013 11
The meeting of CEICA took place with the presence of Mexico Panama and Honduras
CEYCA coordinator Dr Edwin Bravo
with Divaldo Franco and Patricia Rodriguez from the
Tamaulip Federation
Talk by Jorge Zurita at the
Congress in Cuba
THE SPIRITIST CHRISTIAN COMMUNION FRANCISCO CANDIDO XAVIER
wwwspiritismjp
JAPAN
GEEAK - NORWAY
The GEEAK Oslo continues to develop its
activities at the following address Dronningens gt
23 room 512 City Centre Oslo
Study of The Spirits books on Wednesdays at
6pm
Meimei Group (children and parents) on every
Saturday at 1230pm
Jussara Korngold was in Oslo for the second time
giving a talk at the Oslo Literature Hall on 14th
February 2013 with the theme Boosting your inner
Power
Spiritist Studies in Norway
Euripides Barsanulfo Spiritist Group - Bergen
Study of The Spirits book and the Gospel according
to Spiritism on Sundays from 730 to 9pm -
Information spiritismeibergengmailcom
Chico Xavier Spiritist Group - Trondheim
Meetings Wednesdays from 615 to 715pm
Contact spiritismentrondheimgmailcom
Bernt Torstenson Spiritist Study Group - Oslo
Meetings in Norwegian on Wednesdays from 1 to 2
pm Fredrikkebygget (UiO - Universitetet i Oslo
Blindern - Oslo) next to the Fredrikke Kapell
Contact sssbernttorstensongmailcom
Paul of Tarsus Spiritist Group Stavanger
Virtual meetings on Wednesdays from 730 to 9pm
Contact gepstavangergmailcom
httpspiritismestavangerblogspotno
postgeeaknorgecom
wwwgeeaknorgecom
NORWAY SPIRITIST SOCIETY
OF IRELAND
Andrei Moreira gave a talk in Dublin on 15th May 2013 on the theme Self Love a Healing Path
Divaldo Franco will be again in Dublin with the talk Mediumship Challenges and Blessings
on 11th June 2013 On 23rd May 2013 a talk by Sergio Thiesen Information sbertozzogmailcom
wwwallankardec-irelandorg
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 12
GEEAK- LUXEMBOURG
Allan Kardec Spiritist Group of Luxembourg
You are all invited for a conference by Divaldo Pereira Franco on the theme Psychology of Gratitude Friday 7th June 2013 730pm to 1030pm Centre Socieacutetaire 29 rue de Strasbourg L-2560 - Luxembourg - Gare allankardecluxyahoofr wwwgroupespiriteallankardecluxcom
LUXEMBOURG
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF PERU
The conference by Luis Hu took place in March
feperu_espiritayahoocom httpperuespiritablogspotcom
PERU
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP - NZ
infoallankardecorgnz
httpallankardecorgnz
NEW ZEALAND
Study Group and AME GEEAK the Spiritist Medical Doctors Association of Coimbra
Contacts wwwgeeakpt
23rd Spiritist Gathering
of Lisbon
At the CEPC Centro Espiacuterita Perdatildeo e Caridade (Forgiveness and Charity Spiritist Centre) The themes are based on the book by Joanna de Angelis entitled Constelaccedilatildeo Familiar (Family
Constellation) From 10am to 5pm
With the participation of the Lisbon Spiritist Music Group and Choir and the Jogral Espiacuterita de Lisboa (Lisbon Spiritist Minstrel) as well as he participation of the DIJ of CEPC
Contacts wwwceperdaoecaridadept
June 17th CONCESP
The National Gathering of Spiritist Children will take place this year in Lisbon on 1st June From 1030 am to 430 pm at the Pousada da Juventude do Parque das Naccedilotildees with the theme Once upon a time the birds of heaven We look forward to seeing you with a lot of disposition and willingness in participating
Enrolment Forms concesp2013gmailcom
httpdijfeportuguesaptconcesp2013
Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo
On Sunday 2nd June from 10am to 6pm the Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo 2013 will take place at the D Fernando Hotel in Evora with the theme Spiritism in Alentejo
Contacts
cefeevoragmailcom
Cultural Spiritist
Meeting 2013
The Cultural Spiritist Meeting 2013 will be dedicated to the theme of The Portuguese Spiritist Movement and
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will take place on Sunday 30th June from 2pm at its headquarters in Amadora Get to know better the history of the Portuguese Spiritist Movement See you there
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Tel 214 975 754
geralfeportuguesapt
Featured
The Portuguese Spiritist Congress 2013
It will be held in Leiria at the premises of the Spiritist Association of Leiria on 16th amp 17th November under the theme of Mediumship a vision of the future We should point out that the hall has limited capacity so it is recommended that you book your place early
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Please book your place by sending an email to
congressoespiritaportugues2013gmailcom
If you have any queries please dont hesitate to contact us
wwwfeportuguesapt
fepinformafeportuguesapt
focused on the same target which was to touching the soul of every one present in the huge audience awakening in those who were seeking knowledge a new opportunity for a new re-beginning Soon the videos of the talks will be available on Youtube Further information on the BUSS website below Article by Ana Marques
coordinator of Guiding Light Spiritist Society in Canterbury UK Photos Guilherme Almeida Future events in June in UK
Divaldo Franco on 9th June in London 10th June in Glasgow Therezinha Oliveira 23rd June to 30th June Talks in London and Wokingham
All posters and information are available on the BUSS website wwwbussorguk
busseventsgmailcom
BUSS - BRITISH UNION OF SPIRITIST SOCIETIES
2nd British Spiritist Congress Celebrating 30 Years of Spiritism
in the United Kingdom
With the main theme A new Era and the Dawning of a new Humanity the 2nd British Spiritist Congress held on 11th and 12th May 2013 at the main hall of the Quakers Friends House in London and organised by BUSS was a success Participants from 14 different countries were present namely France Norway Denmark Sweden Switzerland Japan Portugal Republic of Ireland Czech Republic Brazil Liechtenstein Germany Australia and Serbia During both Saturday and Sunday a total of 248 people enrolled for the event and were able to enjoy 15 talks offered by 13 speakers Charles Kempf General Secretary of the ISC Harold Dutra Dias Dr Andrei Moreira Speakers present from the UK Janet Duncan President of Allan Kardec Study Group - Centre for Spiritist Teachings London completing 30 years of foundation Guy Lyon Playfair Anne Christine Sinclair Silvia Gibbons Denise Ferrett Maria Gomes Davian Jessamy Elizabeth Freire Stevanin Tania and Tanya Moore
The event was hosted by Christopher Kinghorn There was a musical performance by Diego Carneiro p l a y i n g c e l l o s op r ano Maya Sapone and Martino Scovacricchi playing saxophone
Mark ing 30 years of Spiritism in the UK Janet Duncan founder of the Spiritist Movement in England gave a opening speech about the Pathway
to Enlightenment The event was broadcast worldwide through TVCEI (wwwtvceicom) and the talks were further broadcast by the Fraternity Radio and Good News Radio of
Brazil This great event focused primarily on bringing
together hearts and souls and also stressing the importance of diversity in our lives
13 speakers each one with their own different way of speaking and expressing themselves but
UNITED KINGDOM
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 14
THE SWEDISH SPIRITIST UNION
On 24th and 25th May Divaldo Pereira Franco was once again in Scandinavia This time in Gothenburg Sweden in a gathering with local Spiritist groups This year our companions from Finland also attended the event The eminent propagator of Spiritism gave a public talk in this city which was translated into Swedish and also a Seminar with the Spiritist Groups present
The Paring Vaumlgen till ljuset Spiritist Group and
the Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in Stockholm took part by selling Spiritist books and distributing messages at the Harmony Fair in Stockholm on 23rd and 24th last March It has been noticed during the Fair that people had a growing interest on the Spiritist Doctrine and its foundations
At the Vatumannen Bookstore in Stockholm Spiritist books continue to be sold and information leaflets on Spiritism distributed
The Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in
Stockholm is completing the study of the book Efter Doumlden (After Death) by Leon Denis which has already been translated into Swedish
Information spiritismensegmailcom
wwwgsfallankardecblogspotcom
wwwspiritismencom
httpspiritistiskaforbundetblogspotcouk
SWEDEN
2nd QUARTER 2013 15
accommodation and closer contact with people who normally would only have superficial contact one to each other at major events The Spirit Movement in Switzerland owes much to Mr Jorge Godinho who with his vast experience and great patience has been teaching and providing us with advice From 6th to 9th May we had
the great pleasure of having with us Haroldo Dutra a Spiritist speaker who travelled throughout Switzerland giving different talks and a short seminar With the election of the new board of directors of UCESS on 14th April 2013 Rejane Hostettler is now the director of UCESS and there are also 3 vice-directors Pedro Pereira Nelly Berchtold and Dilma Hambrock Rejane is doing a course on theology in Zurich and making Spiritism known amongst other religious denominations so that a new focus of work is being introduced
Two new Spiritist centres have been founded in this period CEBEM in Zurich (Kuumlsnacht) and GEFA in Bern (Zollikofen) In the Italian Switzerland we will be beginning a program of monthly
events in Italian in May (please see the poster) Most Spiritist centres have received a boost of new friends very knowledgeable in Spiritism joining these centres and are providing their help to the Spiritist movement with great motivation
Divaldo Franco spoke in Switzerland on 20th May 2013 in Zurich at G-19 a Spiritist institution In Winthertur at CEEAK he spoke on the following topic Rebellious Spirits and Peace For the Spiritist Centres in Switzerland please visit the website wwwspiritismech nellyberchtoldhotmailcom
UNION OF SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRES IN SWITZERLAND - UCESS
Members of the 10 Spiritist centres in Switzerland have been meeting regularly since
January 2013 for at least a week-end per month in the rural area of Berne to study the Spiritist doctrine Study a n d p r a c t i c e o f mediumship in the 1st half of the year and the Systematic Study of Spiritism is scheduled for 2nd half of the year This study promotes closer ties of friendship because of the study groups the shared
SWITZERLAND
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 16
SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
2nd QUARTER 2013 17
Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
DUTCH SPIRITIST COUNCIL
Events promoted by the Dutch Spiritist Council
Haroldo Dutra Dias Theme Paul amp Stephen amp the Parables of Jesus
19th May 2013 from 1pm to 6pm Tel 0630 050 947 with Rikeli or
0651 085 180 with Rosana grupoespiritaemanuelhotmailcom
Divaldo Pereira Franco Theme Psychology of Gratitude 22nd May 7 to 9 pm Venue Florence Steenvoorde
Building Generaal Spoorlaan 62 ndash 2285 CH - Rijswijk
Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with
Maria Moraes
Iris and Claudio Sinoti 1st theme The Psychology of Love 29th May 730 pm to 930 pm Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor
1013 XC Amsterdam Enrolment by e-mail infonrspnl Contact 0645 267 902 with Maria Moraes or
0644 357 538 with Nilson 2nd theme Reflecting the soul the Spiritist
Psychology of Joanna de Angelis 30th May 8pm to 10pm Venue Stichting Muzenis
Cliffordstraat 38 1051 GV Amsterdam
Enrolment svjangelisgmailcom Contact 0615 091 659 with Dalva
12th National Spiritist Meeting Speakers Charles Kempf Claudia Werdine and
Milena Alborghetti Theme Happiness from a Spiritist viewpoint Date Sunday 25th August 2013 Address Hembrugstraat 156 - 2nd floor 1013 XC Amsterdam Contact Maria Moraes - nrspiritismeyahoocombr
amp infonrspnl
4th Congress on Medicine amp Spirituality Date Saturday 12th October 2013 Venue Florence Steenvoorde Building Address Generaal Spoorlaan 62 2285 CH - Rijswijk Contact Maria Moraes - infonrspnl
nrspevenementengmailcom Full information available soon For further information please visit the Dutch Spiritist Council website at wwwnrspnl Maria Moraesinfonrspnl
HOLLAND
Excellent quality and quantity of Spiritist Courses and Conferences available on the
website of TV CEI Have you already visited it
wwwtvceicom
THE FRANCISCAN SPIRITIST CENTRE
infojoanadecusaorgau wwwjoanadecusaorgau For further information please see page 17
AUSTRALIA
CADENA HELIOSOPHICA GUATEMALTECA
A quarterly talk by the Cadeia Heliosophica Guatemalteca (Guatemalan Philosophical Study Network) took place on 27th April 203 in Joya Cuilco Huehuetenango district in Guatemala propagating the teachings of the codification of Allan Kardec providing
medical care and handing out of free medicines moral education for children and youth and a talk for over 900 brothers and sisters from different villages who arrived by lorry or on foot to listen to the teachings of the Master Jesus The board of directors also met to arrange the next quarterly conference which will take place on 27th July in the village of Ninchim San Marcos with Alipio Gonzalez who will be coming from Venezuela
It has been reported that Spiritist centre of the village of Tuimuca joined the Guatemalan Philosophical Study
Network On the first Sunday of each month the Grupo de Damas Heliosophicas Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo (Group of Ladies of Philosophical Study Network Rogelia Marroquin de Bravo) organizes a breakfast lecture for the benefit of the Charity and Light School at a restaurant in the city centre and on Sunday 5th May Mothers Day had
been successfully celebrated Edwin Bravo wwwguatespiritaorg
GUATEMALA
2nd QUARTER 2013 9
THE PORTUGUESE SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Spiritist Culture Gathering
The Association of Propagators of Spiritism of Portugal APSP held the 9th Spiritist Culture Gathering on 20th and 21st April 2013 at the municipal hall A Casa da Muacutesica (The Music Hall) in the beautiful town of Obidos again with a full house The overall feeling was that of satisfaction for getting together and exchanging knowledge
Contacts wwwadeportugalorgjornadas
Training for Workers
Saturday 11th May 2013 from 3 to 5 pm at the Portuguese Spiritist Federations headquarters a workshop on accountancy for Spiritist Workers took place
Spiritist Gathering of Algarve
The Spiritist Gathering of Algarve organized by the Nuacutecleo Familiar Espiacuterita do Mentor Amigo (Spiritist Family Centre of the Friend Mentor) took place on Sunday 12th May 2013 at the Eva Hotel in Faro It was a time of glad getting together and exchange of knowledge
Contact 965 053 743 nfe_mentoramigosapopt
Seminar by Iris and Claudio Sinoti
On 19th May the Portuguese Spiritist Federation held at its headquarters a seminar on topics related to psychology addressed in the book Refletindo a Alma (Reflecting the Soul) and others from the psychological works of the Spirit of Joanna de Angelis Iris and Claudio Sinotti who are workers from the Mansatildeo do Caminho (Mansion of the Way) Bahia joined us in the event
Contacts geralfeportuguesapt
Health and Light Project
The 3rd Light and Health Project where topics related to physical mental and spiritual health will be discussed is being organized by the Allan Kardec
PORTUGAL ITALIAN SPIRITIST UNION
The Italian Spiritist Union through its President Regina Piccoli informs that they have all the slides of the Systematic Study of Spiritism volume I and II translated into Italian They are completing the review to draw up a booklet as a complement to the study of the classes Info italiausigmailcom
ITALY
SPIRITIST FRATERNITY GOD LOVE amp CHARITY
Saturday 16th March 2013 - Self-discovery
Seminar - with the active participation of speakers Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Prof Jose Angel Velasquez from El Salvador Dr Edwin Bravo and Prof Johana Bravo from Guatemala and Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender from Panama The photos of the seminar are on Fedac Facebook at wwwfedacorgpa We had an audience of 200 people with a great interest by the participants
2 Active participation at the 7th World Spiritist Congress with a Fedac delegation of 15 people among Spiritists and accompanying people
3 We are now facing a temporary difficulty with the moving to new premises The venue we had for 26 years is being sold and we have to vacate the property
We are still looking for a place to move to within our budget
Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender wwwfedacorgpa fedacpanamahotmailcom
PANAMA
PARAGUAY SPIRITIST CENTRE
The 10th Spiritist Week in Paraguay took place and was organised by the Paraguayan Spiritist Federacion
On 13th 14th and 15th September the 2nd South American Spiritist Congress took place in
Asuncion centroespiritaparaguayo_cepariedernetpy
PARAGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 10
SPIRITIST UNION OF MOZAMBIQUE
The Spiritist Union of Mozambique was integrated to the International Spiritist Council during the Annual General Meeting in Cuba President Elide Carneiro Address Av Alfredo Keil 12 ndash Maputo Mobile +25 8844 613 251 unemomozgmailcom
wwwfacebookcomCEAKMZ
MOZAMBIQUE
MEXICAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The Mexican Federation of Spiritist Associations reports the activities below Federacioacuten Espiacuterita de Tamaulipas y las Huastecas (Spiritist Federation of Tamaulipas and the Huastecas) FETH
21st December 2012 talk and presentation of Spiritist poems by Spiritist youngsters in Valles S a n L u i s Potosi at the 1 8 t h anniversary of the Tomasito Herrera Spiritist Centre 21st to 23rd December 2012 talks and f e l l o w s h i p gathering of the Spiritist centres
of Mante Tamaulipas 1st January 2013 meeting of leaders of the FETH groups and fraternal gatherings January and February 2013 the official setup of t h e C o o r d i n a t i o n Department of Spiritist Centres from the Central Nor thwes t W estern Eastern Southeast regions of the country affiliated to the Mexican Federation of
Spiritist Associations local meeting of Spiritist centres in Mante and seminars held with the theme Death Spiritual Colonies Mental Irradiation and Spiritist Healing Celebration of 70th Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante local report on the 7th International S p i r i t i s t C o n g r e s s participation in the meeting of the International Spiritist Council
MEXICO
meeting to strengthen and unify centres affiliated to the Federation and related institutions in the cities
of Valles Victoria Tampico Mante Pueblo Viejo Veracruz workshops held on Spiritist healing and fraternal assistance in the south of Veracruz and Tlaxcala
19th April interview about Spiritism and mediumship for the Radio Net 1060 AM group from the city of Juarez Chihuahua on 19th April
2013 Setting up of Spiritist Study Groups in Tabasco Quintana Roo Guadalajara and Sonora
Jorge Camargo jorgecamargozuritagmailcom
espiritismoenmexicohotmailcom
wwwespiritismoenmexicoorg
2nd QUARTER 2013 11
The meeting of CEICA took place with the presence of Mexico Panama and Honduras
CEYCA coordinator Dr Edwin Bravo
with Divaldo Franco and Patricia Rodriguez from the
Tamaulip Federation
Talk by Jorge Zurita at the
Congress in Cuba
THE SPIRITIST CHRISTIAN COMMUNION FRANCISCO CANDIDO XAVIER
wwwspiritismjp
JAPAN
GEEAK - NORWAY
The GEEAK Oslo continues to develop its
activities at the following address Dronningens gt
23 room 512 City Centre Oslo
Study of The Spirits books on Wednesdays at
6pm
Meimei Group (children and parents) on every
Saturday at 1230pm
Jussara Korngold was in Oslo for the second time
giving a talk at the Oslo Literature Hall on 14th
February 2013 with the theme Boosting your inner
Power
Spiritist Studies in Norway
Euripides Barsanulfo Spiritist Group - Bergen
Study of The Spirits book and the Gospel according
to Spiritism on Sundays from 730 to 9pm -
Information spiritismeibergengmailcom
Chico Xavier Spiritist Group - Trondheim
Meetings Wednesdays from 615 to 715pm
Contact spiritismentrondheimgmailcom
Bernt Torstenson Spiritist Study Group - Oslo
Meetings in Norwegian on Wednesdays from 1 to 2
pm Fredrikkebygget (UiO - Universitetet i Oslo
Blindern - Oslo) next to the Fredrikke Kapell
Contact sssbernttorstensongmailcom
Paul of Tarsus Spiritist Group Stavanger
Virtual meetings on Wednesdays from 730 to 9pm
Contact gepstavangergmailcom
httpspiritismestavangerblogspotno
postgeeaknorgecom
wwwgeeaknorgecom
NORWAY SPIRITIST SOCIETY
OF IRELAND
Andrei Moreira gave a talk in Dublin on 15th May 2013 on the theme Self Love a Healing Path
Divaldo Franco will be again in Dublin with the talk Mediumship Challenges and Blessings
on 11th June 2013 On 23rd May 2013 a talk by Sergio Thiesen Information sbertozzogmailcom
wwwallankardec-irelandorg
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 12
GEEAK- LUXEMBOURG
Allan Kardec Spiritist Group of Luxembourg
You are all invited for a conference by Divaldo Pereira Franco on the theme Psychology of Gratitude Friday 7th June 2013 730pm to 1030pm Centre Socieacutetaire 29 rue de Strasbourg L-2560 - Luxembourg - Gare allankardecluxyahoofr wwwgroupespiriteallankardecluxcom
LUXEMBOURG
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF PERU
The conference by Luis Hu took place in March
feperu_espiritayahoocom httpperuespiritablogspotcom
PERU
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP - NZ
infoallankardecorgnz
httpallankardecorgnz
NEW ZEALAND
Study Group and AME GEEAK the Spiritist Medical Doctors Association of Coimbra
Contacts wwwgeeakpt
23rd Spiritist Gathering
of Lisbon
At the CEPC Centro Espiacuterita Perdatildeo e Caridade (Forgiveness and Charity Spiritist Centre) The themes are based on the book by Joanna de Angelis entitled Constelaccedilatildeo Familiar (Family
Constellation) From 10am to 5pm
With the participation of the Lisbon Spiritist Music Group and Choir and the Jogral Espiacuterita de Lisboa (Lisbon Spiritist Minstrel) as well as he participation of the DIJ of CEPC
Contacts wwwceperdaoecaridadept
June 17th CONCESP
The National Gathering of Spiritist Children will take place this year in Lisbon on 1st June From 1030 am to 430 pm at the Pousada da Juventude do Parque das Naccedilotildees with the theme Once upon a time the birds of heaven We look forward to seeing you with a lot of disposition and willingness in participating
Enrolment Forms concesp2013gmailcom
httpdijfeportuguesaptconcesp2013
Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo
On Sunday 2nd June from 10am to 6pm the Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo 2013 will take place at the D Fernando Hotel in Evora with the theme Spiritism in Alentejo
Contacts
cefeevoragmailcom
Cultural Spiritist
Meeting 2013
The Cultural Spiritist Meeting 2013 will be dedicated to the theme of The Portuguese Spiritist Movement and
2nd QUARTER 2013 13
will take place on Sunday 30th June from 2pm at its headquarters in Amadora Get to know better the history of the Portuguese Spiritist Movement See you there
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Tel 214 975 754
geralfeportuguesapt
Featured
The Portuguese Spiritist Congress 2013
It will be held in Leiria at the premises of the Spiritist Association of Leiria on 16th amp 17th November under the theme of Mediumship a vision of the future We should point out that the hall has limited capacity so it is recommended that you book your place early
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Please book your place by sending an email to
congressoespiritaportugues2013gmailcom
If you have any queries please dont hesitate to contact us
wwwfeportuguesapt
fepinformafeportuguesapt
focused on the same target which was to touching the soul of every one present in the huge audience awakening in those who were seeking knowledge a new opportunity for a new re-beginning Soon the videos of the talks will be available on Youtube Further information on the BUSS website below Article by Ana Marques
coordinator of Guiding Light Spiritist Society in Canterbury UK Photos Guilherme Almeida Future events in June in UK
Divaldo Franco on 9th June in London 10th June in Glasgow Therezinha Oliveira 23rd June to 30th June Talks in London and Wokingham
All posters and information are available on the BUSS website wwwbussorguk
busseventsgmailcom
BUSS - BRITISH UNION OF SPIRITIST SOCIETIES
2nd British Spiritist Congress Celebrating 30 Years of Spiritism
in the United Kingdom
With the main theme A new Era and the Dawning of a new Humanity the 2nd British Spiritist Congress held on 11th and 12th May 2013 at the main hall of the Quakers Friends House in London and organised by BUSS was a success Participants from 14 different countries were present namely France Norway Denmark Sweden Switzerland Japan Portugal Republic of Ireland Czech Republic Brazil Liechtenstein Germany Australia and Serbia During both Saturday and Sunday a total of 248 people enrolled for the event and were able to enjoy 15 talks offered by 13 speakers Charles Kempf General Secretary of the ISC Harold Dutra Dias Dr Andrei Moreira Speakers present from the UK Janet Duncan President of Allan Kardec Study Group - Centre for Spiritist Teachings London completing 30 years of foundation Guy Lyon Playfair Anne Christine Sinclair Silvia Gibbons Denise Ferrett Maria Gomes Davian Jessamy Elizabeth Freire Stevanin Tania and Tanya Moore
The event was hosted by Christopher Kinghorn There was a musical performance by Diego Carneiro p l a y i n g c e l l o s op r ano Maya Sapone and Martino Scovacricchi playing saxophone
Mark ing 30 years of Spiritism in the UK Janet Duncan founder of the Spiritist Movement in England gave a opening speech about the Pathway
to Enlightenment The event was broadcast worldwide through TVCEI (wwwtvceicom) and the talks were further broadcast by the Fraternity Radio and Good News Radio of
Brazil This great event focused primarily on bringing
together hearts and souls and also stressing the importance of diversity in our lives
13 speakers each one with their own different way of speaking and expressing themselves but
UNITED KINGDOM
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 14
THE SWEDISH SPIRITIST UNION
On 24th and 25th May Divaldo Pereira Franco was once again in Scandinavia This time in Gothenburg Sweden in a gathering with local Spiritist groups This year our companions from Finland also attended the event The eminent propagator of Spiritism gave a public talk in this city which was translated into Swedish and also a Seminar with the Spiritist Groups present
The Paring Vaumlgen till ljuset Spiritist Group and
the Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in Stockholm took part by selling Spiritist books and distributing messages at the Harmony Fair in Stockholm on 23rd and 24th last March It has been noticed during the Fair that people had a growing interest on the Spiritist Doctrine and its foundations
At the Vatumannen Bookstore in Stockholm Spiritist books continue to be sold and information leaflets on Spiritism distributed
The Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in
Stockholm is completing the study of the book Efter Doumlden (After Death) by Leon Denis which has already been translated into Swedish
Information spiritismensegmailcom
wwwgsfallankardecblogspotcom
wwwspiritismencom
httpspiritistiskaforbundetblogspotcouk
SWEDEN
2nd QUARTER 2013 15
accommodation and closer contact with people who normally would only have superficial contact one to each other at major events The Spirit Movement in Switzerland owes much to Mr Jorge Godinho who with his vast experience and great patience has been teaching and providing us with advice From 6th to 9th May we had
the great pleasure of having with us Haroldo Dutra a Spiritist speaker who travelled throughout Switzerland giving different talks and a short seminar With the election of the new board of directors of UCESS on 14th April 2013 Rejane Hostettler is now the director of UCESS and there are also 3 vice-directors Pedro Pereira Nelly Berchtold and Dilma Hambrock Rejane is doing a course on theology in Zurich and making Spiritism known amongst other religious denominations so that a new focus of work is being introduced
Two new Spiritist centres have been founded in this period CEBEM in Zurich (Kuumlsnacht) and GEFA in Bern (Zollikofen) In the Italian Switzerland we will be beginning a program of monthly
events in Italian in May (please see the poster) Most Spiritist centres have received a boost of new friends very knowledgeable in Spiritism joining these centres and are providing their help to the Spiritist movement with great motivation
Divaldo Franco spoke in Switzerland on 20th May 2013 in Zurich at G-19 a Spiritist institution In Winthertur at CEEAK he spoke on the following topic Rebellious Spirits and Peace For the Spiritist Centres in Switzerland please visit the website wwwspiritismech nellyberchtoldhotmailcom
UNION OF SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRES IN SWITZERLAND - UCESS
Members of the 10 Spiritist centres in Switzerland have been meeting regularly since
January 2013 for at least a week-end per month in the rural area of Berne to study the Spiritist doctrine Study a n d p r a c t i c e o f mediumship in the 1st half of the year and the Systematic Study of Spiritism is scheduled for 2nd half of the year This study promotes closer ties of friendship because of the study groups the shared
SWITZERLAND
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 16
SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
2nd QUARTER 2013 17
Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
THE PORTUGUESE SPIRITIST
FEDERATION
Spiritist Culture Gathering
The Association of Propagators of Spiritism of Portugal APSP held the 9th Spiritist Culture Gathering on 20th and 21st April 2013 at the municipal hall A Casa da Muacutesica (The Music Hall) in the beautiful town of Obidos again with a full house The overall feeling was that of satisfaction for getting together and exchanging knowledge
Contacts wwwadeportugalorgjornadas
Training for Workers
Saturday 11th May 2013 from 3 to 5 pm at the Portuguese Spiritist Federations headquarters a workshop on accountancy for Spiritist Workers took place
Spiritist Gathering of Algarve
The Spiritist Gathering of Algarve organized by the Nuacutecleo Familiar Espiacuterita do Mentor Amigo (Spiritist Family Centre of the Friend Mentor) took place on Sunday 12th May 2013 at the Eva Hotel in Faro It was a time of glad getting together and exchange of knowledge
Contact 965 053 743 nfe_mentoramigosapopt
Seminar by Iris and Claudio Sinoti
On 19th May the Portuguese Spiritist Federation held at its headquarters a seminar on topics related to psychology addressed in the book Refletindo a Alma (Reflecting the Soul) and others from the psychological works of the Spirit of Joanna de Angelis Iris and Claudio Sinotti who are workers from the Mansatildeo do Caminho (Mansion of the Way) Bahia joined us in the event
Contacts geralfeportuguesapt
Health and Light Project
The 3rd Light and Health Project where topics related to physical mental and spiritual health will be discussed is being organized by the Allan Kardec
PORTUGAL ITALIAN SPIRITIST UNION
The Italian Spiritist Union through its President Regina Piccoli informs that they have all the slides of the Systematic Study of Spiritism volume I and II translated into Italian They are completing the review to draw up a booklet as a complement to the study of the classes Info italiausigmailcom
ITALY
SPIRITIST FRATERNITY GOD LOVE amp CHARITY
Saturday 16th March 2013 - Self-discovery
Seminar - with the active participation of speakers Dr Andrei Moreira from Brazil Prof Jose Angel Velasquez from El Salvador Dr Edwin Bravo and Prof Johana Bravo from Guatemala and Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender from Panama The photos of the seminar are on Fedac Facebook at wwwfedacorgpa We had an audience of 200 people with a great interest by the participants
2 Active participation at the 7th World Spiritist Congress with a Fedac delegation of 15 people among Spiritists and accompanying people
3 We are now facing a temporary difficulty with the moving to new premises The venue we had for 26 years is being sold and we have to vacate the property
We are still looking for a place to move to within our budget
Dr Maria de la Gracia Ender wwwfedacorgpa fedacpanamahotmailcom
PANAMA
PARAGUAY SPIRITIST CENTRE
The 10th Spiritist Week in Paraguay took place and was organised by the Paraguayan Spiritist Federacion
On 13th 14th and 15th September the 2nd South American Spiritist Congress took place in
Asuncion centroespiritaparaguayo_cepariedernetpy
PARAGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 10
SPIRITIST UNION OF MOZAMBIQUE
The Spiritist Union of Mozambique was integrated to the International Spiritist Council during the Annual General Meeting in Cuba President Elide Carneiro Address Av Alfredo Keil 12 ndash Maputo Mobile +25 8844 613 251 unemomozgmailcom
wwwfacebookcomCEAKMZ
MOZAMBIQUE
MEXICAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The Mexican Federation of Spiritist Associations reports the activities below Federacioacuten Espiacuterita de Tamaulipas y las Huastecas (Spiritist Federation of Tamaulipas and the Huastecas) FETH
21st December 2012 talk and presentation of Spiritist poems by Spiritist youngsters in Valles S a n L u i s Potosi at the 1 8 t h anniversary of the Tomasito Herrera Spiritist Centre 21st to 23rd December 2012 talks and f e l l o w s h i p gathering of the Spiritist centres
of Mante Tamaulipas 1st January 2013 meeting of leaders of the FETH groups and fraternal gatherings January and February 2013 the official setup of t h e C o o r d i n a t i o n Department of Spiritist Centres from the Central Nor thwes t W estern Eastern Southeast regions of the country affiliated to the Mexican Federation of
Spiritist Associations local meeting of Spiritist centres in Mante and seminars held with the theme Death Spiritual Colonies Mental Irradiation and Spiritist Healing Celebration of 70th Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante local report on the 7th International S p i r i t i s t C o n g r e s s participation in the meeting of the International Spiritist Council
MEXICO
meeting to strengthen and unify centres affiliated to the Federation and related institutions in the cities
of Valles Victoria Tampico Mante Pueblo Viejo Veracruz workshops held on Spiritist healing and fraternal assistance in the south of Veracruz and Tlaxcala
19th April interview about Spiritism and mediumship for the Radio Net 1060 AM group from the city of Juarez Chihuahua on 19th April
2013 Setting up of Spiritist Study Groups in Tabasco Quintana Roo Guadalajara and Sonora
Jorge Camargo jorgecamargozuritagmailcom
espiritismoenmexicohotmailcom
wwwespiritismoenmexicoorg
2nd QUARTER 2013 11
The meeting of CEICA took place with the presence of Mexico Panama and Honduras
CEYCA coordinator Dr Edwin Bravo
with Divaldo Franco and Patricia Rodriguez from the
Tamaulip Federation
Talk by Jorge Zurita at the
Congress in Cuba
THE SPIRITIST CHRISTIAN COMMUNION FRANCISCO CANDIDO XAVIER
wwwspiritismjp
JAPAN
GEEAK - NORWAY
The GEEAK Oslo continues to develop its
activities at the following address Dronningens gt
23 room 512 City Centre Oslo
Study of The Spirits books on Wednesdays at
6pm
Meimei Group (children and parents) on every
Saturday at 1230pm
Jussara Korngold was in Oslo for the second time
giving a talk at the Oslo Literature Hall on 14th
February 2013 with the theme Boosting your inner
Power
Spiritist Studies in Norway
Euripides Barsanulfo Spiritist Group - Bergen
Study of The Spirits book and the Gospel according
to Spiritism on Sundays from 730 to 9pm -
Information spiritismeibergengmailcom
Chico Xavier Spiritist Group - Trondheim
Meetings Wednesdays from 615 to 715pm
Contact spiritismentrondheimgmailcom
Bernt Torstenson Spiritist Study Group - Oslo
Meetings in Norwegian on Wednesdays from 1 to 2
pm Fredrikkebygget (UiO - Universitetet i Oslo
Blindern - Oslo) next to the Fredrikke Kapell
Contact sssbernttorstensongmailcom
Paul of Tarsus Spiritist Group Stavanger
Virtual meetings on Wednesdays from 730 to 9pm
Contact gepstavangergmailcom
httpspiritismestavangerblogspotno
postgeeaknorgecom
wwwgeeaknorgecom
NORWAY SPIRITIST SOCIETY
OF IRELAND
Andrei Moreira gave a talk in Dublin on 15th May 2013 on the theme Self Love a Healing Path
Divaldo Franco will be again in Dublin with the talk Mediumship Challenges and Blessings
on 11th June 2013 On 23rd May 2013 a talk by Sergio Thiesen Information sbertozzogmailcom
wwwallankardec-irelandorg
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 12
GEEAK- LUXEMBOURG
Allan Kardec Spiritist Group of Luxembourg
You are all invited for a conference by Divaldo Pereira Franco on the theme Psychology of Gratitude Friday 7th June 2013 730pm to 1030pm Centre Socieacutetaire 29 rue de Strasbourg L-2560 - Luxembourg - Gare allankardecluxyahoofr wwwgroupespiriteallankardecluxcom
LUXEMBOURG
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF PERU
The conference by Luis Hu took place in March
feperu_espiritayahoocom httpperuespiritablogspotcom
PERU
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP - NZ
infoallankardecorgnz
httpallankardecorgnz
NEW ZEALAND
Study Group and AME GEEAK the Spiritist Medical Doctors Association of Coimbra
Contacts wwwgeeakpt
23rd Spiritist Gathering
of Lisbon
At the CEPC Centro Espiacuterita Perdatildeo e Caridade (Forgiveness and Charity Spiritist Centre) The themes are based on the book by Joanna de Angelis entitled Constelaccedilatildeo Familiar (Family
Constellation) From 10am to 5pm
With the participation of the Lisbon Spiritist Music Group and Choir and the Jogral Espiacuterita de Lisboa (Lisbon Spiritist Minstrel) as well as he participation of the DIJ of CEPC
Contacts wwwceperdaoecaridadept
June 17th CONCESP
The National Gathering of Spiritist Children will take place this year in Lisbon on 1st June From 1030 am to 430 pm at the Pousada da Juventude do Parque das Naccedilotildees with the theme Once upon a time the birds of heaven We look forward to seeing you with a lot of disposition and willingness in participating
Enrolment Forms concesp2013gmailcom
httpdijfeportuguesaptconcesp2013
Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo
On Sunday 2nd June from 10am to 6pm the Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo 2013 will take place at the D Fernando Hotel in Evora with the theme Spiritism in Alentejo
Contacts
cefeevoragmailcom
Cultural Spiritist
Meeting 2013
The Cultural Spiritist Meeting 2013 will be dedicated to the theme of The Portuguese Spiritist Movement and
2nd QUARTER 2013 13
will take place on Sunday 30th June from 2pm at its headquarters in Amadora Get to know better the history of the Portuguese Spiritist Movement See you there
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Tel 214 975 754
geralfeportuguesapt
Featured
The Portuguese Spiritist Congress 2013
It will be held in Leiria at the premises of the Spiritist Association of Leiria on 16th amp 17th November under the theme of Mediumship a vision of the future We should point out that the hall has limited capacity so it is recommended that you book your place early
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Please book your place by sending an email to
congressoespiritaportugues2013gmailcom
If you have any queries please dont hesitate to contact us
wwwfeportuguesapt
fepinformafeportuguesapt
focused on the same target which was to touching the soul of every one present in the huge audience awakening in those who were seeking knowledge a new opportunity for a new re-beginning Soon the videos of the talks will be available on Youtube Further information on the BUSS website below Article by Ana Marques
coordinator of Guiding Light Spiritist Society in Canterbury UK Photos Guilherme Almeida Future events in June in UK
Divaldo Franco on 9th June in London 10th June in Glasgow Therezinha Oliveira 23rd June to 30th June Talks in London and Wokingham
All posters and information are available on the BUSS website wwwbussorguk
busseventsgmailcom
BUSS - BRITISH UNION OF SPIRITIST SOCIETIES
2nd British Spiritist Congress Celebrating 30 Years of Spiritism
in the United Kingdom
With the main theme A new Era and the Dawning of a new Humanity the 2nd British Spiritist Congress held on 11th and 12th May 2013 at the main hall of the Quakers Friends House in London and organised by BUSS was a success Participants from 14 different countries were present namely France Norway Denmark Sweden Switzerland Japan Portugal Republic of Ireland Czech Republic Brazil Liechtenstein Germany Australia and Serbia During both Saturday and Sunday a total of 248 people enrolled for the event and were able to enjoy 15 talks offered by 13 speakers Charles Kempf General Secretary of the ISC Harold Dutra Dias Dr Andrei Moreira Speakers present from the UK Janet Duncan President of Allan Kardec Study Group - Centre for Spiritist Teachings London completing 30 years of foundation Guy Lyon Playfair Anne Christine Sinclair Silvia Gibbons Denise Ferrett Maria Gomes Davian Jessamy Elizabeth Freire Stevanin Tania and Tanya Moore
The event was hosted by Christopher Kinghorn There was a musical performance by Diego Carneiro p l a y i n g c e l l o s op r ano Maya Sapone and Martino Scovacricchi playing saxophone
Mark ing 30 years of Spiritism in the UK Janet Duncan founder of the Spiritist Movement in England gave a opening speech about the Pathway
to Enlightenment The event was broadcast worldwide through TVCEI (wwwtvceicom) and the talks were further broadcast by the Fraternity Radio and Good News Radio of
Brazil This great event focused primarily on bringing
together hearts and souls and also stressing the importance of diversity in our lives
13 speakers each one with their own different way of speaking and expressing themselves but
UNITED KINGDOM
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 14
THE SWEDISH SPIRITIST UNION
On 24th and 25th May Divaldo Pereira Franco was once again in Scandinavia This time in Gothenburg Sweden in a gathering with local Spiritist groups This year our companions from Finland also attended the event The eminent propagator of Spiritism gave a public talk in this city which was translated into Swedish and also a Seminar with the Spiritist Groups present
The Paring Vaumlgen till ljuset Spiritist Group and
the Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in Stockholm took part by selling Spiritist books and distributing messages at the Harmony Fair in Stockholm on 23rd and 24th last March It has been noticed during the Fair that people had a growing interest on the Spiritist Doctrine and its foundations
At the Vatumannen Bookstore in Stockholm Spiritist books continue to be sold and information leaflets on Spiritism distributed
The Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in
Stockholm is completing the study of the book Efter Doumlden (After Death) by Leon Denis which has already been translated into Swedish
Information spiritismensegmailcom
wwwgsfallankardecblogspotcom
wwwspiritismencom
httpspiritistiskaforbundetblogspotcouk
SWEDEN
2nd QUARTER 2013 15
accommodation and closer contact with people who normally would only have superficial contact one to each other at major events The Spirit Movement in Switzerland owes much to Mr Jorge Godinho who with his vast experience and great patience has been teaching and providing us with advice From 6th to 9th May we had
the great pleasure of having with us Haroldo Dutra a Spiritist speaker who travelled throughout Switzerland giving different talks and a short seminar With the election of the new board of directors of UCESS on 14th April 2013 Rejane Hostettler is now the director of UCESS and there are also 3 vice-directors Pedro Pereira Nelly Berchtold and Dilma Hambrock Rejane is doing a course on theology in Zurich and making Spiritism known amongst other religious denominations so that a new focus of work is being introduced
Two new Spiritist centres have been founded in this period CEBEM in Zurich (Kuumlsnacht) and GEFA in Bern (Zollikofen) In the Italian Switzerland we will be beginning a program of monthly
events in Italian in May (please see the poster) Most Spiritist centres have received a boost of new friends very knowledgeable in Spiritism joining these centres and are providing their help to the Spiritist movement with great motivation
Divaldo Franco spoke in Switzerland on 20th May 2013 in Zurich at G-19 a Spiritist institution In Winthertur at CEEAK he spoke on the following topic Rebellious Spirits and Peace For the Spiritist Centres in Switzerland please visit the website wwwspiritismech nellyberchtoldhotmailcom
UNION OF SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRES IN SWITZERLAND - UCESS
Members of the 10 Spiritist centres in Switzerland have been meeting regularly since
January 2013 for at least a week-end per month in the rural area of Berne to study the Spiritist doctrine Study a n d p r a c t i c e o f mediumship in the 1st half of the year and the Systematic Study of Spiritism is scheduled for 2nd half of the year This study promotes closer ties of friendship because of the study groups the shared
SWITZERLAND
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 16
SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
2nd QUARTER 2013 17
Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
SPIRITIST UNION OF MOZAMBIQUE
The Spiritist Union of Mozambique was integrated to the International Spiritist Council during the Annual General Meeting in Cuba President Elide Carneiro Address Av Alfredo Keil 12 ndash Maputo Mobile +25 8844 613 251 unemomozgmailcom
wwwfacebookcomCEAKMZ
MOZAMBIQUE
MEXICAN SPIRITIST FEDERATION
The Mexican Federation of Spiritist Associations reports the activities below Federacioacuten Espiacuterita de Tamaulipas y las Huastecas (Spiritist Federation of Tamaulipas and the Huastecas) FETH
21st December 2012 talk and presentation of Spiritist poems by Spiritist youngsters in Valles S a n L u i s Potosi at the 1 8 t h anniversary of the Tomasito Herrera Spiritist Centre 21st to 23rd December 2012 talks and f e l l o w s h i p gathering of the Spiritist centres
of Mante Tamaulipas 1st January 2013 meeting of leaders of the FETH groups and fraternal gatherings January and February 2013 the official setup of t h e C o o r d i n a t i o n Department of Spiritist Centres from the Central Nor thwes t W estern Eastern Southeast regions of the country affiliated to the Mexican Federation of
Spiritist Associations local meeting of Spiritist centres in Mante and seminars held with the theme Death Spiritual Colonies Mental Irradiation and Spiritist Healing Celebration of 70th Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante Anniversary de Spiritist Centre Love Light and Truth from Mante local report on the 7th International S p i r i t i s t C o n g r e s s participation in the meeting of the International Spiritist Council
MEXICO
meeting to strengthen and unify centres affiliated to the Federation and related institutions in the cities
of Valles Victoria Tampico Mante Pueblo Viejo Veracruz workshops held on Spiritist healing and fraternal assistance in the south of Veracruz and Tlaxcala
19th April interview about Spiritism and mediumship for the Radio Net 1060 AM group from the city of Juarez Chihuahua on 19th April
2013 Setting up of Spiritist Study Groups in Tabasco Quintana Roo Guadalajara and Sonora
Jorge Camargo jorgecamargozuritagmailcom
espiritismoenmexicohotmailcom
wwwespiritismoenmexicoorg
2nd QUARTER 2013 11
The meeting of CEICA took place with the presence of Mexico Panama and Honduras
CEYCA coordinator Dr Edwin Bravo
with Divaldo Franco and Patricia Rodriguez from the
Tamaulip Federation
Talk by Jorge Zurita at the
Congress in Cuba
THE SPIRITIST CHRISTIAN COMMUNION FRANCISCO CANDIDO XAVIER
wwwspiritismjp
JAPAN
GEEAK - NORWAY
The GEEAK Oslo continues to develop its
activities at the following address Dronningens gt
23 room 512 City Centre Oslo
Study of The Spirits books on Wednesdays at
6pm
Meimei Group (children and parents) on every
Saturday at 1230pm
Jussara Korngold was in Oslo for the second time
giving a talk at the Oslo Literature Hall on 14th
February 2013 with the theme Boosting your inner
Power
Spiritist Studies in Norway
Euripides Barsanulfo Spiritist Group - Bergen
Study of The Spirits book and the Gospel according
to Spiritism on Sundays from 730 to 9pm -
Information spiritismeibergengmailcom
Chico Xavier Spiritist Group - Trondheim
Meetings Wednesdays from 615 to 715pm
Contact spiritismentrondheimgmailcom
Bernt Torstenson Spiritist Study Group - Oslo
Meetings in Norwegian on Wednesdays from 1 to 2
pm Fredrikkebygget (UiO - Universitetet i Oslo
Blindern - Oslo) next to the Fredrikke Kapell
Contact sssbernttorstensongmailcom
Paul of Tarsus Spiritist Group Stavanger
Virtual meetings on Wednesdays from 730 to 9pm
Contact gepstavangergmailcom
httpspiritismestavangerblogspotno
postgeeaknorgecom
wwwgeeaknorgecom
NORWAY SPIRITIST SOCIETY
OF IRELAND
Andrei Moreira gave a talk in Dublin on 15th May 2013 on the theme Self Love a Healing Path
Divaldo Franco will be again in Dublin with the talk Mediumship Challenges and Blessings
on 11th June 2013 On 23rd May 2013 a talk by Sergio Thiesen Information sbertozzogmailcom
wwwallankardec-irelandorg
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 12
GEEAK- LUXEMBOURG
Allan Kardec Spiritist Group of Luxembourg
You are all invited for a conference by Divaldo Pereira Franco on the theme Psychology of Gratitude Friday 7th June 2013 730pm to 1030pm Centre Socieacutetaire 29 rue de Strasbourg L-2560 - Luxembourg - Gare allankardecluxyahoofr wwwgroupespiriteallankardecluxcom
LUXEMBOURG
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF PERU
The conference by Luis Hu took place in March
feperu_espiritayahoocom httpperuespiritablogspotcom
PERU
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP - NZ
infoallankardecorgnz
httpallankardecorgnz
NEW ZEALAND
Study Group and AME GEEAK the Spiritist Medical Doctors Association of Coimbra
Contacts wwwgeeakpt
23rd Spiritist Gathering
of Lisbon
At the CEPC Centro Espiacuterita Perdatildeo e Caridade (Forgiveness and Charity Spiritist Centre) The themes are based on the book by Joanna de Angelis entitled Constelaccedilatildeo Familiar (Family
Constellation) From 10am to 5pm
With the participation of the Lisbon Spiritist Music Group and Choir and the Jogral Espiacuterita de Lisboa (Lisbon Spiritist Minstrel) as well as he participation of the DIJ of CEPC
Contacts wwwceperdaoecaridadept
June 17th CONCESP
The National Gathering of Spiritist Children will take place this year in Lisbon on 1st June From 1030 am to 430 pm at the Pousada da Juventude do Parque das Naccedilotildees with the theme Once upon a time the birds of heaven We look forward to seeing you with a lot of disposition and willingness in participating
Enrolment Forms concesp2013gmailcom
httpdijfeportuguesaptconcesp2013
Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo
On Sunday 2nd June from 10am to 6pm the Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo 2013 will take place at the D Fernando Hotel in Evora with the theme Spiritism in Alentejo
Contacts
cefeevoragmailcom
Cultural Spiritist
Meeting 2013
The Cultural Spiritist Meeting 2013 will be dedicated to the theme of The Portuguese Spiritist Movement and
2nd QUARTER 2013 13
will take place on Sunday 30th June from 2pm at its headquarters in Amadora Get to know better the history of the Portuguese Spiritist Movement See you there
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Tel 214 975 754
geralfeportuguesapt
Featured
The Portuguese Spiritist Congress 2013
It will be held in Leiria at the premises of the Spiritist Association of Leiria on 16th amp 17th November under the theme of Mediumship a vision of the future We should point out that the hall has limited capacity so it is recommended that you book your place early
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Please book your place by sending an email to
congressoespiritaportugues2013gmailcom
If you have any queries please dont hesitate to contact us
wwwfeportuguesapt
fepinformafeportuguesapt
focused on the same target which was to touching the soul of every one present in the huge audience awakening in those who were seeking knowledge a new opportunity for a new re-beginning Soon the videos of the talks will be available on Youtube Further information on the BUSS website below Article by Ana Marques
coordinator of Guiding Light Spiritist Society in Canterbury UK Photos Guilherme Almeida Future events in June in UK
Divaldo Franco on 9th June in London 10th June in Glasgow Therezinha Oliveira 23rd June to 30th June Talks in London and Wokingham
All posters and information are available on the BUSS website wwwbussorguk
busseventsgmailcom
BUSS - BRITISH UNION OF SPIRITIST SOCIETIES
2nd British Spiritist Congress Celebrating 30 Years of Spiritism
in the United Kingdom
With the main theme A new Era and the Dawning of a new Humanity the 2nd British Spiritist Congress held on 11th and 12th May 2013 at the main hall of the Quakers Friends House in London and organised by BUSS was a success Participants from 14 different countries were present namely France Norway Denmark Sweden Switzerland Japan Portugal Republic of Ireland Czech Republic Brazil Liechtenstein Germany Australia and Serbia During both Saturday and Sunday a total of 248 people enrolled for the event and were able to enjoy 15 talks offered by 13 speakers Charles Kempf General Secretary of the ISC Harold Dutra Dias Dr Andrei Moreira Speakers present from the UK Janet Duncan President of Allan Kardec Study Group - Centre for Spiritist Teachings London completing 30 years of foundation Guy Lyon Playfair Anne Christine Sinclair Silvia Gibbons Denise Ferrett Maria Gomes Davian Jessamy Elizabeth Freire Stevanin Tania and Tanya Moore
The event was hosted by Christopher Kinghorn There was a musical performance by Diego Carneiro p l a y i n g c e l l o s op r ano Maya Sapone and Martino Scovacricchi playing saxophone
Mark ing 30 years of Spiritism in the UK Janet Duncan founder of the Spiritist Movement in England gave a opening speech about the Pathway
to Enlightenment The event was broadcast worldwide through TVCEI (wwwtvceicom) and the talks were further broadcast by the Fraternity Radio and Good News Radio of
Brazil This great event focused primarily on bringing
together hearts and souls and also stressing the importance of diversity in our lives
13 speakers each one with their own different way of speaking and expressing themselves but
UNITED KINGDOM
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 14
THE SWEDISH SPIRITIST UNION
On 24th and 25th May Divaldo Pereira Franco was once again in Scandinavia This time in Gothenburg Sweden in a gathering with local Spiritist groups This year our companions from Finland also attended the event The eminent propagator of Spiritism gave a public talk in this city which was translated into Swedish and also a Seminar with the Spiritist Groups present
The Paring Vaumlgen till ljuset Spiritist Group and
the Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in Stockholm took part by selling Spiritist books and distributing messages at the Harmony Fair in Stockholm on 23rd and 24th last March It has been noticed during the Fair that people had a growing interest on the Spiritist Doctrine and its foundations
At the Vatumannen Bookstore in Stockholm Spiritist books continue to be sold and information leaflets on Spiritism distributed
The Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in
Stockholm is completing the study of the book Efter Doumlden (After Death) by Leon Denis which has already been translated into Swedish
Information spiritismensegmailcom
wwwgsfallankardecblogspotcom
wwwspiritismencom
httpspiritistiskaforbundetblogspotcouk
SWEDEN
2nd QUARTER 2013 15
accommodation and closer contact with people who normally would only have superficial contact one to each other at major events The Spirit Movement in Switzerland owes much to Mr Jorge Godinho who with his vast experience and great patience has been teaching and providing us with advice From 6th to 9th May we had
the great pleasure of having with us Haroldo Dutra a Spiritist speaker who travelled throughout Switzerland giving different talks and a short seminar With the election of the new board of directors of UCESS on 14th April 2013 Rejane Hostettler is now the director of UCESS and there are also 3 vice-directors Pedro Pereira Nelly Berchtold and Dilma Hambrock Rejane is doing a course on theology in Zurich and making Spiritism known amongst other religious denominations so that a new focus of work is being introduced
Two new Spiritist centres have been founded in this period CEBEM in Zurich (Kuumlsnacht) and GEFA in Bern (Zollikofen) In the Italian Switzerland we will be beginning a program of monthly
events in Italian in May (please see the poster) Most Spiritist centres have received a boost of new friends very knowledgeable in Spiritism joining these centres and are providing their help to the Spiritist movement with great motivation
Divaldo Franco spoke in Switzerland on 20th May 2013 in Zurich at G-19 a Spiritist institution In Winthertur at CEEAK he spoke on the following topic Rebellious Spirits and Peace For the Spiritist Centres in Switzerland please visit the website wwwspiritismech nellyberchtoldhotmailcom
UNION OF SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRES IN SWITZERLAND - UCESS
Members of the 10 Spiritist centres in Switzerland have been meeting regularly since
January 2013 for at least a week-end per month in the rural area of Berne to study the Spiritist doctrine Study a n d p r a c t i c e o f mediumship in the 1st half of the year and the Systematic Study of Spiritism is scheduled for 2nd half of the year This study promotes closer ties of friendship because of the study groups the shared
SWITZERLAND
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 16
SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
2nd QUARTER 2013 17
Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
THE SPIRITIST CHRISTIAN COMMUNION FRANCISCO CANDIDO XAVIER
wwwspiritismjp
JAPAN
GEEAK - NORWAY
The GEEAK Oslo continues to develop its
activities at the following address Dronningens gt
23 room 512 City Centre Oslo
Study of The Spirits books on Wednesdays at
6pm
Meimei Group (children and parents) on every
Saturday at 1230pm
Jussara Korngold was in Oslo for the second time
giving a talk at the Oslo Literature Hall on 14th
February 2013 with the theme Boosting your inner
Power
Spiritist Studies in Norway
Euripides Barsanulfo Spiritist Group - Bergen
Study of The Spirits book and the Gospel according
to Spiritism on Sundays from 730 to 9pm -
Information spiritismeibergengmailcom
Chico Xavier Spiritist Group - Trondheim
Meetings Wednesdays from 615 to 715pm
Contact spiritismentrondheimgmailcom
Bernt Torstenson Spiritist Study Group - Oslo
Meetings in Norwegian on Wednesdays from 1 to 2
pm Fredrikkebygget (UiO - Universitetet i Oslo
Blindern - Oslo) next to the Fredrikke Kapell
Contact sssbernttorstensongmailcom
Paul of Tarsus Spiritist Group Stavanger
Virtual meetings on Wednesdays from 730 to 9pm
Contact gepstavangergmailcom
httpspiritismestavangerblogspotno
postgeeaknorgecom
wwwgeeaknorgecom
NORWAY SPIRITIST SOCIETY
OF IRELAND
Andrei Moreira gave a talk in Dublin on 15th May 2013 on the theme Self Love a Healing Path
Divaldo Franco will be again in Dublin with the talk Mediumship Challenges and Blessings
on 11th June 2013 On 23rd May 2013 a talk by Sergio Thiesen Information sbertozzogmailcom
wwwallankardec-irelandorg
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 12
GEEAK- LUXEMBOURG
Allan Kardec Spiritist Group of Luxembourg
You are all invited for a conference by Divaldo Pereira Franco on the theme Psychology of Gratitude Friday 7th June 2013 730pm to 1030pm Centre Socieacutetaire 29 rue de Strasbourg L-2560 - Luxembourg - Gare allankardecluxyahoofr wwwgroupespiriteallankardecluxcom
LUXEMBOURG
SPIRITIST FEDERATION OF PERU
The conference by Luis Hu took place in March
feperu_espiritayahoocom httpperuespiritablogspotcom
PERU
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP - NZ
infoallankardecorgnz
httpallankardecorgnz
NEW ZEALAND
Study Group and AME GEEAK the Spiritist Medical Doctors Association of Coimbra
Contacts wwwgeeakpt
23rd Spiritist Gathering
of Lisbon
At the CEPC Centro Espiacuterita Perdatildeo e Caridade (Forgiveness and Charity Spiritist Centre) The themes are based on the book by Joanna de Angelis entitled Constelaccedilatildeo Familiar (Family
Constellation) From 10am to 5pm
With the participation of the Lisbon Spiritist Music Group and Choir and the Jogral Espiacuterita de Lisboa (Lisbon Spiritist Minstrel) as well as he participation of the DIJ of CEPC
Contacts wwwceperdaoecaridadept
June 17th CONCESP
The National Gathering of Spiritist Children will take place this year in Lisbon on 1st June From 1030 am to 430 pm at the Pousada da Juventude do Parque das Naccedilotildees with the theme Once upon a time the birds of heaven We look forward to seeing you with a lot of disposition and willingness in participating
Enrolment Forms concesp2013gmailcom
httpdijfeportuguesaptconcesp2013
Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo
On Sunday 2nd June from 10am to 6pm the Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo 2013 will take place at the D Fernando Hotel in Evora with the theme Spiritism in Alentejo
Contacts
cefeevoragmailcom
Cultural Spiritist
Meeting 2013
The Cultural Spiritist Meeting 2013 will be dedicated to the theme of The Portuguese Spiritist Movement and
2nd QUARTER 2013 13
will take place on Sunday 30th June from 2pm at its headquarters in Amadora Get to know better the history of the Portuguese Spiritist Movement See you there
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Tel 214 975 754
geralfeportuguesapt
Featured
The Portuguese Spiritist Congress 2013
It will be held in Leiria at the premises of the Spiritist Association of Leiria on 16th amp 17th November under the theme of Mediumship a vision of the future We should point out that the hall has limited capacity so it is recommended that you book your place early
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Please book your place by sending an email to
congressoespiritaportugues2013gmailcom
If you have any queries please dont hesitate to contact us
wwwfeportuguesapt
fepinformafeportuguesapt
focused on the same target which was to touching the soul of every one present in the huge audience awakening in those who were seeking knowledge a new opportunity for a new re-beginning Soon the videos of the talks will be available on Youtube Further information on the BUSS website below Article by Ana Marques
coordinator of Guiding Light Spiritist Society in Canterbury UK Photos Guilherme Almeida Future events in June in UK
Divaldo Franco on 9th June in London 10th June in Glasgow Therezinha Oliveira 23rd June to 30th June Talks in London and Wokingham
All posters and information are available on the BUSS website wwwbussorguk
busseventsgmailcom
BUSS - BRITISH UNION OF SPIRITIST SOCIETIES
2nd British Spiritist Congress Celebrating 30 Years of Spiritism
in the United Kingdom
With the main theme A new Era and the Dawning of a new Humanity the 2nd British Spiritist Congress held on 11th and 12th May 2013 at the main hall of the Quakers Friends House in London and organised by BUSS was a success Participants from 14 different countries were present namely France Norway Denmark Sweden Switzerland Japan Portugal Republic of Ireland Czech Republic Brazil Liechtenstein Germany Australia and Serbia During both Saturday and Sunday a total of 248 people enrolled for the event and were able to enjoy 15 talks offered by 13 speakers Charles Kempf General Secretary of the ISC Harold Dutra Dias Dr Andrei Moreira Speakers present from the UK Janet Duncan President of Allan Kardec Study Group - Centre for Spiritist Teachings London completing 30 years of foundation Guy Lyon Playfair Anne Christine Sinclair Silvia Gibbons Denise Ferrett Maria Gomes Davian Jessamy Elizabeth Freire Stevanin Tania and Tanya Moore
The event was hosted by Christopher Kinghorn There was a musical performance by Diego Carneiro p l a y i n g c e l l o s op r ano Maya Sapone and Martino Scovacricchi playing saxophone
Mark ing 30 years of Spiritism in the UK Janet Duncan founder of the Spiritist Movement in England gave a opening speech about the Pathway
to Enlightenment The event was broadcast worldwide through TVCEI (wwwtvceicom) and the talks were further broadcast by the Fraternity Radio and Good News Radio of
Brazil This great event focused primarily on bringing
together hearts and souls and also stressing the importance of diversity in our lives
13 speakers each one with their own different way of speaking and expressing themselves but
UNITED KINGDOM
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 14
THE SWEDISH SPIRITIST UNION
On 24th and 25th May Divaldo Pereira Franco was once again in Scandinavia This time in Gothenburg Sweden in a gathering with local Spiritist groups This year our companions from Finland also attended the event The eminent propagator of Spiritism gave a public talk in this city which was translated into Swedish and also a Seminar with the Spiritist Groups present
The Paring Vaumlgen till ljuset Spiritist Group and
the Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in Stockholm took part by selling Spiritist books and distributing messages at the Harmony Fair in Stockholm on 23rd and 24th last March It has been noticed during the Fair that people had a growing interest on the Spiritist Doctrine and its foundations
At the Vatumannen Bookstore in Stockholm Spiritist books continue to be sold and information leaflets on Spiritism distributed
The Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in
Stockholm is completing the study of the book Efter Doumlden (After Death) by Leon Denis which has already been translated into Swedish
Information spiritismensegmailcom
wwwgsfallankardecblogspotcom
wwwspiritismencom
httpspiritistiskaforbundetblogspotcouk
SWEDEN
2nd QUARTER 2013 15
accommodation and closer contact with people who normally would only have superficial contact one to each other at major events The Spirit Movement in Switzerland owes much to Mr Jorge Godinho who with his vast experience and great patience has been teaching and providing us with advice From 6th to 9th May we had
the great pleasure of having with us Haroldo Dutra a Spiritist speaker who travelled throughout Switzerland giving different talks and a short seminar With the election of the new board of directors of UCESS on 14th April 2013 Rejane Hostettler is now the director of UCESS and there are also 3 vice-directors Pedro Pereira Nelly Berchtold and Dilma Hambrock Rejane is doing a course on theology in Zurich and making Spiritism known amongst other religious denominations so that a new focus of work is being introduced
Two new Spiritist centres have been founded in this period CEBEM in Zurich (Kuumlsnacht) and GEFA in Bern (Zollikofen) In the Italian Switzerland we will be beginning a program of monthly
events in Italian in May (please see the poster) Most Spiritist centres have received a boost of new friends very knowledgeable in Spiritism joining these centres and are providing their help to the Spiritist movement with great motivation
Divaldo Franco spoke in Switzerland on 20th May 2013 in Zurich at G-19 a Spiritist institution In Winthertur at CEEAK he spoke on the following topic Rebellious Spirits and Peace For the Spiritist Centres in Switzerland please visit the website wwwspiritismech nellyberchtoldhotmailcom
UNION OF SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRES IN SWITZERLAND - UCESS
Members of the 10 Spiritist centres in Switzerland have been meeting regularly since
January 2013 for at least a week-end per month in the rural area of Berne to study the Spiritist doctrine Study a n d p r a c t i c e o f mediumship in the 1st half of the year and the Systematic Study of Spiritism is scheduled for 2nd half of the year This study promotes closer ties of friendship because of the study groups the shared
SWITZERLAND
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 16
SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
2nd QUARTER 2013 17
Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP - NZ
infoallankardecorgnz
httpallankardecorgnz
NEW ZEALAND
Study Group and AME GEEAK the Spiritist Medical Doctors Association of Coimbra
Contacts wwwgeeakpt
23rd Spiritist Gathering
of Lisbon
At the CEPC Centro Espiacuterita Perdatildeo e Caridade (Forgiveness and Charity Spiritist Centre) The themes are based on the book by Joanna de Angelis entitled Constelaccedilatildeo Familiar (Family
Constellation) From 10am to 5pm
With the participation of the Lisbon Spiritist Music Group and Choir and the Jogral Espiacuterita de Lisboa (Lisbon Spiritist Minstrel) as well as he participation of the DIJ of CEPC
Contacts wwwceperdaoecaridadept
June 17th CONCESP
The National Gathering of Spiritist Children will take place this year in Lisbon on 1st June From 1030 am to 430 pm at the Pousada da Juventude do Parque das Naccedilotildees with the theme Once upon a time the birds of heaven We look forward to seeing you with a lot of disposition and willingness in participating
Enrolment Forms concesp2013gmailcom
httpdijfeportuguesaptconcesp2013
Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo
On Sunday 2nd June from 10am to 6pm the Spiritist Meeting of Alentejo 2013 will take place at the D Fernando Hotel in Evora with the theme Spiritism in Alentejo
Contacts
cefeevoragmailcom
Cultural Spiritist
Meeting 2013
The Cultural Spiritist Meeting 2013 will be dedicated to the theme of The Portuguese Spiritist Movement and
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will take place on Sunday 30th June from 2pm at its headquarters in Amadora Get to know better the history of the Portuguese Spiritist Movement See you there
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Tel 214 975 754
geralfeportuguesapt
Featured
The Portuguese Spiritist Congress 2013
It will be held in Leiria at the premises of the Spiritist Association of Leiria on 16th amp 17th November under the theme of Mediumship a vision of the future We should point out that the hall has limited capacity so it is recommended that you book your place early
Contacts wwwfeportuguesapt
Please book your place by sending an email to
congressoespiritaportugues2013gmailcom
If you have any queries please dont hesitate to contact us
wwwfeportuguesapt
fepinformafeportuguesapt
focused on the same target which was to touching the soul of every one present in the huge audience awakening in those who were seeking knowledge a new opportunity for a new re-beginning Soon the videos of the talks will be available on Youtube Further information on the BUSS website below Article by Ana Marques
coordinator of Guiding Light Spiritist Society in Canterbury UK Photos Guilherme Almeida Future events in June in UK
Divaldo Franco on 9th June in London 10th June in Glasgow Therezinha Oliveira 23rd June to 30th June Talks in London and Wokingham
All posters and information are available on the BUSS website wwwbussorguk
busseventsgmailcom
BUSS - BRITISH UNION OF SPIRITIST SOCIETIES
2nd British Spiritist Congress Celebrating 30 Years of Spiritism
in the United Kingdom
With the main theme A new Era and the Dawning of a new Humanity the 2nd British Spiritist Congress held on 11th and 12th May 2013 at the main hall of the Quakers Friends House in London and organised by BUSS was a success Participants from 14 different countries were present namely France Norway Denmark Sweden Switzerland Japan Portugal Republic of Ireland Czech Republic Brazil Liechtenstein Germany Australia and Serbia During both Saturday and Sunday a total of 248 people enrolled for the event and were able to enjoy 15 talks offered by 13 speakers Charles Kempf General Secretary of the ISC Harold Dutra Dias Dr Andrei Moreira Speakers present from the UK Janet Duncan President of Allan Kardec Study Group - Centre for Spiritist Teachings London completing 30 years of foundation Guy Lyon Playfair Anne Christine Sinclair Silvia Gibbons Denise Ferrett Maria Gomes Davian Jessamy Elizabeth Freire Stevanin Tania and Tanya Moore
The event was hosted by Christopher Kinghorn There was a musical performance by Diego Carneiro p l a y i n g c e l l o s op r ano Maya Sapone and Martino Scovacricchi playing saxophone
Mark ing 30 years of Spiritism in the UK Janet Duncan founder of the Spiritist Movement in England gave a opening speech about the Pathway
to Enlightenment The event was broadcast worldwide through TVCEI (wwwtvceicom) and the talks were further broadcast by the Fraternity Radio and Good News Radio of
Brazil This great event focused primarily on bringing
together hearts and souls and also stressing the importance of diversity in our lives
13 speakers each one with their own different way of speaking and expressing themselves but
UNITED KINGDOM
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 14
THE SWEDISH SPIRITIST UNION
On 24th and 25th May Divaldo Pereira Franco was once again in Scandinavia This time in Gothenburg Sweden in a gathering with local Spiritist groups This year our companions from Finland also attended the event The eminent propagator of Spiritism gave a public talk in this city which was translated into Swedish and also a Seminar with the Spiritist Groups present
The Paring Vaumlgen till ljuset Spiritist Group and
the Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in Stockholm took part by selling Spiritist books and distributing messages at the Harmony Fair in Stockholm on 23rd and 24th last March It has been noticed during the Fair that people had a growing interest on the Spiritist Doctrine and its foundations
At the Vatumannen Bookstore in Stockholm Spiritist books continue to be sold and information leaflets on Spiritism distributed
The Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in
Stockholm is completing the study of the book Efter Doumlden (After Death) by Leon Denis which has already been translated into Swedish
Information spiritismensegmailcom
wwwgsfallankardecblogspotcom
wwwspiritismencom
httpspiritistiskaforbundetblogspotcouk
SWEDEN
2nd QUARTER 2013 15
accommodation and closer contact with people who normally would only have superficial contact one to each other at major events The Spirit Movement in Switzerland owes much to Mr Jorge Godinho who with his vast experience and great patience has been teaching and providing us with advice From 6th to 9th May we had
the great pleasure of having with us Haroldo Dutra a Spiritist speaker who travelled throughout Switzerland giving different talks and a short seminar With the election of the new board of directors of UCESS on 14th April 2013 Rejane Hostettler is now the director of UCESS and there are also 3 vice-directors Pedro Pereira Nelly Berchtold and Dilma Hambrock Rejane is doing a course on theology in Zurich and making Spiritism known amongst other religious denominations so that a new focus of work is being introduced
Two new Spiritist centres have been founded in this period CEBEM in Zurich (Kuumlsnacht) and GEFA in Bern (Zollikofen) In the Italian Switzerland we will be beginning a program of monthly
events in Italian in May (please see the poster) Most Spiritist centres have received a boost of new friends very knowledgeable in Spiritism joining these centres and are providing their help to the Spiritist movement with great motivation
Divaldo Franco spoke in Switzerland on 20th May 2013 in Zurich at G-19 a Spiritist institution In Winthertur at CEEAK he spoke on the following topic Rebellious Spirits and Peace For the Spiritist Centres in Switzerland please visit the website wwwspiritismech nellyberchtoldhotmailcom
UNION OF SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRES IN SWITZERLAND - UCESS
Members of the 10 Spiritist centres in Switzerland have been meeting regularly since
January 2013 for at least a week-end per month in the rural area of Berne to study the Spiritist doctrine Study a n d p r a c t i c e o f mediumship in the 1st half of the year and the Systematic Study of Spiritism is scheduled for 2nd half of the year This study promotes closer ties of friendship because of the study groups the shared
SWITZERLAND
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 16
SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
2nd QUARTER 2013 17
Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
focused on the same target which was to touching the soul of every one present in the huge audience awakening in those who were seeking knowledge a new opportunity for a new re-beginning Soon the videos of the talks will be available on Youtube Further information on the BUSS website below Article by Ana Marques
coordinator of Guiding Light Spiritist Society in Canterbury UK Photos Guilherme Almeida Future events in June in UK
Divaldo Franco on 9th June in London 10th June in Glasgow Therezinha Oliveira 23rd June to 30th June Talks in London and Wokingham
All posters and information are available on the BUSS website wwwbussorguk
busseventsgmailcom
BUSS - BRITISH UNION OF SPIRITIST SOCIETIES
2nd British Spiritist Congress Celebrating 30 Years of Spiritism
in the United Kingdom
With the main theme A new Era and the Dawning of a new Humanity the 2nd British Spiritist Congress held on 11th and 12th May 2013 at the main hall of the Quakers Friends House in London and organised by BUSS was a success Participants from 14 different countries were present namely France Norway Denmark Sweden Switzerland Japan Portugal Republic of Ireland Czech Republic Brazil Liechtenstein Germany Australia and Serbia During both Saturday and Sunday a total of 248 people enrolled for the event and were able to enjoy 15 talks offered by 13 speakers Charles Kempf General Secretary of the ISC Harold Dutra Dias Dr Andrei Moreira Speakers present from the UK Janet Duncan President of Allan Kardec Study Group - Centre for Spiritist Teachings London completing 30 years of foundation Guy Lyon Playfair Anne Christine Sinclair Silvia Gibbons Denise Ferrett Maria Gomes Davian Jessamy Elizabeth Freire Stevanin Tania and Tanya Moore
The event was hosted by Christopher Kinghorn There was a musical performance by Diego Carneiro p l a y i n g c e l l o s op r ano Maya Sapone and Martino Scovacricchi playing saxophone
Mark ing 30 years of Spiritism in the UK Janet Duncan founder of the Spiritist Movement in England gave a opening speech about the Pathway
to Enlightenment The event was broadcast worldwide through TVCEI (wwwtvceicom) and the talks were further broadcast by the Fraternity Radio and Good News Radio of
Brazil This great event focused primarily on bringing
together hearts and souls and also stressing the importance of diversity in our lives
13 speakers each one with their own different way of speaking and expressing themselves but
UNITED KINGDOM
ISC NEWSLETTER no48 14
THE SWEDISH SPIRITIST UNION
On 24th and 25th May Divaldo Pereira Franco was once again in Scandinavia This time in Gothenburg Sweden in a gathering with local Spiritist groups This year our companions from Finland also attended the event The eminent propagator of Spiritism gave a public talk in this city which was translated into Swedish and also a Seminar with the Spiritist Groups present
The Paring Vaumlgen till ljuset Spiritist Group and
the Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in Stockholm took part by selling Spiritist books and distributing messages at the Harmony Fair in Stockholm on 23rd and 24th last March It has been noticed during the Fair that people had a growing interest on the Spiritist Doctrine and its foundations
At the Vatumannen Bookstore in Stockholm Spiritist books continue to be sold and information leaflets on Spiritism distributed
The Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in
Stockholm is completing the study of the book Efter Doumlden (After Death) by Leon Denis which has already been translated into Swedish
Information spiritismensegmailcom
wwwgsfallankardecblogspotcom
wwwspiritismencom
httpspiritistiskaforbundetblogspotcouk
SWEDEN
2nd QUARTER 2013 15
accommodation and closer contact with people who normally would only have superficial contact one to each other at major events The Spirit Movement in Switzerland owes much to Mr Jorge Godinho who with his vast experience and great patience has been teaching and providing us with advice From 6th to 9th May we had
the great pleasure of having with us Haroldo Dutra a Spiritist speaker who travelled throughout Switzerland giving different talks and a short seminar With the election of the new board of directors of UCESS on 14th April 2013 Rejane Hostettler is now the director of UCESS and there are also 3 vice-directors Pedro Pereira Nelly Berchtold and Dilma Hambrock Rejane is doing a course on theology in Zurich and making Spiritism known amongst other religious denominations so that a new focus of work is being introduced
Two new Spiritist centres have been founded in this period CEBEM in Zurich (Kuumlsnacht) and GEFA in Bern (Zollikofen) In the Italian Switzerland we will be beginning a program of monthly
events in Italian in May (please see the poster) Most Spiritist centres have received a boost of new friends very knowledgeable in Spiritism joining these centres and are providing their help to the Spiritist movement with great motivation
Divaldo Franco spoke in Switzerland on 20th May 2013 in Zurich at G-19 a Spiritist institution In Winthertur at CEEAK he spoke on the following topic Rebellious Spirits and Peace For the Spiritist Centres in Switzerland please visit the website wwwspiritismech nellyberchtoldhotmailcom
UNION OF SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRES IN SWITZERLAND - UCESS
Members of the 10 Spiritist centres in Switzerland have been meeting regularly since
January 2013 for at least a week-end per month in the rural area of Berne to study the Spiritist doctrine Study a n d p r a c t i c e o f mediumship in the 1st half of the year and the Systematic Study of Spiritism is scheduled for 2nd half of the year This study promotes closer ties of friendship because of the study groups the shared
SWITZERLAND
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 16
SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
2nd QUARTER 2013 17
Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
THE SWEDISH SPIRITIST UNION
On 24th and 25th May Divaldo Pereira Franco was once again in Scandinavia This time in Gothenburg Sweden in a gathering with local Spiritist groups This year our companions from Finland also attended the event The eminent propagator of Spiritism gave a public talk in this city which was translated into Swedish and also a Seminar with the Spiritist Groups present
The Paring Vaumlgen till ljuset Spiritist Group and
the Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in Stockholm took part by selling Spiritist books and distributing messages at the Harmony Fair in Stockholm on 23rd and 24th last March It has been noticed during the Fair that people had a growing interest on the Spiritist Doctrine and its foundations
At the Vatumannen Bookstore in Stockholm Spiritist books continue to be sold and information leaflets on Spiritism distributed
The Leon Denis Spiritist Study Centre in
Stockholm is completing the study of the book Efter Doumlden (After Death) by Leon Denis which has already been translated into Swedish
Information spiritismensegmailcom
wwwgsfallankardecblogspotcom
wwwspiritismencom
httpspiritistiskaforbundetblogspotcouk
SWEDEN
2nd QUARTER 2013 15
accommodation and closer contact with people who normally would only have superficial contact one to each other at major events The Spirit Movement in Switzerland owes much to Mr Jorge Godinho who with his vast experience and great patience has been teaching and providing us with advice From 6th to 9th May we had
the great pleasure of having with us Haroldo Dutra a Spiritist speaker who travelled throughout Switzerland giving different talks and a short seminar With the election of the new board of directors of UCESS on 14th April 2013 Rejane Hostettler is now the director of UCESS and there are also 3 vice-directors Pedro Pereira Nelly Berchtold and Dilma Hambrock Rejane is doing a course on theology in Zurich and making Spiritism known amongst other religious denominations so that a new focus of work is being introduced
Two new Spiritist centres have been founded in this period CEBEM in Zurich (Kuumlsnacht) and GEFA in Bern (Zollikofen) In the Italian Switzerland we will be beginning a program of monthly
events in Italian in May (please see the poster) Most Spiritist centres have received a boost of new friends very knowledgeable in Spiritism joining these centres and are providing their help to the Spiritist movement with great motivation
Divaldo Franco spoke in Switzerland on 20th May 2013 in Zurich at G-19 a Spiritist institution In Winthertur at CEEAK he spoke on the following topic Rebellious Spirits and Peace For the Spiritist Centres in Switzerland please visit the website wwwspiritismech nellyberchtoldhotmailcom
UNION OF SPIRITIST STUDY CENTRES IN SWITZERLAND - UCESS
Members of the 10 Spiritist centres in Switzerland have been meeting regularly since
January 2013 for at least a week-end per month in the rural area of Berne to study the Spiritist doctrine Study a n d p r a c t i c e o f mediumship in the 1st half of the year and the Systematic Study of Spiritism is scheduled for 2nd half of the year This study promotes closer ties of friendship because of the study groups the shared
SWITZERLAND
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 16
SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
2nd QUARTER 2013 17
Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
CIVIL ASSOCIATION SOCRATES
We are working to legalise the Venezuelan Spiritist Federation Jose Vasquez L - ingjvasquezgmailcom
VENEZUELA URUGUAYAN SPIRITIST
FEDERATION - USF Seminar - Spiritual Assistance 60th Anniversary of Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Organised by Spiritist Centre Hacia la Verdad Supported by Spiritist Assistance Department of the USF General Flores 4689 Info about the datehacialaverdadmontevideocom uyfeuruguaygmailcom wwwespiritismouruguaycom
URUGUAY
ISC NEWSLETTER no 48 16
SPIRITIST CENTRE LOVE
2 Groups Tallinn and Vosu Please write only in Esperanto Russian or Estonian to Mr August Kilk augustspiritismee
wwwspiritismee
ESTONIA
ALLAN KARDEC SPIRITIST GROUP
Please contact in Esperanto or Hungarian Szabadi Tibor satiborespgmailcom
HUNGARY
SPIRITISM IN FINLAND ALLAN KARDEC TYOumlRYHMAuml In April a talk on the Mediums Books was given in response to the invitation of the Spiritualist event held in Tampere
On 8th and 9th May the Spiritist movement in Finland had an invaluable help by Andrei Moreira on theme Depression from the Spiritist Perspective
The talks were held in Helsinki and Vaumlaumlksy and translated into Finnish We had 120 people who attended the event and apart from the organisers the audience was
100 Finnish It is with great joy that we inform that the Allan Kardec Tyoumlryhmauml ry (Allan Kardec Work Group) received their registration number from the Finnish authorities in May so becoming the first registered Spiritist association in Finland
We are always grateful for each seed of light which is sowed We hope to continue watering our garden of love
Contacts and information infoallankardecfi
infospiritismifi wwwspiritismifi
FINLAND
THE SPIRITIST MOVEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES
SPIRITISM IN BELARUS
The President of the Spiritist Group in Minsk (Belarusian Spiritist Group) is Andrei Latsinnik Vice-president Natalia Latsinnik and Spartak Severin is the contact for enquiries from other countries
The group is made up by 15 people From the translation into English or French the ISC newsletter is now also being translated into Russian by Spartak Severin Andrei and Natasha from the Spiritist Group of Minsk Please write only in English French Italian or Russian to spartak-severinyandexby httpbelarusspiritycom
BELARUS
2nd QUARTER 2013 17
Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
2nd QUARTER 2013 17
Spiritism in Ecuador
In June an Executive Committee member of the ISC will be visiting Guayaquil to carry out tasks and Spiritist seminars organised by the South America Coordination Department
wwwespiritismoquitoblogspotcom
ECUADOR
UAE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
There are 3 Groups in the UAE The 3rd Meeting of Spiritist Philosophy of the Middle East took place on 23rd and 26th May with the participation of our dear friend Haroldo Dutra In February the Abu Dhabi Group organized the 6th Lecture Cycle for the 3 groups in the United Arab Emirates This time the guest speaker was
Anete Guimaraes httpespacodespertarblogspotcom
Cesar Augustus - GEEAD
contatogeeadgmailcom httpswwwfacebookcomgeeadabudhabi
Ana Elisa Vilhena ndash GECL -
grupoespiritacaminhodeluzgmailcom
ARAB EMIRATES
ALLAN KARDEC GROUP OF PRAGUE
27th May 2013 Prague
Seminar with Divaldo
Franco
Information allankardecseznamcz website in Czech wwwkardeccz
CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRALIA
Further information on the Spiritist Movement in some cities in Australia please visit the following website wwwallankardecsydneyorg allankardecsydneygmailcom
POLAND SPIRITISM IN WARSAW
Further information only in Polish on the website wwwspirytyzmpl konradspirytyzmpl wwwrivailpl
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITIST COUNCIL IN ARGENTINE
EDICEI at the 39th International Book Fair of
Buenos Aires
From 23rd April to 13th May 2013 as it always happened since 2009 the International Spiritist Council through Edicei Iberoamerica and under sponsored by the Argentine Spiritist Federation took part as an exhibitor in the 39th International Book Fair of Buenos Aires
50 countries 500 exhibitors took part in it and attracted 1200000 visitors On the stand more than 100 Spiritist books were on display including the basic works of the codification by Allan Kardec and the Spanish edition of the Spiritist Magazine of 1860 by Allan Kardec
After the event a sale of 455 books were registered including works of the following publishers namely Joanna de Angelis 18 de abril and the CEA
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF LIFE by the International Spiritist Council The artwork has been approved at the meeting in Havana Cuba It is made up of images in posters in different languages Artwork prepared by the team of the Portuguese Spiritist Federation To send the translation please email Helena on 7helenabbgmailcom Soon available in all languages on the ISC website wwwinterceicom
Spiritist Friend Please visit the website of the International Spiritist Council which is often updated httpceispiriteorges httpceispiriteorgpt httpceispiriteorg httpceispiriteorgfr wwwinterceicom