Letter to the reader

Year 14 - 683 – August 16, 2020

Gladis Pedersen de Oliveira, a life dedicated to the evangelization of children

 
Ex-president of the Spirit Federation of Rio Grande do Sul and author of numerous works, Gladis Pedersen de Oliveira, from Porto Alegre (RS), is our interviewee. Graduated in Pedagogy, with a postgraduate degree in Educational Sciences and Logotherapy, she has held numerous management positions in several spirit institutions, in which she works in different areas, notably in the children's and youth evangelization sector, which she considers of vital importance in the activities of the Spirit Houses.

“Social distance and self-knowledge: history repeats” is the title and theme of this edition's Special, written by confrere Wilson Abreu, coordinator of the Mediumistic Activities Department of the Grêmio Espírita Atualpa, in Brasília (DF). In the article, he reports on a recent message from Dr. Bezerra de Menezes through the medium Divaldo Franco, in which the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic is mentioned.

In an article written by journalist Giovana Campos, from Santos (SP), doctor Rodolfo Furlan Damiano, from AME-São Paulo, tells us about the relationship that exists between empathy and spirituality in health care, and tells how to insert this concept in the daily care of others. The interview is one of the highlights of this edition.


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The e-book entitled Metaneurology, an English version of the book authored by Dr. Nubor Orlando Facure, was published on Friday 14th by EVOC – Virtual Publisher of The Comforter, which the same publisher launched, in the format on 16/12/2016. The translation was done by our collaborator Eleni Frangatos. The e-book, as with all EVOC publications, can be downloaded for free, simply by accessing the publisher's Web page.
 

  Astolfo O. de Oliveira Filho
Director of Writing
 

 
José Carlos Munhoz Pinto
Administrative Director

 

Translation:
Francine Prado
francine.cassia@hotmail.com

 

 
 

     
     

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