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also manages Fraternidade
Irmã Amélia,
which is a
nursery that
works with 125
children.
In the following
interview, he
talks about the
programme and
how this came to
reality.
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O Consolador:
When did the
programme
Transição become
reality? How was
this possible?
Fraternidade
Francisco de
Assis used to
produce until
the beginning of
2008 a programme
which was
presented by the
open TV in São
Paulo, Brazil.
Soon later one
person who helps
financially this
project got a
psycho graphed
message in June
2008 asking him
to continue
supporting the
disclosure of
the Doctrine.
This person came
to us to discuss
how this could
be done, and in
October 2008 the
programme
Transição was
aired by Rede
TV.
O Consolador:
What is the
weekly audience
of the
programme?
After 15 months
we are extremely
happy with the
results
achieved. From
the religious
programmes
presented by the
Brazilian TV,
Transição is one
of the only ones
to achieve
audience
according to
IBOPE
(Brazilian
Institute of
Public Opinion
and Statistics -
in
Portuguese,
Instituto
Brasileiro de
Opinião Pública
e Estatística).
O Consolador:
What are the
criteria used to
come up with the
programme?
We have received
help from
several
Spiritist
lecturers to
take the
Spiritist
message to the
general public.
Our programmers
are recorded and
edited in São
Paulo, Brazil.
O Consolador:
What would you
say is your
audience
throughout
Brazil?
We received a
very high number
of emails weekly
from all around
Brazil. After
some programmes,
we receive
around 500
between Sunday
and Monday. Most
of the e-mails
come from
spiritists but
there are also a
lot of followers
who are non-spiritists.
They have been
congratulating
the interviewees
for their clear
approach to the
topics
discussed.
O Consolador:
Have you
received
complains about
the programme as
well?
We have received
some complains
from other
religions, but
mainly on topics
related to the
Bible. We
noticed that we
are receiving
less and less
complains every
week.
O Consolador:
Would you say
it’s hard to
maintain it
financially?
As you may know,
the costs for
maintaining a
programme at
open TV in
Brazil are still
quite high. Some
people who watch
the show have
requested we
expand our
programmes so
that more people
would be able to
get to know more
about Spiritism,
but we can’t
afford it at
present. We are
thinking of
expanding our
programmes in
2010, but we
need more help
to be able to do
that. The
previous
editions of the
programme
Transição are
now available at
www.programatransicao.tv.br
O Consolador:
What is the
connection
between the
programme and
the institution
Fraternidade
Francisco de
Assis?
The people
involved with
producing the
programme
Transição
are part of
Fraternidade
Francisco de Assis.
We started a
project at this
institution with
the main goal to
disclose the
Spiritist
Doctrine. We are
recording
lecturers that
are taking place
at the
institution and
making them
available
through our site
www.fraternidadeassis.com.br.
They will soon
be transmitted
by TV MUNDO
MAIOR.
O Consolador:
Can you please
give us your
final words?
If we consider
Spiritism to be
the promised
Consoler, it’s
important we all
work to disclose
this message. It
needs to become
known by as many
people as
possible. We
would like to
wish peace to us
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