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Interview Portuguese Spanish    
Year 8 - N° 405 - March 15, 2015
ORSON PETER CARRARA
orsonpeter92@gmail.com
Matão, SP (Brasil)
 
Translation
Leonardo Rocha - l.rocha1989@gmail.com

 
Adilson Valdir Baronceli: 

“The pioneers of the Spiritist Movement in the city of Loanda were André Fernandes, Narciso Daviz and their friends”

 Our fellow Spiritist from the city of Loanda, in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, talks about the challenges of setting
up the Psychiatric Hospital Nosso Lar (Our Home)

 

Adilson Valdir Baronceli (photo), an agronomist and businessman, was born in a Spritist family in the southern Brazilian city of Loanda. He works as a volunteer at the Nosso Lar Spiritist Centre and he is the current president of the Nosso Lar Hostel, which has as one of its departments the Psychiatric Hospital Nosso Lar. In this interview, he talks about

the Spiritist Movement in Loanda and the struggle to keep the hospital going. 

Tell us a bit about the city of Loanda. 

It is located in the Northeast of Paraná state, a city that had in 2014 a population of 22,448. The city is known an industrial hub in the production of taps. 

How were the early days of Spiritism in the city?  

In 1950, André Fernandes and his family moved from a prosperous coffee farm in another part of Paraná state to come to Paranavaí. He created the Belo Horizonte farm and was, therefore, one of the founders of Loanda. He was also one of the founders of the Spiritist Centre Nosso Lar, alongside Narciso Daviz. The opened the night hostel in 1967 and the psychiatric hospital in 1970. We must also mention Pedro Leiva Andreo, who is now 82 and has played an important role in the Nosso Lar works. And also André Fernandes, who passed away, aged 81, on June 7th 1974 and spent his whole life working for good causes. Nosso Lar is the only Spiritist Centre in the city. 

What about the Pscychiatric Hospital? Tell us more about its early days. 

The idea to create a psychiatric hospital in Loanda came from Dr Ugo Accorsi, a doctor and General Practitioner who had links with Spiritism and was elected city mayor several times. The hospital is a department of the Night Hostel Nosso Lar. It treats alcohol and drug addicts and people with psychosis, all of them over the age of 18. 

What are the main challenges faced by the hospital at the moment? 

The main one is the lack of funds. The money transferred by the Brazilian government does not cover the costs of running the hospital. We need to pay the doctors, but also nutritionists, nurses, cleaners, security personnel; we need to provide five meals a day etc. We also need to provide medication and the government only covers 50% of the costs. The other half comes from the Paraná state government, the city of Loanda and other donations. We have 48 beds at the moment and we employ 43 people on a permanent basis. On the positive side, we have our own building and do not need to pay rent. 

How do you combine the medical work with the Spiritist activities aimed at helping the psychiatric patients? 

The Spiritual treatment is carried out twice a week. We teach Gospel According to Spiritism, we give healing and healing water and refer the most difficult cases for Spiritual treatment. There is very good integration between the hospital and the workers of the Spiritist Centre Nosso Lar.  

Your final thoughts, please. 

It is an honour to take part in this work with the Nosso Lar group in Loanda. I would just like to thank my fellow Spiritists for their support in this journey.



 


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