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Interview Portuguese Spanish    
Year 9 - N° 418 - June 14, 2015
ORSON PETER CARRARA
orsonpeter92@gmail.com
Matão, SP (Brasil)
 
Translation
Leonardo Rocha - l.rocha1989@gmail.com

 
Eliane Cassemiro: 

“I am very happy to work for the Spiritist Movement”

The President of the Regional Spiritist Union of the Brazilian state
of Santa Catarina talks about the Spiritist Movement in
Criciúma and other cities in the region

Eliane Cassemiro (photo) is the President of the 9th URE (Regional Spiritist Union) in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, gathering 27 municipalities. She is an accountant and works as controller of a chemical plant in the city of Criciúma, where she has lived since 1995, the same year when she became a Spiritist. She is also a vo- 

lunteer worker at the Spiritist Centre Seara de Jesus. In this interview, she talks about her experience in the Spiritist Movement in Santa Catarina. 

Tell us a little bit about the city of Criciúma.

It has 204,667 inhabitants according to the 2014 census and it is the main city in the coal producing area of Santa Catarina. Criciúma is known as the Coal Capital of Brazil and it has also a vibrant industrial sector. The city was built by Italian immigrants, as well as Poles, Germans, Portuguese and Arabs. 

How many Spiritist Groups are there in the 9th Regional Spiritist Union and which is the oldest one? 

We have 20 Groups in our regional body. Four of them are in Criciúma. The oldest Spiritist Centre in the area is the Spiritist Centre Seara de Jesus, which began its activities on 31st March 1942, 73 years ago. It is one of the busiest Spiritist Centres in the region, gathering some 500 people in its public events. More than 200 people take part in the study groups. It is the flagship Spiritist Centre in the region. 

How do you encourage the integration of the different groups in the region? 

We promote and organise a number of regular meetings with the presidents of all Spiritist Groups in the region. We also organise regional events for the volunteers and we publish a rota of public speakers, who go round the region three times a year debating a chosen theme in all Spiritist Groups in the area. And we have a yearly gathering of three Regional bodies from Santa Catarina state.  

In which way has the Spiritist Movement in the region been benefited by these efforts? 

We have achieved further integration between the volunteer workers, a more vibrant exchange of experiences and the union of the various Spiritist Groups in the region. The Spiritist Federation of Santa Catarina organises three meetings every year, gathering the 16 Regional Unions of the state. That has helped encourage the cross fertilization of ideas and projects and has given us further encouragement to carry on with the activities we have been doing in the regional Spiritist Movemnet. 

What are the main challenges faced by you and the most rewarding moments? 

The rewards and joys are the participation of the public in the events and the growth of the Spiritist Movement in the region. But we still struggle to bring some of the most renowned Spiritist speakers to our region, in the south of Brazil. 

Your final thoughts, please. 

I am very happy to work for the Spiritist Movement in the region. And I often remember the words of the Spiritual Benefactor, Emmanuel, through the medium, Chico Xavier: “Spiritism demands from us to perform a continuous form of charity – the charity of its dissemination”.
 



 


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