Activities
Activities developed by Joanna de Ângelis Spiritist Study
Group
Fraternal Counselling
Fraternal Counselling is offered with the objective to help who
comes to the Spiritist group seeking for counseling and advice
due to physical, psychological, spiritual problems, or a combination.
Volunteer-workers are trained in Spiritist postulates and basic
knowledge of interpersonal skills.
Passe
Passe is a spiritual therapeutic technique used to foster one’s
energetic, physical and spiritual balance and aims to help healing
process.
Study of The Gospel according
to Spiritism in Portuguese and English
Weekly meetings offered to who are interested in learning or
study in depth The Gospel according to Spiritism. During these
meetings, the chapters of the Gospel are studied and discussed.
Through appropriate methodology, attendants are encouraged to
participate and contribute to the studies, as well as to achieve
self-awareness and individual transformation.
Note: Studies in English take place in the first
Sunday of each month.
Study of Spiritism in English*
It is a study group open to the public. Its objective is to
study Spiritism’s principles, building up a broad understanding
of its scientific, moral and philosophical aspects.
*This study has as reference an adaptation of the Systematic
Study of Spiritism, published by the Brazilian
Spiritist Federation, adapted by the Spiritist
Society of Baltimore Maryland – USA, and Spiritist literature
available in the English language.
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Systematic Study of Spiritism
in Portuguese
Closed study group.
The goals of this group are: 1) to build up a broad understanding
of Spiritism and its triple aspects: scientific, religious and
philosophical; 2) to encourage that the knowledge acquired is
used in the daily routine and individual moral transformation;
and 3) to prepare volunteer-workers for JASSG’s activities.
Study and Mediumistic Practice
It is a closed study group which aims to prepare volunteer-workers
that want and need to educate themselves regarding theirs mediumistic
faculties. The ultimate goal is to help the development of a healthy
relationship between the person and his/her mediumistic faculties.
It is a long-term and constant preparation, which follows the
guidelines codified by Allan Kardec and presented in complementary
Spiritist literature.
Cinema & Study
Cinema & Study shows a different perspective of movies from
the Spiritist point of view.
Self-confidence, perseverance, commitment, loyalty, violence,
suffering, life and death, reincarnation, karma are some of the
subjects discussed.
Fraternal Lunch
Fraternal Lunch is part of our fundraising activities and takes
place on the last Sunday of the month. It also has the objective
to promote the socialization of the participants.
COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT
Portuguese and Brazilian
Culture Workshop for Children
It is a partnership between JASSG and Centre for Support and
Social Integration Brazil-Canada (CAIS). The classes aim to encourage
the development of reading and writing skills in Portuguese, as
well as to keep and increase contact with different aspects of
Brazilian culture.
ESL Classes for Adults
English as a Second Language (ESL) classes are offered at different
times to meet the needs of those who work during the day. Its
focus is to provide a basic knowledge of English, encourage conversation
and increase vocabulary.
Quote:
"If, as has been announced, Spiritism is destined to
effect the transformation of humanity, that result can only be
effected by the amelioration of the masses; and this amelioration
can only be accomplished gradually, through the amelioration of
individuals. Of what use is it to believe in the existence of
spirits, if our belief does not make us better, kinder, more indulgent
towards our fellow-creatures, more humble, more hopeful, more
patient under adversity? Of what use is it for the miser to be
a spiritist, if he remains miserly? What is the proud man the
better for his spiritist belief, if he is proud and full of himself?
Or the envious man, if his envy still remains with him? All men
might believe in spirit-manifestations, and yet the human race
remain stationary; but such, we are assured, is not God’s
design. It is towards the realization of the aim of Providence
that Spiritist Societies should tend, by grouping together those
who are imbued with the same sentiments…" (item
350 – The Book on Mediums, by Allan Kardec).
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