Holding a PhD in Clinical Psychology and a Master’s in Philosophy, psychotherapist Ana Tereza Camasmie is affiliated with the Tarefeiros do Bem Spiritist Center, located in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro. Author of the books “Palavras para a Alma” (Words for the Soul), “Caminha que a vida te encontra” (Walk and Life Will Find You), “Mãe: as faces do amor materno” (Mother: The Faces of Maternal Love) and “Sementes” (Seeds), Ana Tereza Camasmie is responsible for conducting Fraternal Counseling, coordinating Mediumship Meetings, offering study groups on the works of Joanna de Ângelis, and providing training for new collaborators at the institution. She is a Spiritist speaker, both in Brazil and abroad, and a volunteer at the Joanna de Ângelis Mental Health Center at Mansão do Caminho.
Spiritist writer and speaker Cristiane Beira has a degree in Systems Analysis, a Master’s in School Psychology, and is a specialist in Jungian and Psychosomatic Psychology. In the Spiritist Movement, she serves as Vice President of the Esperança Spiritist Society in Amparo, São Paulo, and also coordinates the Children and Youth Spiritist Evangelization and the Study Group for the Joanna de Ângelis Psychological Series. In Salvador, she is responsible for developing training workshops for teachers in the education department of Mansão do Caminho. Additionally, she contributes as a columnist for the “Presença Espírita” magazine, published by LEAL, and hosts the highly successful program “Spiritist Psychology with Joanna de Ângelis” on Mansão do Caminho TV.
Born in Alagoinhas (Bahia), he has extensive administrative experience in Brazil and abroad, with 48 years of service in the Brazilian Air Force, having served as military advisor for the Brazilian delegation at the UN World Disarmament Conference.
From a Spiritist family, he has always kept the goal of the journey in mind, using the Gospel as a guide. In the 1970s, he was president of the Discípulos de Léon Denis Spiritist Center in Rio de Janeiro. He has been a Spiritist expositor and monitor since 1983, spreading Spiritism in several countries.
He participated in the Spiritist Movement in the United States from 1998 to 2000, in Washington and Baltimore. He collaborated with the Union of Spiritist Study Centers in Switzerland on the Unification process of the Spiritist Movement in that country, which culminated in the signing of the Unification Pact by Swiss Spiritist Institutions in 2012.
He has contributed to the Brazilian Spiritist Federation (FEB) for over three decades. He is a member of the Institution’s Superior Council and was elected president on March 21, 2015.
Born in Salvador (Bahia) and a Spiritist from birth, he has lived in Rio de Janeiro (RJ) since he was 4 years old.
As a child, he participated in an evangelization school. When older, he directed a Spiritist youth group and attended mediumship meetings as a medium. He was president of the Seara Fraterna Spiritist Center, located in the Catete neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. He is a former director of Spiritist Doctrine at the former Union of Spiritist Societies of the State of Rio de Janeiro (USEERJ). He co-founded the Tarefeiros do Bem Spiritist Center, located in the Botafogo neighborhood. He is a Spiritist orator. He is a retired engineer from Varig airlines, a clinical psychologist, and holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychotherapy from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF).
Jussara Korngold is the General Secretary of the International Spiritist Council, and the former president and current vice president of the United States Spiritist Federation. Founder and president of the Spiritist Group of New York, she is a Spiritist speaker, writer, and translator.
Leonardo Machado is a psychiatrist, university professor, and Spiritist speaker. His medical career focuses on mental health, while his work in Spiritism addresses the intersection of mind, body, and spirituality. His lectures and published writings offer insights for those seeking emotional balance and spiritual understanding. He is the author of the works: “Divaldo Franco: mediunidade ou distúrbio mental?” (Divaldo Franco: Mediumship or Mental Disorder?), “Vida saudável e feliz: Evangelho de Jesus e saúde mental” (Healthy and Happy Life: The Gospel of Jesus and Mental Health), “Transtornos psiquiátricos: um olhar médico-espírita” (Psychiatric Disorders: A Medical-Spiritist Perspective), and “Ansiedade e felicidade” (Anxiety and Happiness).
Brazilian baritone Maurício Virgens began his musical training in his hometown, Salvador. In 2000, he moved to Germany, where he continued his operatic vocal studies with Grace Bumbry, Graciela Alperyn, Edda Moser, and Werner Compes, and participated in several masterclasses and international competitions. In 2003, Maurício Virgens won an award at the Schloss Rheinsberg International Singing Competition, and in 2006, at the Opera Competition of the Center for Contemporary Opera in New York, whose award concert took place in 2008 at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.
Mário Sérgio Pintos de Almeida is the CEO of the Caminho da Redenção Spiritist Center (CECR), an active Spiritist, medium, speaker, and one of the creators of the doctrinal meeting “Conversando sobre Espiritismo” (Talking about Spiritism).
Originally from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, he holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), specializing in Central Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, Mechanical Ventilation and Exhaust, Pressurization, and Thermal Processes, with several national and international awards. He is a consultant, advisor, and designer.
He held the following positions at the Caminho da Redenção Spiritist Center: manager of the Alvorada Editora Spiritist Bookstore (1994-2024) during Nilson de Souza Pereira’s administration; and 1st treasurer during Demétrio Ataíde Lisboa’s administration (2019-2020).
At Mansão do Caminho, he was elected Vice-President Director in 2020, a position he holds today.
Currently, he is part of the organizing committee for the Divaldo Franco Centenary International Congress, to be held in Salvador, Bahia, on May 1 and 2, 2027.
Paulo de Tarso is a systems analyst with a postgraduate degree in Computer Networks and Management of Technology-Based Companies. He also has a background in Transpersonal Holistic Therapy, focusing on Systemic Family Therapy and Family Constellations. Currently, Paulo serves as the coordinator of the Social Communication System of the Spiritist Federation of the State of Bahia, and is also an active member of the speakers’ bureau for that institution.
