2023 Speakers

Artur Valadares was born in Patrocínio/MG,  and he lives in São Carlos/SP, where he is part of the Spiritist Association Obreiros do Bem. Arthur is a spiritist expositor and one of the founders and coordinators of NEPE Paulo de Tarso (Gospel Nucleus for Study and Research called “Paulo de Tarso").

Professionally, he holds a Degree as a Mechanical Engineer, and a master's and doctorate Degree from EESC-USP, in the city of Sao Paulo. He is currently working as a Data Analyst in Brazil.

Anderson Capelin was born in Brazil and has been living in Toronto for the last 13 years. He volunteers in various activities at the Joanna De Angelis Spiritist Study Group (JASSG) where he is also a speaker since 2021, teaching subjects about Spiritism to the Brazilian community in Toronto and to the general public. He was born in a Catholic family but has always been interested about the doctrine. However, it was at JASSG that he dove into the studies of Spiritism and became a more active member of the group. He graduated in Business Management and is a certified professional accountant in Canada.

Andreia was born in Brazil and worked as a volunteer at Herculano Pires Spiritist Center, Jundiai, Sao Paulo from 2003 to 2016.

She volunteered as a speaker and also on special social projects such as:

Educational Project – it was devoted to low-income children, and João Gobato group – it was devoted to elderly entertainment in retirement houses. Andreia moved to Canada in 2018 and since, she is fully engaged in the Spiritism teachings. 

Living in Waterloo, she coordinates studies at the Grupo de Estudos Espiritas Paulo de Tarso (GEEPT) / Paulo de Tarso Spiritist Study Group. Andreia worked at the Toronto Spiritist Weekend in 2021.

Joyce, the daughter of Eleone and Zuleide Souza, was born in Brazil where she graduated in Medicine.  Now she works as an anesthetist at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; and she also works as an assistant professor in the Department of Anaesthesia at McMaster University, in Canada as well.

She was born in a Catholic family and she began studying Spiritism in 2009 and has been an active worker in Spiritist centers ever since. In her journey of practicing Spiritism,  she initially worked at the Mount Vernon Spiritist Center in New York, USA,  and in 2011 she moved her practice to the Toronto Spiritist Society, where she has been studying, practicing, and teaching Spiritism till now. She works in the Child’s Gospel Spiritism and also as a Speaker in Toronto Spirit Society as well. 

Jussara Korngold is currently the General Secretary of the International Spiritist Council, the former President and current Vice-President of the United States Spiritist Federation. She is the founder and president of the Spiritist Group of New York and the Spiritist Alliance for Books. 

Mrs. Korngold is fluent in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish. She is an international speaker, a published author, and a translator. Mrs. Korngold works for Dara Institute (Brazil Child Health) as its main executive.

Dr. Ricardo Gandra Di Bernardi is a homeopath and pediatrician doctor. He was born in Florianópolis, in the province of Santa Catarina, located in Brazil. He joined the spiritist movement at a young age, and he has been the president of the Spiritist Youth of Florianópolis, and also the president of the MEUC (University Spiritist Movement). He founded ICEF (Institute of Spiritist Culture of Florianópolis) and AME SC (Medical-Spiritist Association of Santa Catarina), all related to the philosophy of Spiritism.

Related to Spiritism, Dr. Ricardo works as a past-life therapist. In addition, he developed interesting research about Kirlian photos that study the movement of the aura by the magnetic pass.

Dr. Ricardo is also the author of  11 books, and his most requested seminars are: "Pregnancy, Reincarnation, and Abortion", "Study of the Spiritual Bodies in the Spiritist Perspective", "Physiology of Reincarnation", "Drugs, action in the Spiritual Bodies", and  "Sexuality in the Spiritist Perspective”.