Scheilla Spiritist Group
About GES and CMAN
History, purpose, and work of the Scheilla Spiritist Group and the Mary of Nazareth Community.
Founded in 1999 in Mussurunga, GES unites spirituality, mediumistic painting, and social action through CMAN.
founder
Florencio Anton
Medium, psychologist, and educator · Salvador, BA
- Pedagogy
- Psychology
- Nursing
- Mediumistic painting
Born on November 18, 1973 in Salvador, Florencio Anton is the son of Vera Lucia Regis Reverendo and Florencio Reverendo Anton Filho. He spent his first 14 years in Tobias Barreto, SE. At age 12, he began his connection with Spiritist Doctrine, deepening his studies at 14 under the guidance of Dna. Eunice Bastos and Manoel Messias Canuto Oliveira.
At 17, he began receiving mediumistic paintings from renowned deceased painters such as Renoir and Berthe Morisot, as well as other artists of the global art movement.
Florencio Anton holds a degree in Pedagogy from UNIBAHIA, a bachelor's in Nursing from UNIRB, and a Psychology degree from UniFTC. He is also trained in regression therapy, psychoanalysis, and auriculotherapy. His career includes work as an airport agent at Vasp and Varig and as a UNESCO Project Officer. He currently focuses on Pedagogical Coordination at the Pinus Longaeva Institute of Health and Education and develops workshops and lectures in Nursing, Education, Thanatology, Grief, Biobehavioral Therapies, and Palliative Care.
our history
History of the Scheilla Spiritist Group
- 1999
Foundation
The Scheilla Spiritist Group (GES) was founded on August 29, 1999, in the Mussurunga neighborhood of Salvador, BA. Conceived by the medium, psychologist, and educator Florencio Anton, the institution aims essentially at the integral education of human beings.
- 1999
Founding members
Using resources from Mediumistic Painting, Florencio transforms art and mediumship into solidarity actions. Along with Florencio, Ana Márcia Lima and Sidney Rocha (in memoriam) were founding members, forming the initial leadership.
Pedagogical approach
The institution is firmly grounded in Spiritist principles, maintaining a dialectical relationship with socio-interactionist theory. Its pedagogical proposal addresses human needs in biological, psychological, social, and spiritual spheres, using education as an effective instrument of human progress.
Values that guide us
- joy
- work
- education
- transformation
GES is founded on four doctrinal pillars of Allan Kardec:
“The cure of social ills may be prolonged; however, the instrument to attack these ills will be education (...) Education, if well understood, will be the key to moral progress.”
— L.E. p. 917“In a society organized according to the Law of Christ, no one should die of hunger.”
— L.E. p. 930“Humanity progresses through individuals who improve little by little and become enlightened; when they become numerous, they take the lead and draw others along.”
— L.E. p. 789“No man has complete faculties, and it is through social union that they complement one another to ensure their own well-being and progress. That is why, needing one another, they are made to live in society and not in isolation.”
— L.E. p. 768
Institutional principles
The five main principles of the institution are:
Study, practice, and dissemination of Spiritist Doctrine as religion, philosophy, and science, according to Allan Kardec's Codification.
Evangelization of human beings, according to the precepts of "The Gospel According to Spiritism".
Solidary union of Spiritist societies and unification of the movement.
Encouragement of citizenship and solidarity, seeking improvement of living conditions.
Social assistance, practice of charity as a social duty, principles of Christian ethics, and full exercise of solidarity.
Current leadership
25
Volunteers dedicated to doctrinal and socio-educational activities
Florencio Anton
Founder and president
Adriana Bittencourt
Vice president
Tarcísio Sampaio
Administrative secretary
Currently, the Scheilla Spiritist Group is led by Florencio Anton, Founder and president, Adriana Bittencourt, Vice president and Tarcísio Sampaio, Administrative secretary, supported by about {count} volunteers dedicated to doctrinal and socio-educational activities.
GES is a non-profit religious organization with private legal personality under law no. 10.825/2003, with bylaws registered at Cartório Santos Silva in Salvador, under registration 23273, and recognized by CNPJ no. 07.779.864/0001-00.
Mary of Nazareth Community (CMAN)
Founded alongside GES on August 29, 1999, the Mary of Nazareth Community (CMAN) focuses its activities on social services.
It has three blocks:
Block 1
Houses the Dr. Ivon Costa Education and Health Center, offering socio-educational activities such as the Building the Good Man project.
Block 2
Dedicated to administrative activities in the Dona Luzia Duro Space.
Block 3
Hosts the Scheilla Spiritist Group, where doctrine-related activities take place, divided into mediumistic rooms and the Divaldo Pereira Franco Auditorium.
Located in the popular Mussurunga neighborhood, GES serves the "Colinas de Mussurunga" community, facing challenges ranging from urban infrastructure to basic needs such as food and dignified housing. Through CMAN, the institution promotes actions to restore dignity to excluded people who need support.
Social action programs
CMAN develops various socio-educational and assistance projects in Mussurunga. Among them:
Be part of our mission
Explore CMAN projects in Mussurunga or support GES work through donations, sponsorship, and mediumistic artwork auctions.