1. Chico Xavier

2. He was one medium and one of the most important promoters of Spiritism in Brazil. He has done a great social and comforted thousands of peoplewith your message.

3. Biography Francisco de Paula Candido Xavier, known as Chico Xavier was born in Pedro Leopoldo, April 2, 1910. Your name is Francisco de Paula Candido in honor of the saint's day of birth. The name was replaced by Francisco Candido Xavier when psychographed the first books. The change becomes official in April 1966, when he got his second trip to United States.

4. young Chico old Chico

5. First infance Her mother died when Francis was only 5 years old. Unable to create them, the father distributed the nine children between the family. In the following two years, Francis was created by the sponsor and old friend of her mother, Rita, who soon became a cruel person, wearing him the girl and beatinghim daily, on the grounds that "the boy had devil in the body. "

6. The moments of peace that had were when speaking with the spirit of his mother, with whom he communicated since the age of five. The boy saw the spirit of the mother after a prayer, with the shade of a banana tree in the backyard. In these contacts, the spirit of her mother urged "patience, endurance and faith in Jesus.”

7. Espiritism In May 1927, received another message from his mother, in which he wasrecommended to study the works of Allan Kardec and the performance of their duties. In June, helped found the spiritual center Luiz Gonzaga, in a simple wooden shack. And guided by his mentors spirits, began the practice of automatic writing. In the following years perfected this ability away and wrote letters and books psychographic. They say that Chico may have been the reincarnation of Allan Kardec, the discoverer of turning tables.

8. Allan Kardec

9. First books In 1931, Pedro Leopoldo, began the psychographics of the work of Parnas Beyond the Tomb. This year would have met his spiritual mentor Emmanuel (the spirit of aRoman senator and Jesuit). The mentor advises him on his mission psicografar a series of thirty books andtells you that you are required to do so three conditions: "Discipline, discipline, anddiscipline." The mentor instructed him to remain faithful to Jesus and Kardec, even in the eventof conflict with his guidance.

10. Benevolence Chico Xavier became a celebrity. More and more people seek to find cures and messages, transforming the small town of Pedro Leopoldo in an informal center of pilgrimage. He moved to the city of Uberaba, and the pilgrimage began on Saturday. When the kindly medium, leaving the "Fellowship of Christian Spiritualist ', visiting some homes in need, bringing them the joy of his friendly presence, accompanied by large numbers of people. His work has always consisted of doctrinal dissemination and assistance tasks, coupled with the evangelical service of personal enlightenment and comfort to those who sought him out.

11. Nosso lar (“Our home”), a movie based on the book psychographed by Chico Xavier.

12. Passage The medium died at 92 years of age due to cardiorespiratory arrest, on June 30 th of 2002. Chico had asked God to die on a day when the Brazilians were very happy and the country was celebrating. The country was celebrating winning the World Cup football on the day of his death.