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        <ExplanationTxt>OUR HOUSE OF THE WAY IS OPEN WEEKLY FREE OF CHARGE TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH IDENTIFICATON OF MISFORTUNES AND PROVIDE MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL HELP TO FAMILIES IN NEED. WE ARE LOCATED IN BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN, A LOW INCOME COMMUNITY. THE ACTIVITIES PROMOTE GROWTH AND SUPPORT WHILE ASSISTING FAMILIES IN NEED OF LOVE AND TO AWAKEN THE NEED FOR MUTAL ASSISTANCE AMONG US ALL.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>PAGE 2 PART III LINE 28 PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS LINE 28</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>THE AUTA DE SOUZA FRATERNAL FOOD AND CLOTHES AIMS TO TAKE THE SUBLIMITY OF THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS, THROUGH THE SPIRITIST TEACHINGS, TO THE VISITED HOMES, IN THE FORM OF A WORD OF COMFORT AND GOOD SPIRIT, A TEACHING OR LOVING VIBRATION, THROUGH MESSAGES,A S WELL AS RAISING DOCATIONS FOR FAMILIES THAT LACK FOOD, CLOTHING AND GOODS. THE ACTIVITIES, WHICH ARE HELD ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS, IS PERFORMED BY GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT VISIT HOMES DOOR TO DOOR IN SAINT JOSEPH, MI AND BENTON HARBOR, MI REGIONS WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF DISSEMINATION OF THE SPIRITIS TEACHINGS THROUGH THE DIFFUSION OF MESSAGES AND GIVE PEOPLE WHO ARE DESIRING TO PRACTICE CHARITY BY DONATING FOOD AND CLOTHING TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO NEEDY AND ASSISTED FAMILIES LOCATED IN BENTON HARBOR, MI. THE FOOD COLLECTION WILL BE BROUGHT TO OUR CARE CENTER, PREPARED BY VOLUNTEERS AND THEN SERVED TO THE ASSISTED FAMILIES/ PART OF THE DONATIONS ARE ALSO ORGANIZED IN KITS AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTED TO THE ASSISTED FAMILIES.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>PAGE 2 PART III LINE 29 PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS LINE 29</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>CARE CENTER - EVERY SERVICE OF DISINTERESTED CHARITY IS A DIVINE REINFORCEMENT IN THE WORK OF HUMAN BROTHERHOOD AND UNIVERSAL REDEMPTION. LOVE AND TOLERANCE ARE FUNDAMENTAL IN SOCIAL WORK, THE VOLUNTEER THAT SERVES THOSE WHO ARRIVE, AT THIS MOMENT USES ALL HIS ABILITY TO PROVIDE THEM CONFIDENCE AND ACCEPTANCE, DESPITE ALL ITS DIFFICULTIES AND IMPERFECTIONS. THE SOCIAL WORK HAS, AS ITS MAIN TASK, THE HELP AND REHABILITATION OF THE ASSISTED BY PROMOTING ITS MODIFICATION. GOD HAS CEASELESSLY ASSISTED US THROUGH HIS ENVOYS. CHRIST JESUS IS THE GREATEST EXAMPLE PAR EXCELLENCE OF UNCEASING SUPPORT AND INVITATION TO LOVE GOD AND OUR NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES. LET US REMEMBER THE EXAMPLE OF FRANCIS OF ASSISI, WHERE WE FIND HUMILITY IN SERVICE. WE HAVE IN VINCENT DE PAUL THE REALIZATION OF COUNTLESS WORKS IN THE GREATEST SIMPLICITY. WITH BEZERRA DE MENEZES AND EURIPEDES BARSANULFO WE MEET THE APOSTLES OF CHARITY. MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA SPREADS CARE CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD. AT THE DAWN OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM, THE ODD FIGURE OF FRANCISCO CANDIDO XAVIER, ASSISTS AND SUPPORTS. IT IS THESE DEWDROPS. WORKS DONE BY GOOD MEN AND WOMEN THAT OUTLINE SCRIPTS FOR ASSISTING THOSE MOST IN NEED. WE CALL THE SPIRITIST CARE CENTERS, WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO ATTEND THE IMPERIOUS NEEDS AND HEARTS IN DESPAIR, EVANGELIZING THE ETERNAL SPIRIT. THE ACTIVITIES WERE ELABORATED BASED ON ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN SEVERAL BRAZILIAN STATES AT CPNCAFRAS FOR MANY YEARS. IN A WEEKLY BASES, USING A DESIGNATED LOCATION IN BENTON HARBOR, MI AS BASE TO THE SERVICES, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND FREE OF CHARGE, THE ASSIST WORK IS DEVELOPED IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES BY VOLUNTEER WORKERS. THIS ACTIVITY CREATES OPPORTUNITY OF EXPERIENCES EXCHANGE, ENABLING WORKERS GROWTH, ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES IN NEED OF LOVE AND LIGHT IN THE AWAKENING OF THE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AMONG ALL. OBJECTIVES - SPREAD THE SPIRITIST TEACHINGS; - PROMOTE AND IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY; - IDENTIFY HIDDEN MISFORTUNES; -EVANGELIZE CHILDREN, TEENAGERS AND ADULTS; SHAPE ENLIGHTENED SPIRITISTS SUPPORTERS; -DEVELOP MUTUAL SUPPORT AMONG COMMUNITIES; -MATEIAL AND SPIRITUAL HELP. BENFITS -OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER AND CHARITY WORK PRACTICE; -CHILDREN, TEENAGERS, AND ADULTS INTEGRATION; -OPENING OF NEW WORK FRONT; -SPIRITUAL REEDUCATION; -WORKERS DISOBSESSION; -COORDINATION DEVELOPEMENT; -IMPANTATION OF NEW COURSES AND EXHIBITIONS; -VIBRATORY DEFENSE.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>CARE SCREENING - IT'S A FRATERNAL TALKING WHICH WE PERFORM WITH THE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT COME TO OUR CENTER SEEKING MATERIAL SUPPORT, SPIRITUAL RELIEF OR COUNSELING. THE INTERVIEWER WILL WORK TO IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC NEEDS AND REFER THE PERSON IN NEED TO ONE OF THE SERVICES AVAILABLE IN OUR CENTER.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>PAGE 2 PART III LINE 31 PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS LINE 31</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>BEZERRA DEMEZES FRATERNAL SOUP - THE SOUP IS PREPARED BY THE WORKERS WITH THE HELP OF ASSISTED PEOPLE IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED IN THE MENTIONED CHURCH, USING FOOD DONATED BY THE COMMUNITY. THIS ACTIVITY AIMS TO NOT ONLY FEED CHILDREN, TEENAGERS, AND ADULTS WITH NUTRITION TO THE BODY BUT ALSO NOURISH THE SOUL AND PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL TREATMENT FOR THE PEOPLE FED.</ExplanationTxt>
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