Calendar of Spiritist events in Brazil and worldwide

This page brings together the major Spiritist gatherings whose date and venue are confirmed at the organiser's own source. The survey was carried out on 11 September 2026, and each item gives the address of the page where the information was read, so you can check it. An event whose date has not been published by the organiser is not included in this list.

Mundo a Passeio runs Spiritist caravans (caravanas espíritas) leaving from Porto Alegre for the Triângulo Mineiro, and keeps this calendar because the same question always comes up: besides the trip to Minas, what Spiritist gatherings can I take part in, and when? Update of 17 October 2026: the 31st Conjergs, which was scheduled for 10 and 11 October, has already taken place and has moved to the section on events that have taken place.

Which upcoming Spiritist events are confirmed?

19th National Meeting of Friends of Jesus Christ with Chico Xavier, Campo Grande, 31 October and 1 November 2026

This is the gathering usually called simply the Friends of Chico meeting. The 19th edition takes place on 31 October and 1 November 2026, at the Centro de Convenções Arquiteto Rubens Gil de Camillo, Avenida Waldir dos Santos Pereira, s/n, Parque dos Poderes, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, CEP 79031-350. Attendance is free, with prior registration through a form.

Source: https://amigosdechicoxavier.org/, read on 11 September 2026.

The meeting moves from place to place, and recent editions show its reach: Araçatuba (SP) in 2025, Sinop (MT) in 2024, Torres (RS) in 2023, three online editions between 2020 and 2022, Jundiaí (SP) in 2019, Sete Lagoas (MG) in 2018 and São José dos Campos (SP) in 2017. Source: the same page, read on 11 September 2026.

Ordinary Meeting of the Conselho Federativo Nacional (National Federative Council), Brasília, November

The Conselho Federativo Nacional of the Federação Espírita Brasileira (FEB, the Brazilian Spiritist Federation) holds annual ordinary meetings in November at the FEB headquarters in Brasília. It is a meeting of representatives of the state federations, not an event open to the public, but it is the gathering that sets the guidelines of the Brazilian Spiritist movement for the following year. The FEB does not publish the exact date of each edition on its institutional page.

Source: https://febnet.org.br/unificacao/conselho-federativo-nacional/, read on 11 September 2026.

What about international events?

World Spiritist Congress

This is the largest international Spiritist gathering, promoted by the International Spiritist Council in partnership with the national federation of the host country. The 11th edition took place on 4 and 5 October 2025, at the Punta del Este Convention Centre, in Maldonado, Uruguay, under the theme “Life after Life”, and was the first to also include the 1st World Spiritist Youth Congress, integrated into the main programme. The sessions had simultaneous interpretation in Portuguese, Spanish and English, and access was free for young people up to 25 years old, with prior registration.

Source: https://cei-spiritistcouncil.com/11o-congresso-espirita-mundial/, read on 11 September 2026.

As of 11 September 2026, the International Spiritist Council had not announced the date or venue of the 12th edition. When it does, it will be added here.

The eleven editions held so far, according to the council's own archive:

Edition Venue Year
1st Brasília, Brazil 1995
2nd Lisbon, Portugal 1998
3rd Guatemala City, Guatemala 2001
4th Paris, France 2004
5th Cartagena, Colombia 2007
6th Valencia, Spain 2010
7th Havana, Cuba 2013
8th Lisbon, Portugal see note
9th Mexico not stated on the page
10th Paris, France 2022
11th Punta del Este, Uruguay 2025

Note on staying faithful to the source: the council's page lists the 8th congress in Lisbon with the year “1016”, which is clearly a typing error. Since no other date is published there, the year is left unconfirmed in this table rather than inferred. Source: https://cei-spiritistcouncil.com/congressos-espiritas-mundiais-cem/, read on 11 September 2026.

The International Spiritist Council is headquartered in Brasília, at the same address as the FEB, and brings together the national federations of dozens of countries. Source: https://cei-spiritistcouncil.com/, read on 11 September 2026.

2026 events that have already taken place

They are recorded here because they recur and help anticipate the next edition, without that forecast being presented as a confirmed date.

What are the fixed dates in the Spiritist calendar?

These are not events but anniversaries, and almost every Spiritist centre (casa espírita) schedules some activity on them:

In Uberaba, 2 April usually brings a programme at the Memorial Chico Xavier, organised by the Fundação Cultural de Uberaba (Uberaba Cultural Foundation). Each year's programme is announced by the city hall close to the date, which is why it does not appear in this list in advance.

How to confirm a date before travelling

Three precautions that help avoid a wasted trip, and that apply to every event on this page:

  1. Check the organiser's website, not a repeated social media post. The date of a Spiritist event can change, and the correction almost always appears first at the official source.
  2. Find out whether prior registration is required. Several gatherings are free but require registration through a form, and the form closes before the event.
  3. For events that move from place to place, confirm the city of that year's edition. The National Meeting of Friends of Jesus Christ with Chico Xavier, for example, changed state in each of the last three in-person editions.

Is an event missing from this list?

Probably yes, and on purpose. Only an event whose date has been published by the organiser, and can be checked by the reader, is included here. A gathering announced only in conversation, a poster without a date or a message passed on by a third party is not included, because the person who travels because of the information is the one who pays for the mistake.

If you organise a Spiritist gathering with a published date and venue, Mundo a Passeio can include it here. Contact details are on the page for the Spiritist caravan leaving from Porto Alegre.

Sources

What if the event means travelling as a group?

Many of the gatherings on this list take place far from the people who want to attend, and the difference between going and not going is usually logistics, not willingness. Mundo a Passeio runs Spiritist caravans leaving from Porto Alegre, with the itinerary of the trip to Minas on the Spiritist caravan page.

If the group already exists, the route is different: a Spiritist centre, study group or large family that wants to take its own people can read how to hire a coach for a group trip. And anyone organising a trip in another state who needs support in Rio Grande do Sul will find the equivalent in who receives my group in Rio Grande do Sul.

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