Abstract

ORLANDO, Evelyn de Almeida  and  SILVA, Alexandra Lima da. Semper Parata: Catholicism and Bandeirantism in Brazil. Rev. Diálogo Educ. [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.63, pp.1501-1517.  Epub Jan 30, 2020. ISSN 1981-416X.  https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416x.19.063.ds09.

This paper discusses the religious dimension present in Girl Guiding in Brazil, from the analysis of printed material, highlighting the journal Bandeirantes (Girl Guides), created in 1928 by the Heart of Jesus Company, and directed by Maria de Lourdes Lima Rocha. Founded in 1919, the Federação Bandeirante (Girl Guides Federation) still exists today. The movement name in portuguese, bandeirantismo, was a suggestion from Catholic intellectual Jonathas Serrano. Although the Girl Guides elementary principle not being linked to any religion or belief, it is possible to verify that the movement in Brazil was strongly intertwined with a religious and moral discourse in the conformation of the “good girl guide”, which should be devoted and dedicated to the promise of serve God and the homeland, of which basis is clearly Catholic.

Keywords : Girl Guiding, Girl Guides Movement; Female associationism; Catholic church.

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