Tsaran ranar 23 ga Janairu: labarin Santa Marianne Cope

(23 Janairu 1838 - 9 Agusta 1918)

Kodayake kuturta ta tsoratar da yawancin mutane a Hawaii na ƙarni na 1898, amma cutar ta haifar da karimci sosai ga matar da aka santa da suna Mama Mariana ta Molokai. Couragearfin halinsa ya ba da gudummawa sosai don inganta rayuwar waɗanda aka kashe a Hawaii, yankin da ya haɗu da Amurka yayin rayuwarsa (XNUMX).

An yi bikin karimci da jaruntakar Uwar Marianne a yayin bikin doke ta a ranar 14 ga Mayu, 2005 a Rome. Mace ce wacce ta yi magana da "harshen gaskiya da kauna" ga duniya, in ji Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, prefect na Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Cardinal Martins, wanda ya shugabanci taron duka a St. Peter's Basilica, ya kira rayuwarsa "aikin ban mamaki na alherin Allah". Da take magana game da ƙaunarta ta musamman ga mutanen da ke fama da cutar kuturta, ta ce: "Ta ga cikinsu azabar wahalar Yesu. Kamar Basamariyar kirki, ta zama mahaifiyarsu".

Ranar Janairu 23, 1838, aka haifi ɗiya ga Peter da Barbara Cope na Hessen-Darmstadt, Jamus. Ana kiran yarinyar da sunan mahaifiyarta. Shekaru biyu bayan haka dangin Cope suka yi ƙaura zuwa Amurka kuma suka zauna a Utica, New York. Matashiya Barbara tayi aiki a masana'anta har zuwa watan Agusta 1862, lokacin da ta je ga Sisters of the Third Order na St. Francis a Syracuse, New York. Bayan sana'arsa a watan Nuwamba na shekara mai zuwa, ya fara koyarwa a makarantar Ikklesiya ta zato.

Marianne ta rike mukami na babba a wurare daban-daban kuma ta taba zama malama malama ta ikilisiyar ta sau biyu. Shugabar halitta, ta kasance mafi girma a asibitin St. Joseph da ke Syracuse har sau uku, inda ta koyi abubuwa da yawa da za su amfane ta a tsawon shekarun da ta yi a Hawaii.

An zaɓa ta lardi a cikin 1877, an sake zaɓan Uwar Marianne gaba ɗaya a cikin 1881. Shekaru biyu bayan haka gwamnatin Hawaii ta nemi wani wanda zai kula da gidan mafaka na Kakaako don mutanen da ake zargi da kuturta. Fiye da ƙungiyoyin addinai 50 a Amurka da Kanada an bincika. Lokacin da aka gabatar da bukatar ga 'yan majami'ar Syracusan, 35 daga cikinsu nan da nan suka ba da kansu. A ranar 22 ga Oktoba, 1883, Uwargida Marianne da wasu ’yan’uwa mata shida suka tashi zuwa Hawaii inda suka dauki nauyin tashar tarbar Kakaako da ke wajen Honolulu; a tsibirin Maui sun kuma buɗe asibiti da makarantar mata.

A cikin 1888, Uwargida Marianne da 'yan'uwa mata biyu sun je Molokai don buɗe gida don "mata da' yan mata da ba su da kariya" a can. Gwamnatin Hawaii ba ta son tura mata zuwa wannan mukamin mai wahala ba; bai kamata su damu da Uwar Marianne ba! A cikin Molokai ya ɗauki nauyin gidan da San Damiano de Veuster ya kafa don maza da yara maza. Uwar Marianne ta canza rayuwa akan Molokai ta hanyar gabatar da tsabta, girman kai da nishaɗi ga mulkin mallaka. Haskoki masu haske da kyawawan tufafi na mata sun kasance ɓangare na tsarin sa.

Wanda Gwamnatin Hawaii ta bayar da lambar girmamawa ta Royal Order of Kapiolani kuma aka yi bikin a cikin waka ta Robert Louis Stevenson, Uwargida Marianne ta ci gaba da aikinta da aminci. 'Yan uwanta mata sun jawo hankali tsakanin mutanen Hawaiian kuma har yanzu suna aiki a Molokai.

Uwar Marianne ta mutu a ranar 9 ga Agusta 1918, an buge ta a 2005 kuma an yi mata rajista shekaru bakwai bayan haka.

Tunani

Hukumomin gwamnati sun yi jinkirin barin Uwar Marianne ta zama uwa a Molokai. Shekaru talatin na sadaukarwa sun tabbatar da tsoronsu bashi da tushe. Allah yana ba da kyaututtuka ba tare da mutum ba kuma yana ba da damar waɗannan kyaututtuka don ci gaban masarautar.