Venerable Pierre Toussaint, Saint na rana don Mayu 28th

(Yuni 27 1766 - Yuni 30 1853)

Labarin babban mashahurin Pierre Toussaint

An haife shi a Haiti na zamani kuma aka kawo shi New York a matsayin bawa, Pierre ya mutu mai ɗaukar hoto, mashahurin mai aski da ɗayan shahararrun Katolika na New York.

Wanda ya fara dasa shuki Pierre Bérard ya mai da Toussaint bawa a gidan kuma ya bar kakarta ta koyar da jikan ta yadda ake karatu da rubutu. A farkon 20s, Pierre, ƙanwarsa, innarsa da wasu bayin gida biyu suka raka ɗan maigidan zuwa New York City saboda rikicin siyasa a gida. Mai koyon aikin gyaran gashi na gida, Pierre ya ɗan sane da cinikin kuma a ƙarshe ya yi aiki cikin nasara a gidajen mata masu arziki a New York City.

Bayan mutuwar ubangijinsa, Pierre ya kuduri aniyar tallafawa kansa, matar maigidansa da sauran bayin gida. An sake shi jim kadan kafin rasuwar bazawara a cikin 1807.

Shekaru huɗu bayan haka, ya auri Marie Rose Juliette, wacce 'yancinta ya samu. Daga baya suka dauki Euphémie, jikanyar marayu. Dukansu sun gabaci Pierre a cikin mutuwa. Ya halarci taron yau da kullun a cocin St. Peter a kan Barclay Street, daidai Ikklesiya da St. Elizabeth Ann Seton ta halarta.

Pierre ya ba da gudummawa ga ƙungiyoyi masu ba da agaji, da taimako da taimako ga baƙi da fari. Shi da matarsa ​​sun buɗe gidansu ga marayu tare da koya masu ilimi. Ma'auratan sun kuma shayar da mutanen da suka yi fama da zazzabi. An roke shi da ya yi ritaya ya ji daɗin dukiyar da ya tara, Pierre ya amsa: "Ina da isasshen kaina, amma idan na daina aiki ba ni da isasshen saura."

An fara binne Pierre ne a wajen tsohon gidan tarihi na Pat Patrick, inda nan da nan aka hana shi shiga saboda tsere. Tsarkinsa da sanannen sadaukarwa a gareshi shine ya haifar da canzawar jikinsa zuwa gidan St. Patrick's Cathedral akan Fifth Avenue.

An bayyana Pierre Toussaint a matsayin mara hankali a shekarar 1996.

Tunani

Pierre ya kasance mai 'yanci tsawon lokaci kafin ya samu' yanci bisa doka. Ta ƙi yin haushi, kowace rana ya zaɓi ya yi aiki tare da alherin Allah, daga baya ya zama alama mai nunawa ta ƙaunar Allah mai karimci.