Tsaran rana: Saint Katharine Drexel

Tsaran ranar: Saint Katharine Drexel: Idan mahaifinku ma'aikacin banki ne na duniya kuma kuna tafiya a cikin motar jirgin ƙasa mai zaman kansa, da wuya ku ja ku cikin rayuwar talauci na son rai. Amma idan mahaifiyarka ta bude gidanka ga matalauta kwana uku a mako kuma mahaifinka yana yin rabin sa'a kowane dare yana addu'a, ba zai yuwu ba ka sadaukar da rayuwarka ga talakawa ka ba da miliyoyin dala. Katharine Drexel yayi shi.

An haife ta a Philadelphia a cikin 1858, tana da kyakkyawar ilimi kuma ta yi balaguro da yawa. A matsayinta na yarinya mai kuɗi, Katharine ma ta sami babban matsayi a cikin al'umma. Amma lokacin da ta kula da mahaifiyarsa a lokacin rashin lafiya na shekaru uku, sai ta ga cewa duk kuɗin Drexel ba za su iya siyan aminci daga ciwo ko mutuwa ba, kuma rayuwarta ta ɗauki babban canji.

Katharine koyaushe tana sha'awar halin da Indiyawa ke ciki, kasancewar ta kadu da abin da ta karanta a cikin Centarni na ofarna na Hearni na Helen Hunt Jackson. A yawon shakatawa na Turai, ya sadu da Paparoma Leo XIII kuma ya roƙe shi ya tura ƙarin mishaneri zuwa Wyoming don abokinsa, Bishop James O'Connor. Paparoma ya amsa: "Me ya sa ba za ku zama mishan ba?" Amsar da ya bayar ta girgiza ta don la'akari da sababbin hanyoyin.

Tsaran ranar: Saint Katharine Drexel 3 Maris

A gida, Katharine ta ziyarci Dakotas, ta haɗu da shugaban Sioux Red Cloud, kuma ta fara taimakonta na tsari ga ayyukan Indiya.

Katharine Drexel zai iya yin sauƙin aure. Amma bayan tattaunawa mai yawa tare da Bishop O'Connor, a cikin 1889 ya rubuta: "Idin na St. Joseph ya kawo mini alherin da zan ba da sauran rayuwata ga Indiyawa da masu launi." Kanun labarai sun yi kururuwa "Bada miliyan bakwai!"

Bayan shekara uku da rabi na horo, Uwar Drexel da rukunin farko na zuhudu, ‘Yan’uwa mata na Salama Mai Albarka ga Indiyawan da baƙar fata, sun buɗe makarantar kwana a Santa Fe. Jerin tushe ya biyo baya. Zuwa 1942 tana da tsarin bakaken fata na Katolika a cikin jihohi 13, da cibiyoyin mishan 40 da makarantun karkara 23. Masu nuna wariyar launin fata sun takura wa aikinsa, har ma da kona wata makaranta a Pennsylvania. Gabaɗaya, ya kafa mishan 50 don Indiyawa a cikin jihohi 16.

Waliyai biyu sun hadu lokacin da Uwar Cabrini ta shawarci Uwar Drexel game da "siyasa" don samun yardar Dokar Umarinta a Rome. Karshenta shine kafuwar Jami'ar Xavier a New Orleans, jami'ar Katolika ta farko a Amurka don Amurkawa Afirka.

A shekaru 77, mahaifiya Drexel ta kamu da ciwon zuciya kuma an tilasta mata yin ritaya. Tabbas rayuwarsa ta kare. Amma yanzu kusan shekaru 20 na shiru da tsananin addua sun isa daga wani ƙaramin ɗaki da ke duban masallãci. Ananan litattafan rubutu da takaddun takardu suna yin rikodin addu'o'insa daban-daban, buri da tunani na kullum. Ta mutu tana da shekaru 96 kuma anyi mata canon a 2000.

Waliyin rana, tunani

Waliyyai koyaushe suna faɗin abu ɗaya: addu'a, masu tawali'u, karɓar giciye, ƙauna da gafartawa. Amma yana da kyau mu ji waɗannan abubuwan a cikin salon magana na Amurka daga wani wanda, alal misali, ta huda kunnenta yayin saurayi, wanda ya yanke shawarar ba shi da "ba waina, babu mai kiyayewa", wanda ke sanye da agogo, manema labarai sun yi hira da shi , yana tafiya ta jirgin ƙasa kuma yana iya kula da madaidaicin ƙwanan bututu don sabon manufa. Waɗannan bayyanannun nassoshi ne ga gaskiyar cewa ana iya zama da tsarki a al'adun yau da na Urushalima ko na Rome.