"Ua koho ke Akua e kāhea iā mākou": ka moʻolelo o nā kaikunāne ʻelua i hoʻolaʻa i nā kāhuna Katolika i ka lā like

ʻO Peyton lāua ʻo Connor Plessala he mau kaikaina mai Mobile, Alabama. ʻO wau ʻo 18 mau mahina aku, he makahiki kula.

ʻOiai ʻo ka hoʻokūkū maʻamau o ka manawa a me ka palu ʻana e ʻike ai ka nui o nā kaikunāne, he mau hoa aloha maikaʻi loa lākou.

"Ua kokoke mākou ma mua o nā hoaaloha maikaʻi loa," i haʻi aku ʻo Connor, 25, iā CNA.

I kona wā ʻōpiopio, i ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ke kula kiʻekiʻe, kolepa, ʻo ka hapa nui o ko lākou ola i ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e ka poʻe manaʻo: nā kula, nā haumāna, nā kuʻi, a me nā haʻuki.

Nui nā ala i hiki i nā ʻōpio ʻelua ke koho no ko lākou ola, akā i ka hopena, i ka mahina i hala, ua hōʻea lākou i ka wahi like: e moe ana ke alo i mua o ke kuahu, e hāʻawi ana i ko lākou ola i ka hana a ke Akua a o ka Ekalesia Katolika.

Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia nā kaikaina ʻelua i ka ʻoihana kahuna ma Mei 30 ma ka Cathedral Basilica o ka Immaculate Conception ma Mobile, i kahi hui pilikino, no ka maʻi ahulau.

"No nā kumu āpau, koho ke Akua e kāhea iā mākou a ua hana ʻo ia ia. A laki laki mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumu o nā mākua ʻelua a me kā mākou hānai ʻana e hoʻolohe iā ia a laila ʻae, "haʻi ʻo Peyton iā CNA.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Peyton, 27, ua hauʻoli nui ʻo ia e hoʻomaka e kōkua me nā kula Katolika a me ka aʻo, a hoʻomaka pū kekahi e hoʻolohe i ka haʻi.

"Hoʻolilo nui ʻoe i ka manawa i ka seminare e hoʻomākaukau ana iā ʻoe iho e kūleʻa i kekahi lā. Hoʻolilo nui ʻoe i ka manawa i ka seminary e kamaʻilio ana e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā, nā moemoeā, nā manaʻolana a me nā mea āu e hana ai i kekahi lā i kēia wā e hiki mai ana i kēia manawa ... eia ia ma aneʻi. A no laila hiki ʻole iaʻu ke kali e hoʻomaka. "

"Nā Manaʻo Kūlohelohe"

I ke kūkulu hema ʻo Louisiana, kahi i ulu ai nā mākua o nā kaikuaʻo Plessala, he Katolika ʻoe inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, i ʻōlelo mai ai ʻo Peyton.

ʻO nā kauka ʻelua o Plessala. Ua neʻe ka ʻohana ma Alabama i ka wā ʻōpio ʻo Connor lāua ʻo Peyton.

ʻOiai he ʻohana Katolika mau ka ʻohana - a hānai iā Peyton, Connor a me ko lākou kaikaina a me ko lākou kaikaina i ka manaʻoʻiʻo - ua ʻōlelo nā kaikunāne ʻaʻole lākou he "pule i ka rosary a puni ka papaʻaina kīhini" ʻano ʻohana.

Ma waho aʻe o ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻohana i ka lehulehu i kēlā me kēia Lāpule, ua aʻo ka Plessalas i kā lākou keiki i kā Peyton i kapa ai he "virtues natural" - pehea e lilo ai i poʻe maikaʻi a maikaʻi hoʻi; ke koʻikoʻi o ke koho naʻau ʻana i kā lākou mau hoaaloha; a me ka waiwai o ke aʻo ʻana.

ʻO ke kaū mau ʻana o nā kaikunāne i ka hoʻokūkū hui, paipai ʻia e nā mākua, ua kōkua hoʻi i ke aʻo ʻana iā lākou i kēlā mau ʻano kūlohelohe.

ʻO ke pāʻani ʻana i ka pōpeku, ke kinipōpō hīnaʻi, ke kinipōpō hīnaʻi a me ka kinipōpō hīnaʻi i mau makahiki i aʻo ʻia iā lākou i ka waiwai o ka hana nui, ka launa ʻana, a me ke kau ʻana i kumu hoʻohālike na haʻi.

"Ua aʻo lākou iā mākou e hoʻomanaʻo i ka wā e hele ai ʻoe e pāʻani i nā haʻuki a loaʻa iā ʻoe ka inoa ʻo Plessala ma ke kua o kou pālule, kahi e hōʻike nei i kahi ʻohana holoʻokoʻa," wahi a Peyton.

'Hiki iaʻu ke hana'

Ua haʻi ʻo Peyton iā CNA ʻoiai ʻo ia i hele i nā kula Katolika a loaʻa iā ia ka "haʻiʻōlelo" i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻaʻole i manaʻo kekahi o lākou i ka ʻoihana kahuna ma ke ʻano he koho no ko lākou ola.

ʻO ia, a hiki i ke kakahiaka nui o 2011, i ka wā i huakaʻi ai nā kaikaina me kā lākou mau hoa papa i Wakinekona, DC no ka Malaki no ke ola, ka hui nui pro-life o ka lāhui i United States.

ʻO ke kahunapule o kā lākou hui ma McGill-Toolen Catholic High School kahi kahuna hou, hou i waho o ke seminare, nona ka hoihoi a me ka hauʻoli i hoʻohauʻoli i nā hoahānau.

ʻO ka mea hōʻike o kā lākou chaperone a me nā kāhuna ʻē aʻe a lākou i hui ai ma kēlā huakaʻi ua hoʻonāukiuki ʻo Connor i ka hoʻomaka ʻana e noʻonoʻo e komo i ke kula nui ma waho o ke kula kiʻekiʻe wale nō.

I ka hāʻule o 2012, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Connor i kāna mau aʻo ʻana ma St. Joseph Seminary College ma Covington, Louisiana.

Ua manaʻo pū ʻo Peyton i ke kāhea i ka ʻoihana kahuna ma kēlā huakaʻi, mahalo i ke ʻano o ko lākou chaperone - akā ʻo kāna ala i ke seminare ʻaʻole pololei e like me ke kaikaina o kona kaikaina.

"Ua ʻike wau no ka manawa mua," E hoa, ua hiki iaʻu ke hana i kēia. Ua maluhia kēia [kahuna] me ia iho, ʻoliʻoli a leʻaleʻa loa. Hiki iaʻu ke hana. He ola kēia i hiki iaʻu ke alakaʻi maoli, ”i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

ʻOiai ʻo ka fohebo i ka seminar, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Peyton e hana ʻo ia i kāna kumu kumu mua e hoʻopaʻa i ka pre-med ma Louisiana State University. ʻAe mau manawa e hala iā ia ma ʻekolu mau makahiki, ke kipa ʻana i kahi kaikamahine āna i hālāwai ai ma LSU no ʻelua mau makahiki.

ʻO kāna makahiki kiʻekiʻe o ke koleke, ua hoʻi ʻo Peyton i kāna kula kiʻekiʻe e hele pū me kēlā huakaʻi o kēlā makahiki i Malaki no Life, ʻo ia huakaʻi like i hoʻomaka i ka huki i ka ʻoihana kahuna i mau makahiki i hala.

I kekahi manawa i ka wā o ka huakaʻi, i ka wā e hoʻonani ai i ka Sakrameta Hoʻomaikaʻi, ua lohe ʻo Peyton i ka leo o ke Akua: "Makemake maoli ʻoe e lilo i kauka?"

ʻO ka pane, i huli ʻia, ʻaʻole.

"A i ka manawa aʻu i ʻike ai, ua ʻoi aku ka maluhia o kuʻu puʻuwai ma mua o ka wā i hala ... ʻAʻole paha i koʻu ola. ʻIke wale wau. I kēlā manawa, like wau, "E hele ana wau i ka papa kula," wahi a Peyton.

"No kekahi manawa, he kumu ola koʻu. He kuhikuhi koʻu a me kahi pahuhopu. ʻIke wale wau ʻo wai wau. "

Ua hele mai kēia mālamalama hou i kahi kumukūʻai, akā… maopopo ʻo Peyton e haʻalele ʻo ia i kāna ipo wahine. He aha kāna hana.

Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Connor i ka kelepona kelepona a Peyton, e haʻi ana iā ia ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hele i ke seminare.

“Ua pīhoihoi au. Ua hauʻoli wau. Ua hauʻoli loa wau no ka mea ke hoʻi hou nei mākou, "wahi a Connor.

I ka hāʻule o 2014, ua hui pū ʻo Peyton i kona kaikaina ma ke Kula ʻo Seminare ʻo St.

"Hiki iā mākou ke helu kekahi i kekahi"

ʻOiai ʻo Connor lāua ʻo Peyton he mau hoaaloha mau, ua loli ko lāua pilina - no ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi - ke hui ʻo Peyton me Connor i ka seminare.

I ka hapanui o ko lākou ola, ua kiʻi ʻo Peyton i kahi ala no Connor, e hoʻoikaika ana iā ia a hāʻawi iā ia i ka ʻōlelo i kona hiki ʻana i ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ma hope o ka aʻo ʻana o Peyton i nā kaula ma laila hoʻokahi makahiki.

I kēia manawa, no ka manawa mua, ua ʻano like ʻo Connor e like me ke "kaikuaʻana", ʻoi aku ka ʻike i ka ola seminare.

Ma ka manawa like, ʻoiai ke hele nei kēia mau hoahānau i ke ala like, ua hoʻokokoke aku lākou i ke ola seminar ma ko lākou ala ponoʻī, me ko lākou mau manaʻo a me ke alo ʻana i nā pilikia ma nā ʻano like ʻole, wahi a ia.

ʻO ka ʻike o ka ʻae ʻana i ka pahuhopu o ka lilo ʻana i kahuna pule i kōkua i ko lākou pilina e oʻo.

"Ua hana mau ʻo Peyton i kāna mea no ka mea ʻo ia ka mua. ʻO ia ka hānau mua. A no laila, ʻaʻohe ona kumu hoʻohālikelike e ukali ai i kēlā manawa, ʻoiai aʻu i hana ai, ”i ʻōlelo ʻo Connor.

"A no laila, ʻo ka manaʻo o ka haki ʻana:" E like mākou "ua ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī iaʻu, manaʻo wau ... Akā manaʻo wau, i nā ʻeha ulu o kēlā, ua hiki iā mākou ke ulu a hoʻokō maoli i nā makana a kēlā me kēia. nāwaliwali a laila hilinaʻi nui mākou ma luna o kekahi ... i kēia manawa ʻike maopopo wau i nā makana a Peyton, a ʻike ʻo ia i kaʻu mau makana, a no laila hiki iā mākou ke hilinaʻi kekahi i kekahi.

Ma muli o ke ʻano o ka hoʻolilo ʻia ʻana o kāna mau hōʻaiʻē koleke mai LSU, ua pau ʻo Connor lāua ʻo Peyton i ka papa hoʻolaʻa like, ʻoiai ʻo Connor ʻelua mau makahiki "hoʻomaka poʻo".

"E hele i waho o ke ala a ka ʻUhane Hemolele"

I kēia manawa ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia lākou, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Peyton e hoʻopiʻi mau ʻia ko lākou mau mākua me ka nīnau, "He aha kā ʻoukou i hana ai a lilo i hapa o kā ʻoukou poʻe keiki i ka ʻoihana kahuna?"

No Peyton, aia kekahi mau kumu nui ʻelua i ko lākou hānai ʻia ʻana i kōkua iā ia a me kona mau hoahānau e ulu ma ke ʻano he katolika paʻa.

ʻO ka mea mua, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ua hele ʻo ia a me kāna mau hoahānau i nā kula Katolika, nā kula me ka ʻike nui o ka manaʻoʻiʻo.

Akā aia kekahi mea i ka ola ʻohana o Plessala, iā Peyton, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nui.

"Ua ʻai mākou i kēlā me kēia pō me ka ʻohana, me ka nānā ʻole i nā loiloi e pono ai e hana i kēlā hana," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

"Inā pono mākou e ʻai i ka 16pm no ka mea he pāʻani kekahi o mākou i kēlā pō ua hele mākou āpau, a i ʻole inā pono mākou e ʻai i ka 00pm, no ka mea e hoʻi mai ana wau i ka home mai ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa pôpeku i ka hopena o ke kula, he aha ia. Hoʻomaʻo mau mākou e ʻai pū a pule pū ma mua o kēlā pāʻina. "

ʻO ka ʻike o ka ʻākoakoa ʻana i kēlā me kēia pō me ka ʻohana, ka pule ʻana a me ka hoʻolilo manawa ʻana i kōkua i ka ʻohana e noho pū a kākoʻo i nā hana a kēlā me kēia lālā, wahi a nā kaikunāne.

I ka haʻi ʻana aku o nā kaikuaʻana i ko lākou mau mākua ke komo nei i ka seminari, kōkua nui ko lākou mau mākua, ʻoiai ke kānalua nei nā kaikunāne e kanikau ko lākou makuahine e hoʻopau lākou i ka liʻiliʻi o kāna mau keiki.

Hoʻokahi mea a Connor i lohe ai i kona makuahine e ʻōlelo ana i nā manawa he nui ke nīnau ka poʻe i ka hana a nā mākua ʻo ia i "hele aku mai ka ʻUhane Hemolele mai."

Ua ʻōlelo a nā kaikuaʻana ua mahalo loa lākou i ko kākoʻo mau mākua i kākoʻo i kā lākou mau leo. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Peyton, ua hālāwai lāua me Connor i kekahi mau kāne i ka Semina i pau ka haʻalele no ka mea ʻaʻole i kākoʻo ko lākou mau mākua i kā lākou hoʻoholo.

"ʻAe, ʻike ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mākua, akā i ka wā e pili ana i ka leo o kāu poʻe keiki, ʻo ke Akua ka mea ʻike, no ka mea, na ke Akua e kāhea," wahi a Connor.

"Inā makemake ʻoe e loaʻa kahi pane, pono ʻoe e nīnau i ka nīnau"

ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Connor a ʻo Peyton i lilo i kahuna. ʻAʻole kā lākou, ʻōlelo mai kā lākou mau mākua a me nā hoahānau paha i kā lākou hiki ke kapa ʻia i kēlā ala.

I kā lākou ʻōlelo, he "keiki maʻamau" wale nō lākou i hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ko lākou manaʻoʻiʻo, hele i ke kula kiʻekiʻe, a he nui nā hoihoi like ʻole.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Peyton, ʻoiai ua ulu lāua i ke mihi mua a me ke ʻano he mea weliweli loa.

"Manaʻo wau ʻo kēlā me kēia kāne e hoʻomaʻamaʻa maoli i kona manaʻoʻiʻo ua noʻonoʻo paha e pili ana iā ia ma ka liʻiliʻi i hoʻokahi manawa, no ka mea ua hui lāua me kahi kahuna a ua ʻōlelo paha ke kahuna, 'E, pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e pili ana ia," "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

He nui na makamaka Katolika alohaʻo Peyton i mare i kēia manawa, a nīnau iā lākou inā ma kahi manawa i manaʻo mua ʻia lākou i ka ʻoihana kahuna ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana i ka male. Kokoke i nā mea a pau, i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia; ua manaʻo lākou iā ia no hoʻokahi pule a ʻelua paha pule lākou, ʻaʻole naʻe lākou i paʻa.

ʻO ka mea ʻokoʻa nona a me Connor ʻo ka manaʻo kahuna ʻole i hele aku.

"Ua pili ʻo ia me aʻu a laila noho ʻo ia me aʻu i ʻekolu mau makahiki. A laila ma hope ua ʻōlelo ke Akua, “ʻO ka manawa kēia, e ke kāne. ʻO ka manawa e hana ai, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.

"Makemake au e paipai i nā keiki, inā he manawa iki ia a ke hoʻouka wale nei ʻo ia iā ʻoe, ʻo ke ala wale nō āu e ʻike ai e hele maoli ana i ke kula nui."

Hui a ʻike i nā kāhuna, a me ke ʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o ke ola a me ke kumu, he mea waiwai ia no Peyton a me Connor.

"ʻO nā ola o nā kāhuna nā mea pono loa e kiʻi i nā kāne ʻē aʻe e noʻonoʻo i ka ʻoihana kahuna," wahi a Peyton.

ʻAe ʻo Connor. Nona, ke lawe nei i ke komo a hele i ke kula nui ke ʻike ʻo ia ke ala ʻoi loa e hoʻoholo ai inā kāhea maoli ke Akua iā ia he kahuna.

"Inā makemake ʻoe e loaʻa kahi pane, pono ʻoe e nīnau i ka nīnau. A ʻo ke ala wale nō e nīnau a pane ai i kēlā nīnau a ka ʻoihana kahuna e hele i ka seminare, ”i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

“E hele i ka seminar. ʻAʻole ʻoe e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia. ʻO wau e ʻōlelo nei, ke hoʻomaka nei ʻoe e ola i kahi ola i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka pule, hoʻomaʻamaʻa, luʻu ʻana iā ʻoe iho, e aʻo ana ʻo wai ʻoe, ke aʻo nei i kou ikaika a me kou nāwaliwali, e aʻo hou e pili ana i ka hilinaʻi. ʻO kēia mau mea āpau he mau mea maikaʻi. "

ʻAʻole kūpaʻa mau ka seminar. Inā hele ke kanaka ʻōpio i ka seminare a maopopo ʻo ia ʻaʻole ke kahuna nona, ʻaʻole ia e pōʻino, wahi a Connor.

"Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ʻoe i loko o ke kāne ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, kahi mana ʻoi aku o kāu iho, ua pule ʻoe i nā mea ʻoi aku ma mua o ka mea inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i ke seminare."

E like me nā poʻe he nui o ko lākou mau makahiki, ua ʻiliʻeha ʻo Peyton a me Connor mea i kā lākou kāhea i ka hopena.

"ʻO ka ʻeha nui o nā millennial e noho nei a e hoʻāʻo nei e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i kāu mea e makemake ai e hana me kou ola no kahi lōʻihi e hala ana kou ola," wahi a Peyton.

“A no laila, ʻo kekahi o nā mea aʻu e makemake nei e paipai i ka poʻe ʻōpio e hana inā ʻoe e mālamalama ana, e hana i kekahi mea e pili ana iā ia.