Saint John Francis Regis, Saint o ke ao no Iune 16th

(Ianuali 31, 1597 - Dekemaba 30, 1640)

ʻO ka moʻolelo ʻo San Giovanni Francesco Regis

Hānau ʻia i loko o kahi ʻohana o kekahi waiwai, ua mahalo nui ʻo John Francis e kāna mau kumu aʻo Jesuit a makemake ʻo ia e komo i ka Society of Jesus, pēlā nō ʻo ia i ka makahiki 18. ʻOiai i kāna papahana haʻawina kaumaha, ua noho ʻo ia i nā hola he nui i ka hale pule, i ka manawa pinepine i ka makaʻu o nā poʻe seminarians e hopohopo nei i kona olakino. Ma hope o ka hoʻāno ʻia ʻana i ka ʻoihana Kahuna, ua hana ʻo John Francis i ka hana misionari ma nā kūlanakauhale ʻo Parani ʻē aʻe. ʻOiai ke kamaʻilio mau ʻia nei nā huaʻōlelo maʻamau o ke ao, ua akaka nā kamaʻilio ʻana. Akā ua hōʻike ʻia lākou i ka minamina i loko ona a ua hopu iā lākou i nā ʻano o nā papa āpau. Koi akula ʻo Pihi Regis iā ia iho i ka poʻe ʻilihune. Nui nā kakahiaka i hoʻopau ʻia i ka ʻaha hōʻoia a i ʻole i ke kuahu e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka nui; Ua mālama ʻia ia mau ahiahi no nā kipa no nā hale paʻahao a me nā haukapila.

Ua nānā ka pīpī o Viviers i ka kūleʻa o Makua Regis i ka kamaʻilio pū ʻana me nā kānaka, hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e kiʻi i kāna mau makana he nui loa, ʻoiai pono i ka wā o ke kaua kūwaho a me nā hoʻomana haole e hoʻolaha nei ma waena o Palani. Me nā pule hemo ʻole a me nā kahuna ʻē ʻole, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā kānaka i ka ʻālana i 20 mau makahiki a keu paha. Ua loaʻa nā ʻano ākea o nā Protestantism i kekahi mau hihia, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe ua maopopo ʻole ka nānā ʻole o ka hoʻomana. I nā makahiki ʻekolu, hele ʻo Father Regis ma ka dioseese, e hoʻokele ana i nā misiona ma mua o ka mākaʻikaʻi o ka pīpeka. He nui ʻo ia i hoʻohuli i nā poʻe he nui a lawe hou i nā hana hoʻomana.

ʻOiai ʻo Matua Regis e makemake ikaika e hana ma hope he Misionari ma waena o nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika ma Kanada, ua ola nō ʻo ia i kona mau lā e hana ai no ka Haku ma ka wahi pōmaʻa loa a me ka neoneo o kāna ʻāina Farani. Ma laila ʻo ia i hālāwai ai i nā kūpuna, nā hau a me nā ʻalihi ʻē aʻe. I ka wā ua hele a hoʻomau ʻo ia e haʻi i nā misionari a loaʻa iā ia kahi inoa kaulana. I ko lākou komo ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Saint-Andé, ua kipa aku kekahi kanaka i waena o kahi lehulehu i mua o kahi halepule a ua haʻi ʻia e kali ana nā poʻe "ka poʻe haipule" i hele mai e haʻi ma ka misionari.

ʻO nā makahiki hope loa o kona ola e hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka haʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā lawelawe kūlohelohe, ʻoi loa no nā mea paʻa, nā maʻi a me ka ʻilihune. I ka hāʻule ʻana o 1640, ua ʻike ka Makua Regis ua kokoke kona mau lā. Ua kūpaʻa ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana a hoʻomākaukau iā ia iho ma o ka hoʻomau ʻana e hana maikaʻi ana: ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana i nā poʻe o ke Akua nāna i aloha iā lākou. ʻO ka lā 31 o Dekemaba i lilo i ka hapa nui o ka lā me kona mau maka ma ke kea. I kēlā ahiahi ua make ʻo ia. ʻO kāna mau huaʻōlelo hope loa: "Ma kou mau lima ke kuhikuhi aku nei au i koʻu ʻuhane".

Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo John Francis Regis i ka makahiki 1737.

Hōʻikeʻike

Ua makemake ʻo John e hele i New World a lilo i misionari no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, akā ua kāhea ʻia ʻo ia e hana ma waena o kāna mau hoaʻāina. ʻAʻole like ia me nā mea haipule kaulana, ʻaʻole i hoʻomanaʻo ʻia no ka ʻōlelo ʻōlelo gula. ʻO ka mea a ka poʻe i hoʻolohe iā ia, i ka manaʻo he nui kona hilinaʻi, a he hopena ikaika iā lākou. Hoʻomaopopo mākou i ka poʻe homilists i hoʻokipa iā mākou no ke kumu like. ʻOi aku ka mea nui iā mākou, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomanaʻo pū i nā poʻe maʻamau, nā hoalauna a me nā hoalauna, ʻo ka manaʻo a me ka maikaʻi e pili mai iā mākou a alakaʻi iā mākou i kahiʻiʻo hohonu. He kāhea kēia e pono ka hahai nui o mākou.