Saint o ka lā no Ianuali 23: ka moʻolelo o Santa Marianne Cope

(23 Ianuali 1838 - 9 ʻAukake 1918)

ʻOiai ʻo ka maʻi lepera ka mea i makaʻu i ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i ka makahiki 1898 kenekulia o Hawaiʻi, ua hōʻeuʻeu kēlā maʻi i ka lokomaikaʻi nui i ka wahine i ʻike ʻia ʻo Mother Mariana o Molokai. Ua kōkua nui kāna koa wiwo ʻole i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke ola o kāna mau mea i hōʻino ʻia ma Hawaii, kahi ʻāina i hoʻohui ʻia me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kona wā e ola ana (XNUMX).

ʻO ka lokomaikaʻi a me ka wiwo ʻole o Mother Marianne i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia i ka hanana o kona beatification ma Mei 14, 2005 ma Roma. He wahine ʻo ia i kamaʻilio "i ka ʻōlelo o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ke aloha" i ka honua, i ʻōlelo ʻia e Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, ka luna o ka ʻaha no nā kumu o ka poʻe haipule. ʻO Cardinal Martins, ka mea i alakaʻi i ka nui o ka beatification ma St. Peter's Basilica, i kapa ʻia kona ola "kahi hana kupaianaha o ka lokomaikaʻi akua". I kāna kamaʻilio ʻana no kāna aloha kūikawā no ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka maʻi lepera, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Ua ʻike ʻo ia i loko o lākou i ka maka ʻeha o Iesū.

Ma Ianuali 23, 1838, ua hānau ʻia kahi kaikamahine na Peter lāua ʻo Barbara Cope o Hessen-Darmstadt, Kelemānia. Ua kapa ʻia ke kaikamahine ma hope o kona makuahine. I ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope mai ua neʻe aku ka ʻohana Cope i United States a noho ma Utica, New York. Ua hana ʻo Young Barbara i kahi hale hana a hiki i ʻAukake 1862, i kona wā i hele ai i nā Sisters o ka Papa ʻekolu o St. Francis ma Syracuse, Nu Ioka. Ma hope o ka hana ma Nowemapa o ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo ma ke kula parish o ka Assump.

Ua paʻa ʻo Marianne i ke kūlana ʻoi aʻe ma nā wahi like ʻole a ʻelua mau manawa i lilo i kumu novice no kāna ʻaha. He alakaʻi kūlohelohe ʻo ia, ʻoi aku ʻo ia ma mua o ka Haukapila ʻo St. Joseph ma Syracuse i ʻekolu mau manawa, kahi i aʻo nui ai ʻo ia i nā mea pono iā ia i kona mau makahiki ma Hawaii.

Koho ʻia i panalāʻau i 1877, ua koho balota ʻia ʻo Mother Marianne i ka makahiki 1881. I ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope ua ʻimi ke aupuni Hawaiʻi i kekahi e hoʻokele i ke keʻena hoʻokipa ʻo Kakaako no ka poʻe i manaʻo ʻia he lepera. Ua ana ʻia ma mua o 50 mau kaiāulu haipule ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kanada. I ka manawa i noi ʻia ai i nā nune Syracusan, 35 o lākou i manawaleʻa koke. Ma ka lā 22 ʻOkakopa, 1883, ua haʻalele ʻo Mother Marianne a me ʻeono mau kaikuahine ʻē aʻe no Hawaii kahi i mālama ai i ke keʻena hoʻokipa o Kakaako ma waho o Honolulu; ma ka mokupuni ʻo Maui ua wehe lākou i kahi haukapila a me kahi kula no nā kaikamahine.

I ka makahiki 1888, ua hele ʻo Māmā Marianne a me ʻelua mau kaikuahine i Molokai e wehe i hale no nā "wahine pale ʻole a me nā kaikamahine" ʻole ma laila. Ua hōʻole ke aupuni Hawaiʻi e hoʻouna i nā wahine i kēia kūlana paʻakikī; ʻaʻole pono lākou e hopohopo e pili ana iā Māmā Marianne! Ma Molokai, ua mālama ʻo ia i ka hale a San Damiano de Veuster i kūkulu ai no nā kāne a me nā keiki kāne. Ua hoʻololi ʻo Mother Marianne i ke ola ma Molokai ma ka hoʻolauna ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe, ka haʻaheo a me ka leʻaleʻa i ke kolone. ʻO nā scarves ʻālohilohi a me nā lole nani no nā wahine kahi o kāna hoʻokokoke ʻana.

Hāʻawi ʻia e ke aupuni Hawaiʻi me ka Papa Aliʻi o Kapiolani a hoʻolauleʻa ʻia i loko o kahi mele na Robert Louis Stevenson, ua hoʻomau mau ʻo Mother Marianne i kāna hana. Ua huki kona mau kaikuahine i ka leo i waena o ka lāhui Hawaiʻi a ke hana nei nō ma Molokai.

Ua make ʻo Marianne Marianne ma ka 9 ʻAukake 1918, a ua hauʻoli ʻia i ka makahiki 2005 a ua kanona ʻia ʻehiku mau makahiki ma hope.

Hōʻikeʻike

Ua hōʻole nā ​​luna aupuni e ʻae i ka makuahine Marianne e lilo i makuahine ma Molokai. He kanakolu mau makahiki o ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i hōʻoia ai he kumu ʻole ko lākou makaʻu. Hāʻawi ke Akua i nā makana kūʻokoʻa i ka myopia kanaka a ʻae i kēlā mau makana e ulu pono no ka pono o ke aupuni.