ʻEkolu mau Katolika ʻAmelika e lilo i poʻe haipule

ʻEkolu mau Katolika Cajun mai ka Diocese o Lafayette, Louisiana e lilo i mau haipule kanonio ma hope o kahi hanana mōʻaukala i ka mua o kēia makahiki.

Ma loko o ka hana o Ianuali 11, ua wehe ʻo Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel o Lafayette i nā hihia o nā Katolika Louisiana ʻelua, ʻo Miss Charlene Richard lāua ʻo Mr. Auguste "Nonco" Pelafigue.

ʻO ke kumu o ka moho no ke kolu o ka moho no ka canonization, ʻo Lieutenant Father Verbis Lafleur, i ʻike ʻia e ka pīhopa, akā ʻo ke kaʻina o ka wehe ʻana i ka hihia i ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi, no ka mea he mea pono e laulima pū me nā bihopa ʻelua ʻē aʻe - nā hana hou aʻe i loaʻa mai i ka ʻoihana koa o Lafleur.

ʻO nā lunamakaʻāinana o kēlā me kēia moho i kū ma ka hanana, e hōʻike nei i ka pīhopa me nā moʻolelo pōkole o ke ola o kēlā kanaka a me kahi noi luna no ka wehe ʻana i kā lākou hihia. ʻO Bonnie Broussard, kahi lunamakaʻāinana o ko Charlene Richard's Friends, i kamaʻilio ma ka hana a hoʻokūpaʻa i ko Charlene hilinaʻi precocious i kona wā ʻōpio.

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Charlene Richard ma Richard, Louisiana ma Ianuali 13, 1947, he Cajun Roman Katolika "he kaikamahine ʻōpio maʻamau" i aloha i ka kinipōpō hīnaʻi a me kona ʻohana, a ua hoʻoikaika ʻia e ke ola o St. Therese o Lisieux, i ʻōlelo ʻo Broussard.

I ka wā he haumāna kula waena wale ʻo ia, ua loaʻa ʻo Charlene i kahi maʻi ʻo ka leukemia, kahi maʻi ʻaʻai o ka iwi iwi a me ka ʻōnaehana lymphatic.

Ua mālama ʻo Charlene i ka hōʻailona hōʻeha me "kahi manaʻoʻiʻo ma mua o ka hiki o ka hapanui o nā mākua, a ua hoʻoholo e hōʻole ʻole i ka ʻehaʻeha āna e hele ai, ua hui pū me Iesū ma kāna keʻa a hāʻawi i kāna ʻehaʻeha a me nā ʻeha. No haʻi," i ʻōlelo ʻo Broussard.

I nā pule hope ʻelua o kona ola, ua noi ʻo Charlene iā Fr. ʻO Joseph Brennan, he kahuna i hele mai e lawelawe iā ia i kēlā me kēia lā: "E ka Makua, ʻo wai wau e hāʻawi aku ai i kaʻu mau ʻeha no kēia lā?"

Ua make ʻo Charlene ma ʻAukake 11, 1959 i ka makahiki 12.

"Ma hope o kona make ʻana, hoʻolaha wikiwiki ke kūpaʻa iā ia, ua hāʻawi ʻia nā hōʻike he nui e ka poʻe i pōmaikaʻi i ka pule ma Charlene," i ʻōlelo ʻo Broussard.

He mau kaukani ka poʻe e kipa aku i ka hale kupapaʻu o Charlene i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ua hoʻohui ʻo Broussard, ʻoiai ʻo 4.000 i hele i ka lehulehu i ka hanana o ka 30th makahiki o kona make ʻana.

ʻO ke kumu hope ʻelua o ka canonization i ʻae ʻia i ka Pōʻaono ʻo ia ʻo Auguste "Nonco" Pelafigue, kahi haole nona ka inoa inoa "Nonco" ʻo ia hoʻi "ʻanakala". Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Ianuali 10, 1888 ma kahi o Lourdes ma Palani a neʻe aku me kona ʻohana i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, kahi i noho ai lākou ma Arnaudville, Louisiana.

ʻO Charles Hardy, kahi lunamakaʻāinana o ka ʻAukake "Nonco" Pelafigue Foundation, i ʻōlelo ʻo Auguste i ka inoa "Nonco" a makua kāne paha no ka mea "like ʻo ia me kahi ʻanakala maikaʻi i nā poʻe āpau i komo i kāna (pōʻai) mana.".

Ua aʻo ʻo Nonco e lilo i kumu a ua aʻo i ke kula lehulehu ma kahi kuaʻāina kokoke i kona kauhale ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i lālā lālā kula no ka kula pua pua liʻiliʻi ʻo Arnaudville.

ʻOiai e aʻo ana e lilo i kumu, ua lilo ʻo Nonco i lālā o ka Apostolate of Prayer, kahi hui i hānau ʻia ma Palani a nona ka charisma e hāpai a hoʻolaha i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka Puʻuwai Hemolele o Iesū a pule no ka pope. ʻO kāna kūpaʻa i ka Puʻuwai Hemolele o Iesū e hele a kala i ko Nonco ola.

"Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Nonco no kāna hoʻolaʻa nui ʻana i ka Puʻuwai Hemolele o Iesū a me ka Puʻupaʻa wahine ʻo Maria," wahi a Hardy.

"Ua hana nui ʻo ia i ka lā o ka lā a lawelawe i nā wahi a pau e pono ai. Mahalo paha ka hoʻouluulu, me ka rosary i hoʻopuni ʻia i kona lima, hele ʻo Nonco i nā alanui nui a me ke kula kiʻekiʻe o kona kaiāulu, e hoʻolaha nei i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka Puʻuwai Hemolele o Iesū.

Ua hele wāwae ʻo ia i nā alanui o ke kuaʻāina e kipa aku i ka poʻe maʻi a me nā poʻe nele a hōʻole i nā lāhui o kona mau hoanoho a ʻoi loa ke ʻano o ke aniau, no ka mea ua manaʻo ʻo ia i kāna hele wāwae he hana peniten no ka hoʻohuli ʻana o nā ʻuhane ma ka Honua a me ka huikala ʻana o ka poʻe i ka purgatory Pākuʻi ʻo Hardy.

"He ʻeuanelio maoli ʻo ia ma ka puka," i ʻōlelo ʻo Hardy. I nā hopena pule, ua aʻo ʻo Nonco i ka haipule i nā haumāna kula ākea a hoʻonohonoho i ka Hui o ka Puʻuwai Hemolele, nāna i hāʻawi i nā puke liʻiliʻi o kēlā me kēia mahina no ka hoʻolaʻa kaiāulu. Ua hoʻonohonoho pū ʻo ia i nā hana noʻeau no ka wā Kalikimaka a me nā lā nui kūikawā e hōʻike ana i nā moʻolelo Baibala, nā ola o ka poʻe haipule a me ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka Puʻuwai Hemolele i kahi ala nui.

“Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke keaka, ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i ke aloha nui o Kristo me kāna mau haumāna a me ke kaiāulu holoʻokoʻa. Ma kēia ala, ua wehe ʻo ia ʻaʻole wale ka manaʻo akā ʻo ka puʻuwai o kāna mau haumāna, ”wahi a Hardy. Ua haʻi aku ke kahunapule o Nonco iā Nonco ma ke ʻano he kahuna ʻē aʻe i loko o kāna pālima, a ua loaʻa iā Nonco i ka mekala Pro Ecclesia Et Pontifice mai ka Pope Pius XII i ka makahiki 1953, "no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāna hana hoʻohaʻahaʻa a hoʻolaʻa hoʻi i ka Ekalesia Katolika," i ʻōlelo ʻo Hardy.

"ʻO kēia hoʻohanohano pope kekahi o nā hanohano kiʻekiʻe loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā lālā o ka poʻe haipule," i hoʻohui ʻo Hardy. "No kekahi mau makahiki he 24 a hiki i kona make ʻana i ka makahiki 1977, i ka makahiki 89, ua hoʻolaha mau ʻo Nonco i ka naʻau kapu i ka Puʻuwai Hemolele o Iesū no 68 mau makahiki a hiki i ka lā i make ai ʻo ia i Iune 6, 1977, ʻo ia ka ʻahaʻaina a ka Ka Puʻuwai Hemolele o Iesū, ”wahi a Hardy.

ʻO Fr. Mark Ledoux, kahi lunamakaʻāinana o nā Hoa a Fr. ʻO Joseph Verbis LaFleur, i ka wā o Ianuali i haʻi ʻia i hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ke kahunapule pūʻali koa no kāna hana koa i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua ʻElua.

"P. Ua ola ʻo Joseph Verbis LaFleur i kahi ola kupaianaha i loko o 32 mau makahiki wale nō, ”wahi a Ledoux.

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Lafleur ma ka lā 24 o Ianuali, 1912 ma Ville Platte Louisiana. ʻOiai ʻo ia i hele mai mai "kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa ... (a) mai kahi ʻohana haʻihaʻi," ua lōʻihi ka moemoeā o LaFleur i kahuna pule, i ʻōlelo ʻo Ledoux.

I kona wā hoʻomaha kauwela mai Notre Dame Seminary ma New Orleans, ua hoʻolilo ʻo Lafleur i kāna manawa e aʻo i ka catechism a me nā mea kamaʻilio mua.

Ua hoʻolilo ʻia ʻo ia i kahuna pule ma ʻApelila 2, 1938 a noi ʻia e lilo i kahunapule pūʻali koa ma mua koke o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke Kaua Honua ʻElua. I ka mua, hōʻole ʻia kāna noi e kāna pīhopa, akā i ke noi ʻana o ke kahuna no ka manawa ʻelua, ua ʻae ʻia.

"Ma ke ʻano he kahunapule ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka heroism ma mua o ke kāhea o ka hana, e loaʻa ana ka Distinguished Service Cross, ka lua o ka hanohano kiʻekiʻe e ka waiwai," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Ledoux.

"Akā ua like ia me ka POW Kepani e hōʻike ai ʻo Lafleur i ka ikaika o kāna aloha" a me ka hemolele.

"ʻOiai keehi ʻia, hahau ʻia a hahau ʻia e nā mea nāna ia i hopu, ua hoʻāʻo mau ʻo ia e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā kūlana o kāna mau hoa paʻahao," wahi a Ledoux.

"Ua waiho pū ʻo ia i nā manawa kūpono no kona pakele e hele ma kahi āna i ʻike ai he pono kāna mau kāne iā ia."

ʻO ka hopena, ua pau ke kahuna ma luna o ka moku me nā POW Kepani ʻē aʻe i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka moku kaiāulu ʻAmelika i ʻike ʻole e lawe ana ka moku i nā pio o ke kaua.

"Ua ʻike hope loa ʻia ʻo ia ma ka lā 7 Kepakemapa 1944 i kona kōkua ʻana i nā kāne mai ke kino o ka moku e piholo ana a ua loaʻa iā ia kahi puʻuwai poni a me kahi hōkū keleawe. A i ʻOkakopa 2017, no kāna mau hana ma ke ʻano he pio o ke kaua, ua loaʻa i koʻu makuakāne ka lua o Distinguished Service Cross, "wahi a Ledoux.

ʻAʻole i loaʻa hou ke kino o Lafleur. Ua hōʻike ʻo Bishop Deshotel i ka Pōʻaono i kona manaʻo e wehe kūhelu i ke kumu o ke kahunapule, kahi mea i loaʻa nā ʻae kūpono mai nā pīhopa ʻē aʻe i pili i kēia hihia.

Ua ʻae ʻia ʻo Lafleur i kahi haʻiʻōlelo ma ka National Catholic Prayer Breakfast ma Wakinekona, DC ma Iune 6, 2017, e Archb Bishop Timothy Broglio o ka archdiocese pūʻali koa, nāna i ʻōlelo, "He kanaka ʻo ia i kekahi poʻe ʻē aʻe a hiki i ka hopena ... ua pane aku ʻo Makua Lafleur iā kona kūlana o ka hale paʻahao me ka wiwo ʻole hana. Ua huki ʻo ia i kāna pono e mālama, pale a paʻa i nā kāne i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ia.

"Ua ola nā mea he nui no ka mea he kanaka pono ʻo ia i hāʻawi pio ʻole iā ia iho. E kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka nui o ko mākou ʻāina e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā kāne a me nā wahine o ka pono i hāʻawi iā lākou iho no ka pono o nā mea āpau. Kūkulu mākou no kahi lā ʻapōpō ke huki mākou mai kēlā kumu o ka pono ”.