Ko Meri Kakenga o te Manawa Tapu: he oranga kua whakatapua ki te Atua
Te ora faahiahia o Mere Te Kakenga o te Manawa Tapu, fanauhia o Florentina Nicol y Goni, e hi‘oraa no te faaotiraa papu e te pûpûraa i te faaroo. I whanau i te tau 1868 i Tafalla, Spain, ka mate a Maria Ascensione i tona whaea i te wha noa o ona tau. I whakatipuhia e tona papa, kaore i roa ka kitea e ia te kawe i nga kawenga o te whare.
Mary Ascension of the Sacred Heart, i whakanuia mo tana takoha ki te Hahi
He nui te huringa o tona oranga i te wa e pakeke ana ia tekau tau, i tukuna ki te whare karakia ki te tango i awhakaako whakapono. I konei, i timata tana mahi whakapono ki te puāwai, kare i roa ka whakapuakina e ia te hiahia kia noho hei pare.
Ahakoa te whakahē tuatahi a tona papa, i kaha a Maria Ascension ki te kuhu a whare karakia Dominican i te tau 1884, ka mau ki te ingoa whakapono o Mary Ascension of the Sacred Heart. I konei, i whakaako ia mo nga tau maha, ka noho hei tangata whai mana i roto i te hapori whakapono.
Heoi, i te tau 1913, ka huri ano te oranga o Mary Ascension i te wa o te Kāwanatanga Pāniora i panuitia nga ture anticlerical i puta ai katinga o tona whare karakia. Noa’tu te mau fifi, ua faaoti o Maria e te tahi atu mau paretenia e haamo‘a ia ratou no te misioni i Peru, ma te arata‘ihia e te episekopo. Ramón Zubleta.
I to ratou taenga ki Peru i te tau 1913, ka timata nga kuia i te oranga hou Amazon ngaherehere, te whakatu kura me te tiaki i nga turoro. Noa’tu te mau fifi e te mau ati, ua tape‘a noa o Maria Ascension i to’na faaroo e to’na hinaaro papû ia tavini ia vetahi ê.
I kitea tana whakapau kaha me tana whakapau kaha ki te mīhana i te wā i whakatūria e ia me ētahi atu kuia Dominican Missionary Sisters of the Rosary. Ua parare oioi teie amuiraa na te ao atoa nei, ma te tavini i te mau oire i roto e 21 fenua.
Ko te oranga o tenei wahine whakamiharo he a tauira o te maia, altruism and unconditional faith. Ko tana te beatification i te tau 2005 ko te whakanui i tana mahi whakamiharo ki a ia Chiesa me te hapori. I tenei ra, kei te ora tonu tana taonga tuku iho na roto i nga tuahine Mihinare Dominican o te Rosary, e mahi tonu ana ki te hunga e mate ana i te ao katoa.