Wodala Francis Xavier Seelos, woyera wa 12 Okutobala 2020

Nkhani ya Odala Francesco Saverio Seelos

Kudzipereka monga mlaliki komanso kuwulula kunatsogolera abambo Seelos ku ntchito zachifundo.

Wobadwira kumwera kwa Bavaria, adaphunzira nzeru zaumulungu ku Munich. Atamva za ntchito ya a Redemptorists pakati pa Akatolika olankhula Chijeremani ku United States, adabwera kudziko lino mu 1843. Adasankhidwa kumapeto kwa 1844, adampatsa zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi ku parishi ya St. Philomena ku Pittsburgh ngati wothandizira wa St. John Neumann. Kwa zaka zitatu zotsatira, a Seelos anali apamwamba mdera lomweli ndipo adayamba ntchito yawo monga mbuye woyambira.

Zaka zingapo zidatsatira muutumiki wa parishi ku Maryland, limodzi ndi udindo wopanga ophunzira a Redemptorist. Pa nthawi ya nkhondo yapachiweniweni Fr. Seelos adapita ku Washington, DC, ndikupempha Purezidenti Lincoln kuti asalembetse ophunzirawo kuti akalowe usilikali, ngakhale ena pambuyo pake.

Kwa zaka zingapo amalalikira mu Chingerezi ndi Chijeremani kudera lonse la Midwest ndi Mid-Atlantic. Kutumizidwa kudera la Mpingo wa St. Mary of the Assumption ku New Orleans, Fr. Seelos adatumikira mwachangu abale ake a Redemptorist. Mu 1867 adamwalira ndi yellow fever, atadwala matendawa poyendera odwala. Adalandilidwa mu 2000. Phwando lamatchalitchi a Wodala Francis Xavier Seelos ndi Okutobala 5.

Kulingalira

Abambo Seelos adagwira ntchito m'malo osiyanasiyana koma nthawi zonse ndichangu chomwecho: kuthandiza anthu kuti adziwe chikondi ndi chifundo cha Mulungu. Adalalikira ntchito zachifundo ndikuchita nawo, ngakhale kuwononga thanzi lake