Mnyamata yemwe adawona Virigo Mary: chozizwitsa cha Bronx

Masomphenyawo anadza miyezi ingapo atatha nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse. Asitikali ambiri akusangalala akubwerera kumzindawu kuchokera kunja. New York inali yodzidalira mopambanitsa. "Zizindikiro zonse zinali zakuti lidzakhala mzinda wawukulu kwambiri padziko lapansi lakumadzulo, kapena ngakhale dziko lonse lapansi," analemba a Jan Morris m'buku lake "Manhattan '45". A New Yorkers, adawonjezeranso, pogwiritsa ntchito mawu kuchokera m'bukhu labwino lodziwika bwino nthawi imeneyo, adadziona ngati anthu "kwa omwe palibe chosatheka".

Masinthidwe amenewa, masomphenyawa, adazimiririka pamutu. Archdiocese waku New York anakana kupereka mawu onena za kuvomerezeka kwawo ndipo pakupita kwa masiku, miyezi ndi zaka, Akatolika aku Roma aayiwala "Bronx Miracle", monga momwe magazini ya Life imatchulira. Koma Joseph Vitolo wachichepere sanaiwale, ngakhale nthawi ya Khrisimasi kapena nyengo zina za chaka. Anayendera malowa madzulo aliwonse, mchitidwe womwe umamuthamangitsa kwa abwenzi omwe amakhala pafupi ndi Bedford Park omwe amakonda kwambiri kupita ku Yankee Stadium kapena Orchard Beach. Ambiri m'magawo antchito, ngakhale akulu ena, adamseka iye chifukwa chomumvera chisoni, akumamupatsa dzina loti "St. Joseph."

Kupitilira zaka zambiri za umphawi, Vitolo, munthu wofatsa yemwe amagwira ntchito yoyang'anira chipatala cha Jacobi Medical Center ndikupemphera kuti ana ake aakazi awiri omwe ndi achikulire apeze amuna abwino, adakali odzipereka. Pomwe amayesera kuti ayambitse moyo kutali ndi malo achiwonetsero- akayesera kawiri kuti akhale wansembe - amapezeka kuti akukopeka ndi oyandikana nawo wakale. Lero, atakhala mnyumba yake yazopanga zitatu, a Mr. Vitolo adati posakhalitsa moyo wake, zidamuthandiza. Ali ndi buku lalikulu komanso lofunika kwambiri pankhaniyo. Koma moyo wake unafika pachichepere: zingapikisane ndi chiyani? - Ndipo pali kutopa, Woyang'anira pomzungulira,

Kodi mudayamba mwafunsapo zomwe maso anu adawona? "Sindinakhalepo ndi kukayika," adatero. “Anthu ena achita izi, koma sindinatero. Ndikudziwa zomwe ndidawona. " Nkhani yabwino idayamba mausiku awiri chikondwerero cha Halloween chisanachitike. Manyuzipepala anali ndi nkhani zambiri zakuwonongeka kwa nkhondo yomwe idachitika ku Europe ndi Asia. A William O'Dwyer, kazembe wakale wachigawo waku Ireland, adakhala masiku angapo asankhidwa kukhala meya. Otsatira a Yankee adadandaula za malo awo anayi achinayi; choyimba chake chachikulu chinali lachiwiri Snuffy Stirnweiss, osati Ruth kapena Mantle.

A Joseph Vitolo, mwana wa abale ake komanso ang'ono chifukwa cha m'badwo wake, anali kusewera ndi abwenzi pomwe mwadzidzidzi atsikana atatu akuti awona china chake pathanthwe kuseri kwa nyumba ya Joseph, pa Villa Avenue, malo amodzi kuchokera ku Grand Kukambirana. Joseph adati sanazindikire chilichonse. M'modzi mwa atsikanawo adamuuza kuti apemphere.

Analipira Atate Wathu. Palibe chomwe chidachitika. Ndipo, mwakuchulukirapo, adawerenganso Ave Maria. Nthawi yomweyo, adatero, atawona munthu woyandama, mayi wachichepere yemwe amawoneka ngati Namwaliwe Mariya. Masomphenyawo adamutcha dzina.

"Ndinakondedwa," akukumbukira. "Koma mawu akewo adandipatsa bata."

Adayandikira mosamala ndikumvetsera pamene masomphenyawo amalankhula. Anamupempha kuti apite kumeneko kwa usiku 16 wotsatizana kukatchulanso rosari. Anamuuza kuti akufuna dziko lipempherere mtendere. Sakuwoneka ndi ana ena, masomphenyawo adatha.

Joseph adathamangira kwawo kukauza makolo ake, koma anali atamva kale nkhaniyi. Abambo ake, yemwe anali ndi bala loledzera ndipo anali chidakhwa, anakwiya. Adakwapula mnyamatayo chifukwa chabodza. "Abambo anga anali olimba mtima," adatero Vitolo. Akadamenya amayi anga. Inali nthawi yoyamba yomwe yandimenya. " Mayi Vitolo, mayi wopembedza yemwe anali ndi ana 18, mwa iwo 11 okha omwe ali moyo, anali womvera kwambiri nkhani ya Joseph. Usiku wotsatira iye anatsagana ndi mwana wake wamwamuna kupita kumwalirowo.

Nkhani zake zinali zikufalikira. Madzulo amenewo, anthu 200 anasonkhana. Mnyamatayo adagwada pansi, adayamba kupemphera ndikuwonetsa kuti masomphenya ena a Namwaliyo Mariya adawonekera, nthawi ino kufunsa aliyense omwe adalipo kuti ayimbe nyimbo. "Pomwe khamulo lidapembedza kunja usiku watha ndikuyatsa makandulo owoneka ovota, ... oyendetsa ndege osachepera 50 adayimitsa magalimoto awo pafupi ndi pomwepo," a George George O'Brien, mtolankhani wa The News News , nyuzipepala yayikulu ya Bronx. "Ena adagwada m'mbali mwa msewu atamva za msonkhano."

O'Brien anakumbutsa owerenga ake kuti nkhani ya Joseph ndi yofanana ndi ya Bernadette Soubirous, mbusa wosauka yemwe anati amawawona Namwaliyo ku Lourdes, France, mu 1858. Tchalitchi cha Roma Katolika chinavomereza kuti masomphenyawa ndi owona ndipo pamapeto pake adamulengeza kuti ndi woyera, ndipo filimu ya 1943 yokhudza zomwe adakumana nazo, "Nyimbo ya Bernadette", adapambana ma Oscars anayi. Joseph adauza mtolankhani kuti sanawone filimuyo.

M'masiku ochepa otsatira, mbiriyakale idalumphira m'chiwonetsero. Manyuzipepala adafalitsa zithunzi za a Joseph atagwada mwanzeru paphiripo. Atolankhani atolankhani aku Italy komanso ntchito zamayiko akunja zawonekera, mazana a zolemba adafalikira padziko lonse lapansi ndipo anthu ofuna zozizwitsa adafika kunyumba ya Vitolo nthawi zonse. "Sindinathe kugona usiku chifukwa anthu amakhala kunyumba nthawi zonse," adatero Vitolo. Lou Costello wa Abbott ndi Costello adatumiza chifanizo chaching'ono chomata mugalasi. A Frank Sinatra adabweretsa chifanizo chachikulu cha Mary chomwe chimakhala kuchipinda cha Vitolo. ("Ndangomuona kumbuyo," atero Vitolo.) Kadinala Francis Spellman, bishopu wamkulu ku New York, adalowa mnyumba ya Vitolo ndi omasulira a ansembe ndipo adalankhula mwachidule ndi mnyamatayo.

Ngakhale bambo woledzera a Joseph sanamuone mwana wawo womaliza mosiyana. "Adati," bwanji suchiritsa msana wanga? Adakumbukira Signor Vitolo. "Ndipo ndidayika dzanja kumbuyo kwake ndikuti," Ababa, muli bwino. " Tsiku lotsatira anabwerera kuntchito. "Koma mnyamatayo adakhudzika ndi chidwi chonse." Sindimvetsa kuti chinali chiyani, "atero Vitolo." Anthu ankandiimba mlandu, kufunafuna thandizo, kufunafuna chithandizo. Ndinali mwana komanso wosokonezeka. ”

Pofika usiku wachisanu ndi chiwiri wa masomphenyawo, anthu opitilira 5.000 adadzaza malowa. Khamu'lo lidaphatikizira azimayi amaso achisoni ovala maliseche; mpikisano wa ansembe ndi masisitere omwe apatsidwa dera lapadera kuti akapemphere; ndi mabanja ovala bwino omwe adachokera ku Manhattan ndi limousine. Joseph adabwera ndikubwera kuchokera kuphiri ndi woyandikana naye wamphamvu, yemwe adamteteza kwa opembedza odziyimira pawokha, ena mwa iwo omwe anali atang'amba kale mabatani a malaya a mnyamatayo.

Pambuyo pa mautumikiwa, adayikidwa patebulo mchipinda chake chokhala ngati pang'onopang'ono oyang'anira a osowa patsogolo pake. Posadziwa choti achite, anaika manja ake pamutu pake ndikupemphera. Adawaona onse: ovala ovulala pankhondo, azimayi achikulire omwe akuvutika kuyenda, ana ovulala pabwalo la sukulu. Zinali ngati mini-Lourdes adatulukira ku Bronx.

Nzosadabwitsa kuti nkhani zozizwitsa zidatulukira mwachangu. A O'Brien anasimba nkhani ya mwana yemwe dzanja lake lopuwala linakonzedwa atakhudza mchenga kuchokera pamalowa. Pa Novembara 13, dzulo lamadzulo la zoyeserera, anthu opitilira 20.000 adawonekera, ambiri kudzera mabasi olemba ntchito kuchokera ku Philadelphia ndi mizinda ina.

Usiku watha adalonjeza kukhala zowoneka bwino kwambiri. Nyuzipepala zinalemba kuti Namwaliyo Mariya adauza Joseph kuti chitsime chidzaonekera mozizwitsa. Kuyembekezera kunali kutalika kwa malungo. Mvula yochepa ikagwa, pakati pa 25.000 ndi 30.000 adakhazikika kuti atumikire. Apolisi atseka gawo la Grand Concourse. Ma rugs adayikidwa panjira yomwe idatsogolera phirilo kuti alendowu asagwere mumatope. Kenako Joseph anaperekedwa kuphiri ndipo anaikamo nyali yamakandulo 200 osaluka.

Atavala thukuta la buluu lopanda mawonekedwe, adayamba kupemphera. Tenepo munthu m'bodzi mbalonga, "Maso!" Phokoso losangalala lidadutsa pamsonkhanowo, mpaka pomwepo lidapeza kuti mwamunayo adasokoneza wowonera atavala zoyera. Imeneyi inali nthawi yokakamiza kwambiri. Gawo lopempheralo linapitilizabe monga mwa nthawi zonse. Atamaliza, Joseph adapita naye kunyumba.

"Ndikukumbukira ndikumva anthu akufuula momwe amandibwezera," adatero Vitolo. “Iwo anali akufuula kuti: 'Onani! Onani! Tawonani! ' Ndikukumbukira ndikayang'ana m'mbuyo ndipo thambo lidatseguka. Anthu ena amati adawona Madona atavala zoyera akutuluka kumwamba. Koma ndidangoona kumwamba kutatseguka. "

Zochitika zoledzeretsa za m'dzinja la 1945 ndi zomwe zidachitika kumapeto kwa ubwana wa Giuseppe Vitolo. Popeza sanalinso mwana wabwinobwino, amayenera kukwaniritsa udindo wa munthu amene anali wolemekezedwa ndi mzimu waumulungu. Ndipo, madzulo aliwonse 7, iye amakwera phiri mwaulemu kukawerengera kolona kwa gulu laling'ono lomwe likupita patsogolo lomwe linali kuyendera malo omwe anali kusinthidwa kukhala malo opatulika. Chikhulupiriro chake chinali cholimba, koma kupembedza kwake kosalekeza kudamupangitsa kuti ataye zibwenzi komanso kuvulaza kusukulu. Adakulira mu mwana wachisoni komanso wosungulumwa.

Tsiku lina, a Vitolo anali atakhala mchipinda chake chachikulu chokumbukira, kukumbukira zakale zija. Pakona imodzi pali chifanizo chomwe Sinatra adabweretsa, imodzi yamanja ake yowonongeka ndi chidutswa cha denga lakugwa. Pakhoma pali penti yowoneka bwino kwambiri ya Mary, wopangidwa ndi wojambulayo malinga ndi malangizo a Mr. Vitolo.

"Anthu azindiseka," atero a Vitolo za unyamata wake. "Ndimayenda mumsewu ndipo amuna akulu adafuula:" Apa, St. Joseph. "Ndinaleka kuyenda pansi pamsewu. Iyo sinali nthawi yophweka. Ndinavutika. "Amayi ake okondedwa atamwalira mu 1951, adayesa kupereka chitsogozo m'moyo wake pophunzira kuti akhale wansembe. Adasiya sukulu ya ukadaulo ya a Samuel Gompers ku South Bronx ndipo adalowa seminale ya Benedictine ku Illinois. Koma idalimbikira mwachangu pazomwe zachitika. Akuluakulu ake amayembekeza zambiri kuchokera kwa iye - anali wamasomphenya pambuyo pa zonse - ndipo adatopa ndi chiyembekezo chawo chachikulu. "Anali anthu odabwitsa, koma amandiwopsa," adatero.

Popanda cholinga, adasainira semina ina, koma dongosololi lidalephera. Kenako adapeza ntchito ku Bronx ngati wolemba zojambula ndipo adayambiranso kupembedza milungu yopemphera usiku. Koma popita nthawi adakhumudwitsidwa ndi udindo, adatopa ndi mafunda ndipo nthawi zina amakwiya. "Anthu adandipempha kuti ndiwapempherere ndipo ndimafunanso thandizo," atero Vitolo. "Anthu adandifunsa: 'Pempherani kuti mwana wanga alowe mfuti.' Ndikuganiza, bwanji wina sangandipeze ntchito mu dipatimenti yamoto? "

Zinthu zinayamba kuyenda bwino kumayambiriro kwa 60s. Gulu latsopano la opembedza lidakondwera ndi masomphenya ake, ndipo mothandizidwa ndi chifundo chawo, Signor Vitolo adayambiranso kudzipereka kwake ku kukumana kwake ndi amulungu. Adakulira pafupi ndi m'modzi mwa alendo apaulendo, a Vacca a Boston, ndipo adakwatirana mu 1963. Wopembedza wina, Salvatore Mazzela, wogwira ntchito pamoto, adagula nyumbayo pafupi ndi malo ophunzitsira, ndikuonetsetsa kuti akutetezedwa. Signor Mazzela adakhala woyang'anira malo opangiramo maluwa, amabzala maluwa, njira zoyendera ndikukhazikitsa zifanizo. Iyenso adapita kukaona malo opatulikawo mu 1945.

"Mzimayi wina pagululo anati kwa ine: 'Chifukwa chiyani mwabwera kuno?" Anakumbukira Mr. Mazzela. “Sindinadziwe choti ndiyankhe. Adati, 'Wabwera kudzapulumutsa moyo wako.' Sindimadziwa kuti anali ndani, koma adandiwonetsa. Mulungu adandiwonetsa. "

Ngakhale m'ma 70 ndi 80s, ambiri a ku Bronx adawonongeka ndikuwonongeka kwa mizinda komanso ziwonetsero za baluni, nyumba yaying'ono idakhalabe njira yamtendere. Sizinawonongedwepo. Mu zaka izi, ambiri akuIreland ndi Ataliyana omwe adapita kukachisiyu adasamukira kumadera omwe adasinthidwa ndi Puerto Ricans, Dominican ndi ena obwera kumene achikatolika. Masiku ano, anthu ambiri odutsa sakudziwa chilichonse chokhudza anthu masauzande ambiri omwe anasonkhana kumeneko.

"Nthawi zonse ndakhala ndikudandaula kuti chinali chiyani," atero a Sheri Warren, mzaka XNUMX wazaka zapafupi, yemwe anali atabwera kuchokera ku golosale masanawa posachedwa. "Mwina zinachitika kalekale. Ndi chinsinsi kwa ine. "

Lero, chifanizo cha Mariamu chomwe chili ndi galasi lomwe latsekalo ndi gawo lathunthu la malo opatulikirawo, omwe adakwezedwa papulatifomu yamiyala ndikuyika pomwepo Mr. Vitolo adati masomphenyawo adawonekera. Pafupifupi pali mabenchi amtengo kwa opembedza, ziboliboli za Mkulu wa Angelo Michael ndi Infant of Prague ndi chikwangwani chojambulidwa phale ndi Malamulo Khumi.

Koma ngati malo opatulikirawo akhala akugwira ntchito kwazaka zambiri, a Vitolo anamenya nkhondo. Amakhala ndi mkazi wake ndi ana awo aakazi awiri kunyumba yabanja ya Vitolo, yokhala ndi masamba atatu abwino kuchokera ku tchalitchi cha San Filippo Neri, komwe banja lidakonda kale. Ankagwira ntchito zosiyanasiyana zonyozeka kuti banja lawo lisaphedwe. Pakati pa zaka za m'ma 70, adagwirako ntchito ku Aqueduct, Belmont ndi malo ena akumaloko, amatenga mkodzo ndi zitsanzo zamagazi kuchokera pamahatchi. Mu 1985 adalumikizana ndi a Jacobi Medical Center kumpoto kwa Bronx, komwe amagwirabe ntchito, kumang'amba ndi kupukuta pansi ndipo samawululira zakale ndi omwe adagwira nawo ntchito. "Ndili mwana ndinali woseka kwambiri"

Mkazi wake anamwalira zaka zingapo zapitazo ndipo a Vitolo adatha zaka khumi zapitazo akuda nkhawa kwambiri ndi ndalama zolipirira nyumba, yomwe pano akugawana ndi mwana wamkazi, a Marie, m'malo mopitilira kukula kwa malo opatulikirawo. Pafupi ndi nyumba yake pali bwalo lamasewera losiyidwa ndi losiyidwa; msewu wonsewo ndi Jerry's Steakhouse, yomwe idachita bizinesi yowoneka bwino kumapeto kwa chaka cha 1945 koma tsopano ilibe kanthu, yodziwika ndi chikwangwani cha dzimbiri cha 1940. kudzipereka kwa Vitolo ku malo ake opitilizabe kukhalabe. "Ndikumuuza Joseph kuti zoona zenizeni za malo opatulikawa ndi umphawi wake," atero a Geraldine Piva, wokhulupirira odzipereka. "IS '

Kumbali yake, a Vitolo akuti kudzipereka kosalekeza m'masomphenya kumapangitsa moyo wake kukhala watanthauzo ndikumuteteza ku tsoka la abambo ake, omwe adamwalira mu 60s. Amakondwera chaka chilichonse, atero, kuyambira chikondwerero cha Namwali, chomwe chimadziwika ndi unyinji ndi zikondwerero. Opembedza m'malo opembedza, omwe tsopano akukwana anthu 70, amayenda kuchokera kumayiko osiyanasiyana kuti atenge nawo mbali.

Masomphenya okalamba achita chidwi ndi malingaliro osamukira - mwina kupita ku Florida, komwe mwana wake wamkazi Ann ndi awiri azichemwali ake amakhala - koma sangathe kuchoka m'malo mwake opatulika. Mafupa ake onyentchera amamulepheretsa kupita pamalopo, koma akukonzekera kukwera nthawi yayitali. Kwa bambo yemwe wayesetsa kwa nthawi yayitali kuti apeze ntchito, masomphenya azaka 57 zapitazo atsimikizira kukhala mayitanidwe.

"Mwinanso ndikanatha kutenga tchati ndi ine, ndikadasuntha," adatero. “Koma ndikukumbukira, usiku womaliza wa masomphenya a 1945, Namwali Mariya sananene. Ingochoka. Ndiye ndani akudziwa, tsiku lina atha kubwereranso. Mukatero, ndikhala ndikuyembekezera inu. "