Woyera Marguerite d'Youville, Woyera wa tsiku la 15 Juni

(Okutobala 15, 1701 - Disembala 23, 1771)

Nkhani ya Saint Marguerite d'Youville

Timaphunzira kukhala achifundo polola kuti miyoyo yathu izitengera zochita za anthu achifundo, kuwona moyo kuchokera m'malingaliro awo ndikuyambiranso malingaliro athu.

Wobadwira ku Varennes, Canada, Marie Marguerite Dufrost de Lajemmerais adasiya sukulu ali ndi zaka 12 kuti athandize amayi ake amasiye. Zaka zisanu ndi zitatu pambuyo pake adakwatirana ndi François d'Youville; anali ndi ana asanu ndi mmodzi, anayi a iwo anamwalira achichepere. Ngakhale kuti mwamuna wake adasewera, kugulitsa zakumwa zosaloledwa kwa Amereka aku America ndikumamuchitira zachipongwe, adamsamalira mwachifundo mpaka kumwalira mu 1730.

Ngakhale adasamalira ana aang'ono awiri ndikuyendetsa shopu kuti athandize kulipira ngongole za mwamuna wake, Marguerite adathandizabe ovutika. Ana ake atakula, iye ndi anzawo angapo adapulumutsa chipatala cha Quebec chomwe chinali pachiwopsezo cha bankirapuse. Adatcha anthu am'deralo Institute of the Sisters of Charity of Montreal; anthu amawatcha "anyani amtundu" chifukwa cha mtundu wa machitidwe awo. Popita nthawi, mwambi unabuka pakati pa osauka a Montreal, “Pitani kwa anyani anyani; sakana kutumikira. Popita nthawi, zipembedzo zina zisanu zakhala zikuyenda bwino mpaka azigawenga.

Chipatala cha Montreal General chidadziwika kuti Hôtel Dieu (Nyumba ya Mulungu) ndipo chidakhazikitsa muyeso wa chisamaliro chachipatala ndi Chifundo cha Chikhristu. Chipatalachi chimawonongeka pamoto mu 1766, Mayire Marguerite anagwada m'maphulusa, adatsogolera Te Deum - nyimbo yodziwika bwino kwa Mulungu munthawi zonse - ndikuyamba ntchito yomanganso. Adalimbana ndi zoyesayesa za akuluakulu aboma kuti athetse ntchito zake zachifundo ndikukhazikitsa nyumba yoyambirira ku North America.

Papa St. John XXIII, yemwe adamenya Mayire Marguerite mu 1959, adamucha "Mayi wa Universal Charity". Adasindikizidwa mu 1990. Phwando lake lachitetezo lili pa Okutobala 16.

Kulingalira

Oyera amakumana ndi zokhumudwitsa zambiri, zifukwa zambiri zonena kuti: "Moyo suyenda bwino" ndikudabwa komwe Mulungu ali pakati pa zinthu zopanda moyo. Timalemekeza oyera mtima monga Marguerite chifukwa amatiwonetsa kuti ndi chisomo cha Mulungu komanso mgwirizano wathu, kuvutika kumatha kubweretsa chisoni mmalo mokhumudwa.