Woyera wa tsiku la 4 Januware: nkhani ya St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Woyera wa tsiku la 4 Januware
(28 Ogasiti 1774 - 4 Januware 1821)

Nkhani ya St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Amayi Seton ndi amodzi mwa miyala yamtengo wapatali ku American Catholic Church. Anakhazikitsa gulu loyamba lachipembedzo lachi America, Sisters of Charity. Anatsegula sukulu yoyamba yaku parishi yaku America ndipo adakhazikitsa nyumba yoyamba yosungira ana amasiye aku America Katolika. Zonsezi adazichita pazaka 46 atalera ana ake asanu.

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton ndi mwana wamkazi weniweni wa American Revolution, wobadwa pa Ogasiti 28, 1774, patangotsala zaka ziwiri kuti Declaration of Independence ichitike. Mwa kubadwa ndi ukwati, adalumikizidwa ndi mabanja oyamba ku New York ndipo adakondwera ndi zipatso za anthu apamwamba. Woleredwa ngati Episcopalian wokhutira, adaphunzira kufunikira kwa pemphero, Lemba komanso kuyesedwa kwa chikumbumtima usiku. Abambo ake, a Dr. Richard Bayley, sanali okonda mipingo kwambiri, koma anali okonda kuthandiza anzawo ambiri, kuphunzitsa mwana wawo wamkazi kukonda komanso kutumikira ena.

Kumwalira kwa amayi ake asanakwane mu 1777 ndi mng'ono wake mu 1778 kunamupatsa Elizabeti lingaliro lakumuyaya ndi moyo wakanthawi ngati mlendo padziko lapansi. M'malo mokhumudwa komanso kukhumudwa, adakumana ndi "chiwonongeko" chilichonse chatsopano, monga ananenera, ndi chiyembekezo komanso chisangalalo.

Ali ndi zaka 19, Elizabeth anali wokongola ku New York ndipo anakwatiwa ndi wochita bizinesi wolemera, William Magee Seton. Anali ndi ana asanu bizinesi yake isanachitike ndipo adamwalira ndi chifuwa chachikulu. Ali ndi zaka 30, Elizabeti anali wamasiye, wopanda ndalama, ndi ana asanu oti aziwasamalira.

Ali ku Italy ndi amuna awo omwe anali atamwalira, Elisabetta adachitira umboni zachikatolika kudzera mwa abwenzi apabanja. Mfundo zitatu zazikuluzikulu zidamupangitsa kuti akhale Mkatolika: kukhulupirira Kukhalapo Kwenikweni, kudzipereka kwa Amayi Odala komanso kukhudzika komwe Mpingo wa Katolika udawabwezera kwa atumwi ndi kwa Khristu. Achibale ake komanso abwenzi ambiri adamukana atakhala Mkatolika mu Marichi 1805.

Kuti athandize ana ake, adatsegula sukulu ku Baltimore. Kuyambira pachiyambi, gulu lake lidatsata magulu achipembedzo, omwe adakhazikitsidwa mwalamulo mu 1809.

Makalata chikwi kapena kuposerapo a Mayi Seton akuwulula kukula kwa moyo wake wauzimu kuchokera paubwino wamba mpaka pachiyero champhamvu. Adakumana ndi ziyeso zazikulu za matenda, kusamvetsetsa, kufa kwa okondedwa (mwamuna wake ndi ana aakazi awiri achichepere) komanso kuwawa kwa mwana wopanduka. Adamwalira pa Januware 4, 1821 ndipo adakhala nzika yoyamba yaku America kuti amenyedwe (1963) kenako nkuvomerezeka (1975). Aikidwa m'manda ku Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Kulingalira

Elizabeth Seton analibe mphatso zapadera. Sanali wachinsinsi kapena wosala. Iye sanali kunenera kapena kuyankhula mu malirime. Adali ndi mapembedzero akulu awiri: kusiya zofuna za Mulungu ndi kukonda kwambiri Sakramenti Lodala. Adalemba kalata mnzake, a Julia Scott, kuti angalolere kugulitsa dziko "phanga kapena chipululu". "Koma Mulungu wandipatsa zambiri zoti ndichite, ndipo ndimakhala ndikuyembekeza nthawi zonse kusankha chifuniro chake m'malo mokhumba chilichonse." Chizindikiro chake cha chiyero ndichotseguka kwa onse ngati tikonda Mulungu ndi kuchita chifuniro chake.