APRILI 24 SAN BENEDETTO MENNI

UBenedetto Menni, owazalelwa u-Angelo Ercole wayengumbuyisi wesibhedlele saseSan Giovanni di Dio (Fatebenefratelli) eSpain, kunye nomseki ngo-1881 wesibhedlele Sisters of the Sacred Heart, ingakumbi ezinikele ekuncedeni abaguli abagula ngengqondo. Wazalelwa ngo-1841, washiya isikhundla sakhe ebhankini ukuba azinikezele, njengomthuthi we-stretcher, kwabalimala kwi-Battle of Magenta. Wangena phakathi kwe-Fatebenefratelli, wathunyelwa eSpain eneminyaka engama-26 kunye nomsebenzi ongenakwenzeka wokuvuselela uMyalelo, owawucinezelwe. Uphumelele ebunzimeni bewaka- kubandakanya ityala lokutyholwa ngokuphathwa gadalala komfazi ogula ngengqondo, nelaphetha ngokugwetywa kwabanyelisi- kwaye kwiminyaka eli-19 njengephondo waseka imisebenzi eli-15. Kwimpembelelo yakhe usapho lwenkolo lwazalwa kwakhona ePortugal naseMexico. Waye ke undwendwe lwabapostile kwi-Order kunye nomphathi jikelele. Usweleke eDinan eFrance ngo-1914, kodwa uhlala eCiempozuelos, eSpain. Ube ngcwele ukususela ngo-1999.

UMTHANDAZO

Thixo, ntuthuzelo nenkxaso yabathobekileyo,

Wenza uSan Benedetto Menni, umbingeleli,

waziswa ngeVangeli yakho yenceba,

ngokufundisa kunye nemisebenzi.

Siphe, ngokucela kwakhe,

Ubabalo esikucela ngalo ngoku,

Ukulandela imizekelo yakhe ndikuthande ngaphezu kwako konke okunye,

ukutyhala ukuba sikukhonze kubazalwana bethu

abagulayo nabasweleyo.

NguKristu iNkosi yethu. Amen.