UVenerable Pierre Toussaint, oyiNgcwele wosuku lwe-28 kaMeyi
(Nge-27 kaJuni 1766- ngeyeSilimela 30 1853)
Ibali lendawo eyaziwayo uPierre Toussaint
Uzalelwe kwiHaiti yanamhlanje kwaye waziswa eNew York njengekhoboka, uPierre wasweleka ekhululekile, umgcini wezinwele owaziwayo kunye nomnye wamaKatolika adumileyo eNew York.
Umnini wezityalo uPierre Bérard wenza uToussaint njengekhoboka lendlu kwaye wavumela umakhulu wakhe ukuba afundise umzukulwana wakhe ukufunda nokubhala. Kwii-20s zokuqala, uPierre, udadewabo omncinci, umakazi wakhe, kunye namanye amakhoboka asendlwini ahamba nonyana wenkosi yabo esiya kwisiXeko saseNew York ngenxa yezidubedube zezopolitiko ekhaya. Ufundela ukuba ngumlungisi weenwele, uPierre wakhawuleza wafunda ubugcisa kwaye ekugqibeleni wasebenza ngempumelelo kumakhaya abafazi abazizityebi kwisiXeko saseNew York.
Ekufeni kwenkosi yakhe, uPierre wayezimisele ukuzixhasa, umhlolokazi wenkosi yakhe kunye namanye amakhoboka asekhaya. Wakhululwa kungekudala ngaphambi kokuba umhlolokazi abhubhe ngo-1807.
Kwiminyaka emine kamva, watshata noMarie Rose Juliette, inkululeko awayeyifumene. Emva kwexesha bamkela u-Euphémie, umzukulwana wakhe oyinkedama. Bobabini bandulela ukufa kukaPierre. Wayehamba yonke imihla kwi-Cawa yase-St. Peter e-Barclay Street.
UPierre unikele kwizibonelelo ezahlukeneyo zoncedo, ngesisa enceda abamnyama nabamhlophe abadinga uncedo. Yena nenkosikazi yakhe bavula amakhaya abo iinkedama babafundisa. Esi sibini sikwabonga abantu abalahliweyo abanesifo se-yellow fever. Ebongozwa ukuba athathe umhlala-phantsi kwaye onwabele ubutyebi abebufumene, uPierre uphendule wathi: “Ndanele ngokwam, kodwa ukuba ndiyekile ukusebenza andonelanga ngenxa yabanye”.
Ekuqaleni uPierre wangcwatywa ngaphandle kweCathedral yaseSt Patrick, apho wayekhe walelwa ukungena ngenxa yohlanga lwakhe. Ubungcwele bakhe kunye nokuzinikela kwakhe kuye kwabangela ukufuduselwa komzimba wakhe kwindawo yangoku yeSt. Patrick's Cathedral kwiFifth Avenue.
U-Pierre Toussaint wabhengezwa njengeVictable ngo-1996.
Ukucingisisa
UPierre wayekhululekile ngaphakathi kudala ngaphambi kokuba akhululeke ngokusemthethweni. Ukwala ukuba buhlungu, yonke imihla wakhetha ukusebenzisana nobabalo lukaThixo, ekugqibeleni waba luphawu olungenakuphikiswa lothando lukaThixo olunobubele.