Ubusisiwe uFrancis Xavier Seelos, ungcwele we-12 Okthobha 2020

Ibali likaMsikelele uFrancesco Saverio Seelos

Ukuzondelela njengomshumayeli kunye nokuvuma izono kwakhokelela kuBawo Seelos kwimisebenzi yemfesane.

Uzalelwe emazantsi eBavaria, wafunda ifilosofi kunye netheology eMunich. Emva kokuva ngomsebenzi wamaRedemptorists phakathi kwamaKatolika athetha isiJamani e-United States, weza kweli lizwe ngo-1843. Wamiselwa ngasekupheleni kuka-1844, wabelwa iminyaka emithandathu kwiparishi yaseSt. Philomena ePittsburgh njengomncedisi weSt. John Neumann. Kule minyaka mithathu izayo, utata u-Seelos wayephezulu kuluntu olunye kwaye waqala ngenkonzo yakhe njenge-novice master.

Kwiminyaka eliqela kwalandela ubufundisi beparadesi eMaryland, kunye noxanduva lokusekwa kwabafundi beRedemptorist. Ngexesha lemfazwe yamakhaya uFr. USeelos waya eWashington, DC, wabhenela kuMongameli uLincoln ukuba angabhalisi abo bafundi baya emkhosini, nangona abanye ekugqibeleni babenjalo.

Kwiminyaka eliqela wayeshumayela ngesiNgesi nangesiJamani kulo lonke elaseMidwest naseMid-Atlantic. Ukunikezelwa kuluntu lwaseCaweni likaSt. UMariya woNyuko eNew Orleans, Fr. USeelos wakhonza ngenzondelelo enkulu abazalwana bakhe beRedemptorist kunye namarhamente. Ngo-1867 wasweleka ngenxa ye-yellow fever, kuba wasifumana eso sifo xa wayetyelele abagulayo. Waye wadunyiswa ngo-2000. Umthendeleko we-liturgical of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos ngu-Oktobha 5.

Ukucingisisa

Ubawo Seelos usebenze kwiindawo ezininzi ezahlukeneyo kodwa uhlala enenzondelelo efanayo: enceda abantu ukuba balwazi uthando nemfesane kaThixo.Washumayela imisebenzi yenceba emva koko wayenza, nokubeka impilo yakhe emngciphekweni.