Utata uba ngumbingeleli ofana nonyana wakhe
U-Edmond Ilg, 62, ubengutata okokoko wazalwa unyana wakhe ngo-1986.
Kodwa ngoJuni 21 waba "ngutata" ngengqondo entsha ngokupheleleyo: UEdmond wamiselwa njengombingeleli weArchdiocese yaseNewark.
Kwakungumhla kaTata. Kwaye okwenza usuku lube lukhetheke ngakumbi, yayingunyana ka-Edmond-uFr. Philip-owanika utata wakhe ulungiso.
"Ukuba noPhilip sisipho esingaqhelekanga, kwaye ukundithandazela nokutyala imali sesona sipho sikhulu," utshilo u-Edmond. Unyana wakhe wamiselwa ngo-2016 kwi-archdiocese yaseWashington, DC, waya eNewark ngaloo mini.
U-Edmond akazange acinge ukuba uza kuba ngumfundisi. Wayenomfazi, isidanga sobunjineli bemichiza kunye nomsebenzi ophumelelayo. Kodwa emva kokuba unkosikazi wakhe wasweleka ngumhlaza ngo-2011, waqala wajonga umsebenzi omtsha.
Ekuvukeni komfazi wakhe, umhlobo wosapho wayezibuza ngokuvakalayo esithi “Mhlawumbi uEd uza kuba ngumfundisi”, p. U-Edmond uxelele i-CNA. Ngolo suku, kwabonakala ngathi licebo eliphambeneyo, kodwa uFr. U-Edmond ngoku ubiza intlanganiso "njengesiprofeto esigqithisileyo" kwaye wathi lo mbono umnike umbono.
UEdmond akazange akhule engumKatolika. Wabhaptizwa engumLuthere kwaye uxelele i-CNA ukuba wayeye kwiinkonzo zecawe "malunga nesiqingatha semizuzu eli-20" de wafikelela kwiminyaka engama-XNUMX. Wadibana nenkosikazi yakhe kwi-bar kwaye baqala ubudlelwane obukude.
Ukuphuma kwabo kunye, waba ngumKatolika kwaye waya kwisininzi kunye nenkosikazi yakhe yexesha elizayo uConstance: wonke umntu wambiza uConnie. Batshata ngo-1982.
Emva kokubhubha kukaConnie, uEdmond, nosapho lwakhe bathatha inxaxheba kwiNdlela yeNeocatechumenal, wawushiya umsebenzi wakhe waqalisa into ebizwa ngokuba "luhambo", ixesha lomsebenzi wobufundisi ojikelezayo owawuququzelelwa yiNeocatechumenate. U-Edmond uxelele i-CNA ukuba, ubuncinci ekuqaleni, "ubufundisi abuzange busengqondweni yam."
Ngexesha lakhe njengomthunywa wevangeli, uEdmond wabelwa ukuba ancedise kwipherishi yaseNew Jersey kwaye wasebenza nakubulungiseleli basentolongweni. Ngelixa wayehlala njengomvangeli wasemazweni, waqala ukuziva enomtsalane kubufundisi.
Emva kokunceda ukukhokela uhambo oluya kumhla woSuku loLutsha lwe-2013 eRio de Janeiro, apho wathandaza eqhubeka nokuqonda ubizo lwakhe, u-Edmond wabiza ikatekist yakhe, emxelela: "Ndicinga ukuba ndinalo ubizo [kububingeleli]" .
Wathunyelwa kwiseminari enxulumene neNeocatechumenal Way kwiArchdiocese yaseAgaña, eGuam, kwaye ekugqibeleni wathunyelwa eRedemptoris Mater Seminary kwiArchdiocese yaseNewark ukugqiba izifundo zakhe.
UPhilip waxelela i-CNA ukuba emva kokubhubha kukanina, ngamanye amaxesha wayezibuza ukuba ingaba utata ongumhlolokazi usenokuba ngumfundisi na.
"Andazi ukuba ndakhe ndatsho-kuba bendifuna ukulinda de yenzeke-kodwa eyona ngcinga yokuqala yayinqamleze kwigumbi lokufelwa ngumama kukuba 'utata wam umfundisi, ”utshilo uPhilip.
"Andikwazi kuchaza ukuba ivelaphi."
UFilipu wathi uyamazi utata wakhe "ngekhe ahlale phantsi enze imali" kwaye "bendisazi ukuba une mission."
UPhilip akazange athethe nomnye umntu ngeengcinga zakhe, utshilo, endaweni yokukhetha ukubeka ithemba lakhe kuThixo.
“Andizange nditsho nelinye igama ngaloo nto. Kuba xa ivela kwiNkosi, iya kuthi ithwale isiqhamo, utshilo uFilipu.
Ngexesha lokutshintsha konyaka, uElmond wabelwa ukuba akhonze kwakweli phulo wayechitha kulo njengomthunywa wevangeli. Isabelo sakhe sokuqala, esiya kuqala nge-1 kaJulayi, naye uzakuba kwiparadise.
"Ndifikile [kule parishi] ndingenazicwangciso zobufundisi, kwaye ikhadinali nabanye abantu bebengenalo nofifi lokuba bazondabela phi, kodwa kulapho baphele bendithumela khona - kwindawo eyaqala ubizo lwam", uxelele i-CNA.
Ngenxa yobhubhane we-COVID-19 wangoku, uFr. U-Edmond akazukufumanisa malunga nesikhundla sakhe ngokusisigxina kude kube sehlotyeni. Ngokwesiqhelo, ukubekwa kwabafundisi kwiArchdiocese yaseNewark kuqala nge-1 kaJulayi, kodwa oku kuyakulibaziseka kulo nyaka kude kube ngu-Septemba 1.
Utata nonyana, ababingeleli, baxelele i-CNA ukuba banombulelo ngokukodwa kuluntu lweNdlela yeNeocatechumenal, leyo uPhilip wayichaza "njengesixhobo esasetyenziswa nguThixo ukusindisa usapho lwam".
I-Ilg yaziswa kwinkqubo yokuvuselela ngokomoya yamaKatolika ngexesha lesiphithiphithi kumtshato wabo, emva nje kokuba elahlekelwe ngunyana wosana ngexesha lokuzala.
Utata kunye nobizo kunyana "akwenzekanga kwimeko ethile ekwanti," ucacisile uPhilip. "Kwenzekile kuba bekukho indawo ekhulisa ukholo kwaye ivumela ukholo ukuba lukhule".
UPhilip uthi: "Kule minyaka idlulileyo, ndikubonile ngokwenyani ukuthembeka kukaThixo kwiNdlela yeNeocatechumenal." Ngaphandle kwenkxaso yoluntu, uPhilip uxelele i-CNA ukuba ingacingi ukuba yena notata wakhe abazakuba ngababingeleli.
"Ukuba ibingeloluntu lokholo, olusikhulisile elukholweni kwaye lwenza umzimba apho lukwazi ukusilawula," utshilo, ngebengazange babenalo Usuku oluhle kangaka lukaTata.