Inkwenkwe eyabona iNtombi Enyulu uMariya: ummangaliso kaBronx

Umbono weza kwiinyanga ezimbalwa emva kokuphela kweMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi. Imithwalo yamadoda omkhosi avuya yayibuyela esixekweni iphuma phesheya. INew York yayizithemba ngokungazithembi. "Yonke imiqondiso yayikukuba yayisesona sixeko siphezulu sehlabathi lasentshona, okanye kwihlabathi liphela," wabhala uJan Morris kwincwadi yakhe ethi "Manhattan '45". AbaseNew Yorkers, wongeze, esebenzisa ibinzana elivela kwincwadana ethembisayo yelo xesha, bazibona bengabantu "ekungekho nto ingenakwenzeka".

Oku kungenakwenzeka, umbono, wakhawuleza wanyamalala kwiintloko zezihloko. I-archdiocese yaseNew York yenqabile ukukhupha ingxelo malunga nokusebenza kwayo kunye nokuhamba kweentsuku, iinyanga kunye neminyaka, amaRoma aseRoma alibele ukuba "Ummangaliso waseBronx", njengoko iphephandaba iLife lalibiza njalo. Kodwa uJoseph Vitolo oselula akakaze alibale, nangexesha lekrisimesi okanye ngamanye amaxesha onyaka. Wayetyelele rhoqo kule ndawo ngokuhlwa, nto leyo eyayimenza ukuba ahlukane nabahlobo kwilali yakhe yaseBedford Park ababenomdla wokuya eYankee Stadium okanye eOrchard Beach. Uninzi kwindawo yokusebenza yabasebenzi, kwanabanye abantu abadala, bamhleka ngenxa yenceba yakhe, bembiza ngokuba "ngu-St. Joseph."

Ukutyhubela iminyaka yentlupheko, uVitolo, indoda ethobekileyo esebenza njengejanitor kwiziko lonyango laseJacobi kwaye ethandazela ukuba iintombi zakhe ezimbini ezikhulileyo zafumana abayeni abalungileyo, ukugcinile oku kuzinikela. Nanini na xa wayezama ukuqala ubomi kude nendawo yeapparation- wazama kabini ukuba ngumfundisi-wafumana ukuba utshatele kubumelwane obudala. Namhlanje, ehleli kwindlu yakhe enamigangatho amathathu enomgangatho, uMnu Vitolo wathi okomzuzwana litshintshe ubomi bakhe, bamenza ngcono. Une-scrapbook enkulu nexabisekileyo malunga nomsitho. Kodwa ubomi bakhe bufikelele kwinqanaba lobuncinci: yintoni enokukhuphisana? Kwaye kukho ukudinwa, umlindi ngakuye,

Ngaba ukhe wayibuza into ebonwe ngamehlo akho? "Andizange ndibenamathandabuzo," utshilo. Abanye abantu bayenzile, kodwa andizange. Ndiyayazi le ndiyibonileyo. Ibali elimnandi laqala kwiintsuku ezimbini ngaphambi kweHallim. Iphephandaba lalizele ngamabali ngentshabalalo yemfazwe eyayisenziwa eYurophu naseAsia. UWilliam O'Dwyer, owayesakuba ligqwetha lesithili kwilizwe laseIreland, kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa engekonyulwa njengosodolophu. Abalandeli bakaYankee bakhalaza malunga neqela labo kwindawo yesine; eyona nto yayiphambili yayiyindawo yesibini uSuffuffy Stirnweiss, hayi uRute okanye uMantle.

UJoseph Vitolo, umntwana wosapho lwakhe kwaye omncinci ngeminyaka yakhe, wayedlala nabahlobo xa ngequbuliso amantombazana amathathu athi abona into kwilitye elinamatye emva kwendlu kaJoseph, eVilla Avenue, ibhloko enye evela kwiGrand. Incoko. UJoseph uthe akaqaphele nto. Enye yala mantombazana yacebisa ukuba athandaze.

Uguqile uBawo wethu. Akukho nto yenzekileyo. Emva koko, ngendlela esivakalelwa ngakumbi ngayo, wayicengceleza i-Ave Maria. Kwangoko, wathi, wabona umntu odadayo, intokazi enomfanekiso opinki ojongeka njengeNtombi Enyulu. Umbono wambiza ngegama.

Uyakhumbula: "Bendixolile." "Kodwa lizwi lakhe liyandothusa."

Wasondela ngononophelo kwaye emamele njengoko lo mbono wawuthetha. Wamcela ukuba aye apho ubusuku obu-16 ngokulandelelana ukuze abhengeze irosari. Wamxelela ukuba ufuna umhlaba uthandazele uxolo. Akubonwa abanye abantwana, umbono emva koko wanyamalala.

UJosefu wakhawuleza waya ekhaya ukuya kuxelela abazali bakhe, kodwa ke babezivile iindaba. Uyise, owayengumgqomo wenkunkuma, owayelikhoboka lotywala, wakhathazeka kakhulu. Wambetha inkwenkwe ngokuxoka. "Utata ubomelele kakhulu, utshilo uVitolo. “Ngebetha umama. Ibikokokuqala ngqa ukundibetha. Unkosazana Vitolo, umfazi okholwayo owayenabantwana abayi-18, kuthi kuphela bali-11 abasindayo ebuntwaneni, wayenomdla ngakumbi kwibali likaJoseph. Kubusuku obulandelayo wahamba nomnyana wakhe baya kuloo ndawo.

Iindaba zazisasazeka. Kwangorhatya, kwaqokelelwa abantu abangama-200. Inkwenkwe iguqe phantsi, yaqala ukuthandaza yatsho ukuba kuvela omnye umbono wentombi enguMariya, kwesi isihlandlo becela wonke umntu owayelapho ukuba bacule amaculo. "Ngelixa isihlwele sasinqula ngaphandle izolo ebusuku kwaye kukhanyise amakhandlela evoti enomfanekiso obomeleleyo, ... ubuncinci abaqhubi bezithuthi bamise iimoto zabo kufutshane nendawo eyenzekileyo," wabhala uGeorge F. O'Brien, intatheli yephephandaba iKhaya News , iphephandaba eliphambili leBronx. "Abanye baguqe ecaleni kwendlela xa besiva malunga nomhlangano."

U-O'Brien ukhumbuze abafundi bakhe ukuba ibali likaJoseph lalifana nelikaBernadette Soubirous, umhlolokazi osweleyo owathi wabona iNtombi Enyulu uMariya eLourdes, eFrance, ngo-1858. ICawa yamaRoma Katolika yamkela umbono wakhe njengenyaniso. kwaye ekugqibeleni ndamazisa njengengcwele, kwaye ifilimu yango-1943 malunga namava akhe, "Ingoma kaBernadette", yaphumelela ii-Oscars ezine. UJoseph uxelele intatheli ukuba akayibonanga ifilimu.

Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezalandelayo, imbali yasuka yangena ngokupheleleyo kwindawo ebonakalayo. Amaphephandaba apapasha imifanekiso kaJosefu eguqe ngamadolo eludongeni. Iintatheli zamaphephandaba e-Itali kunye neenkonzo zokudlulisa zamanye amazwe ziye zavela, amakhulukhulu amanqaku ajikeleza kwihlabathi liphela kwaye abantu abanqwenela imimangaliso bafika kwindlu yeVitolo ngazo zonke iiyure. “Andikwazanga ukulala ebusuku kuba abantu bahlala rhoqo ekhaya,” utshilo uVitolo. U-Lou Costello wase-Abbott kunye no-Costello bathumele umfanekiso omncinci ofakwe kwiglasi. UFrank Sinatra weza nemifanekiso enkulu kaMariya esegumbini lokuhlala uVitolo. ("Ndimbone ngasemva nje," utshilo uVitolo.) UKhadinali Francis Spellman, ubhishophu omkhulu waseNew York, wangena endlwini kaVitolo enendawo yababingeleli kwaye wathetha kancinci nenkwenkwe.

Kwanoyise kaJosefu owayenxila wayejonga umntwana wakhe omncinci ngendlela eyahlukileyo. Ithe kum, Kutheni ungandiphilisi nje umqolo wam? Wayekhumbula u-Signor Vitolo. "Ndaye ndayibeka isandla sakhe emqolo, ndathi" Tata, ungcono. " Ngemini elandelayo ubuyile emsebenzini. "Kodwa inkwenkwe ibiyekisiwe yiyo yonke ingqwalaselo." Andiqondi ukuba yintoni, "utshilo uVitolo." Abantu bandimangalela, bafuna uncedo, bafuna unyango. Ndisemncinci kwaye ndididekile. ”

Ngobusuku besixhenxe yemibono, abantu abangaphezu kwe-5.000 babegcwalisa le ndawo. Isininzi sabandakanya abasetyhini ababejamelene nosizi kwiingubo zokuchukumisa irosari; Imbambano yababingeleli kunye noonongesi abanikwe indawo ekhethekileyo ukuba bathandaze; kunye nesibini esinxibe kakuhle esasivela eManhattan nge-limousine. UJosefu waziswa kwaye esuka kwinduli ngummelwane onamandla, owayemkhusela kubanquli abazimeleyo, abanye babo ababekade bekrazula amaqhosha kwingubo yala mfana.

Emva kwenkonzo, wabekwa etafileni kwigumbi lakhe lokuhlala ngathi kukuhamba kancinci kwabahambi. Engazi ukuba enze ntoni, wabeka izandla entloko wathandaza. Ubabone bonke: amagqala abenzakele kwindawo yokulwa, abafazi abadala ababenobunzima bokuhamba, abantwana abonzakele kumabala esikolo. Kwakungathi imin-Lourdes ivelile eBronx.

Akumangalisi ukuba amabali emimangaliso avele ngokukhawuleza. Umnumzana O'Brien ubalisele ibali lomntwana osandla sakhe esomeleleyo salungiswa emva kokuchukumisa isanti ukusuka kwindawo. Nge-13 kaNovemba, ngorhatya lwangokuhlwa lweapraapp, abantu abangaphezu kwama-20.000 beza, uninzi lwebhasi eziqeshiweyo zivela ePhiladelphia nakwezinye izixeko.

Ubusuku bokugqibela buthembise ukuba ngowona ubukekayo. Amaphephandaba axela ukuba iNtombi enyulu uMariya ixelele uYosefu ukuba iqula liya kuvela ngokungummangaliso. Ukulindela bekukuphakama komkhuhlane. Xa imvula ekhanyayo yana, phakathi kwe-25.000 kunye ne-30.000 yaya kuhlala kwinkonzo. Amapolisa avale icandelo le-Grand Concourse. Iibhothi zabekwa kwindlela ekhokelela kwinduli ukuthintela abahambi ngeenyawo ukuba bangene eludakeni. Emva koko uJoseph wasiwa endulini kwaye wabekwa kulwandle oluneekhandlela ezingama-200.

Unxibe i sweatshi e-blue engenantambo, waqala ke ukuthandaza. Kwabakho ke esihlweleni sisithi, "Umbono!" Igagasi lovuyo liwele kuloo rally, de kwafumaniseka ukuba le ndoda ibigibisele umbukeli enxibe ezimhlophe. Yayilelona xesha lokunyanzela. Iseshoni yomthandazo yaqhubeka njengesiqhelo. Emva kokuba kugqityiwe, uYosefu wagoduka.

Ndikhumbula ndisiva abantu bekhwaza besandibuyisa, utshilo uVitolo. Babekhwaza besithi: 'Khangela! Khangela! Khangela! ' Ndikhumbula ndikhangela emva kwaye izulu lalisele livulekile. Abanye abantu bathi babona iMadonna emhlophe inyukela esibhakabhakeni. Kodwa ndabona izulu kuphela.

Iziganeko ezinxilisayo zekwindla ngo-1945 zibonisa ukuphela kobomi bukaGiuseppe Vitolo. Engasenguye umntwana oqhelekileyo, kwafuneka aphile ngoxanduva lomntu owayezukiswe ngumoya kaThixo. Ke, rhoqo ngokuhlwa nge-7, ngentlonelo wayehamba ehla endulini ukuze acengceleze irosari kwizihlwele ezincinci ezazihambela kakuhle ezazindwendwela indawo eyayiguqulwa yindawo engcwele. Ukholo lwayo lomelele, kodwa ukumnqula kwakhe ngokungapheliyo kunqulo kuye kwamenza waphulukana nabahlobo kunye nokwenzakala esikolweni. Ukhulele kwinkwenkwe elusizi nenesizungu.

Ngolunye usuku, uMnu Vitolo wayehleli kwigumbi lakhe elikhulu lokuhlala, ekhumbula oko kudlulileyo. Kwikona enye umfanekiso oqingqiweyo owaziswe nguSinatra, esinye sezandla zakhe sonakaliswe sisiqwenga somthi esileyo. Eludongeni kukho imizobo enemibala eqaqambileyo kaMariya, eyenziwe ngumculi ngokwemiyalelo kaMnu Vitolo.

“Abantu babezokuhlekisa ngam,” utshilo uVitolo wobutsha bakhe. "Bendihamba esitratweni kwaye amadoda amadala akhwaza:" Nanku uSt. Ndayeka ukuhamba ezitalatweni. Yayingeloxesha elilula. Ndabandezeleka. "Xa wasweleka umama wakhe amthandayo ngo-1951, wazama ukunikela umkhombandlela ebomini bakhe ngokufundela ukuba ngumfundisi. Wayeka uSamuel Gompers 'kwisikolo sobugcisa kunye nezobuchwephesha eSouth Bronx waza wabhalisa kwisikolo saseBenedictine esise Illinois. Kodwa ikhawuleza iqiniswe kumava. Abaphathi bakhe babelindele lukhulu kuye - wayengumbono emva kwayo yonke into - kwaye wadinwa ngamathemba abo aphakamileyo. "Babengabantu ababalaseleyo, kodwa bandoyikisa," utshilo.

Ngaphandle kwenjongo, wabhalisela enye isemina, kodwa eso sicwangciso saye sahluleka. Emva koko wafumana umsebenzi eBronx njengomsebenzi wokushicilela waza waphinda waqalisa ukuzinqula kwakhe ebusuku. Kodwa ekuhambeni kwexesha wacaphukiswa luxanduva, ukondliwa zizikhuhla kwaye ngamanye amaxesha uyacaphuka. “Abantu bandicele ukuba ndibathandazele kwaye ndifuna uncedo nam,” utshilo uVitolo. Abantu bandibuze: 'Thandaza ukuba unyana wam angenelele i-fire brigade.' Ndingacinga, kutheni umntu engenandifumana umsebenzi kwisebe lezomlilo? "

Izinto ziqale ukuphucuka kwiminyaka yo-60. Iqela elitsha labanquli lalinomdla kwimibono yakhe kwaye, ekhuthazekile yimfesane yabo, Signor Vitolo waphinda wazinikezela ekudibaneni kwakhe noThixo. Ukhule ecaleni komnye wabahambi, uGrace Vacca waseBoston, batshata ngo-1963. Omnye umnquli, uSalvatore Mazzela, osebenza kwezemoto, wathenga le ndlu kufutshane nendawo yokubhalela, eqinisekisa ukhuseleko lwabo baphuhlisayo. U-Signor Mazzela waba ngumgcini wengcwele, watyala iintyatyambo, wenza iindlela zokuhamba kunye nokufaka imifanekiso. Yena ngokwakhe wayetyelele ingcwele ngexesha le-1945.

“Owesifazana obekwisininzi uthe kum: 'Kutheni uze apha?' Ukhumbule uMnu Mazzela. Bendingazi ukuba ndiphendule ndithini. Uthe, 'uze apha ukuzosindisa umphefumlo wakho.' Bendingazi ukuba ungubani, kodwa undibonisile. UThixo undibonisile. "

Nangoo-70 nango-80s, ubukhulu becala leBronx boyiswa kukudodobala kweedolophu kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho lwebhaluni, le ndawo incinci yayisele iyindawo yoxolo. Ayikaze yonakaliswe. Kule minyaka, uninzi lwabemi baseIreland nabase-Itali abebeye kwindawo engcwele bafudukela kwindawo esezantsi kwaye bathatyathwa indawo yiPuerto Ricans, abaseDominican nabanye abantu abatsha abafikayo. Namhlanje, abantu abadlula ngendlela abazi nto ngamawakawaka abantu ababeze apho.

"Ndihlala ndizibuza ukuba yintoni," utshilo uSheri Warren, umhlali oneminyaka emithandathu ebumelwaneni, ebuyile kwivenkile ethengisa ukutya ngorhatya lwamva nje. “Mhlawumbi kwenzeka kwakudala. Yimfihlakalo kum.

Namhlanje, umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaMariya neglasi evalelweyo yeyona ndawo iphambili kuyo le ndawo ingcwele, iphakanyiswe kwiqonga lelitye kwaye ibekwe kanye apho uMnu Vitolo athe umbono wavela khona. Kufutshane neebhentshi ezenziwe ngamaplanga zabanquli, imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yengelosi enkulu uMichael kunye neNtshana yePrague kunye nophawu olubhalwe ngetafile kunye neMiyalelo Elishumi.

Kodwa ukuba ingcwele ihlala isebenza kule mashumi eminyaka, uMnu Vitolo walwa. Wayehlala nenkosikazi yakhe kunye neentombi zakhe ezimbini kwikhaya lentsapho iVitolo, isitya esinemigangatho emithathu sineebhloko ezimbalwa ukusuka kwicawa yaseSan Filippo Neri, apho usapho lude lathandana. Usebenze kwimisebenzi eyahlukeneyo ethobekileyo ukuze usapho luphume kubuhlwempu. Kwiminyaka yee-70, waqeshwa e-Aqueduct, Belmont nakwezinye iindawo zobuhlanga bendawo, eqokelela umchamo kunye neesampulu zegazi kumahashe. Ngo-1985 wazimanya nabasebenzi beziko iJacobi Medical Centre emantla eBronx, apho asasebenza khona, ekhupha iimpahla kunye nencanca phantsi komgangatho kwaye engafane atyhile elidlulileyo kubadlelwaneli. "Njengomfana bendiyinto ehlekisayo"

Umfazi wakhe wasweleka kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo kwaye uMnu Vitolo uchithe ishumi leminyaka edluleyo exakeke kakhulu malunga namatyala okufudumeza indlu, ngoku abelana ngayo nentombazana, uMarie, endaweni yokwandisa ubukho bendawo engcwele. Ecaleni kwendlu yakhe kukho indawo yokudlala eshiywe kwaye yasasazwa; ngaphaya kwesitrato kukho iJerry's Steakhouse, eyenze ishishini ngokubabazekayo ekwindla lowe-1945 kodwa ngoku ayinanto, iphawulwe luphawu oluqinisekileyo luka-1940.Ukuzinikela kukaVitolo kwingcwele yakhe kusaqhubeka. "Ndixelela uJoseph ukuba ubunyani bale ndawo ingcwele yintlupheko yabo," utshilo uGeraldine Piva, ikholwa elizinikeleyo. "IYO '

Ngokwakwakhe, uMnu Vitolo uthi ukuzibophelela rhoqo kwimibono kunika intsingiselo kubomi bakhe kwaye kuyamkhusela kumnqweno kayise, owabhubha ngo-60. Uyachulumanca unyaka nonyaka, utshilo, ukusukela isikhumbuzo seentombi ezinyulu, ephawulwa sisininzi nemibhiyozo. Abangcwele abakholwayo, abanokufika kubantu abamalunga nama-70, bahambela amazwe ahlukeneyo bayokuthatha inxaxheba.

Umbono wokwaluphala uye wagcwala nombono wokufudukela- mhlawumbi uye eFlorida, apho kuhlala khona intombi yakhe uAnn noodadewabo ababini - kodwa abanakukwazi ukuyishiya indawo yakhe engcwele. Amathambo akhe okusela enza ukuba kube nzima ukuhamba kwindawo, kodwa uceba ukukhwela ixesha elide kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Kwindoda ethe yazabalaza ixesha elide ukufumana umsebenzi, imibono yeminyaka engama-57 eyadlulayo ibonakalisile ukubizwa.

"Mhlawumbi ukuba ndingathatha iskram kunye nam, bendinokuhamba," utshilo. “Kodwa ndiyakhumbula, kubusuku bokugqibela bemibono yowe-1945, iNtombi Enyulu uMariya ayizange ivume. Imkile nje. Ke ngubani owaziyo, ngenye imini usenokuba ubuyile. Ukuba wenza njalo, ndiza kuba ndikulindile.