I-St John's yomnqamlezo, iNgcwele yosuku lwe-17 ka-Agasti

(Nge-18 kaJuni 1666 - 17 Agasti 1736)

Imbali yeSt

Ukudibana nexhegwazana elihlwempuzekileyo abaninzi ababelithatha njengeliphambene kukhokelela eSt. KuJoan, owayedume njengosomashishini ojolise kwimpumelelo yezemali, oku yayiluguquko olukhulu.

Wazalelwa e-1666 e-Anjou, e-France, u-Joan wasebenza kwishishini losapho, ivenkile encinci kufutshane nendawo yonqulo, kwasebusaneni. Emva kokubhubha kwabazali bakhe, wayithathela ivenkile. Ngokukhawuleza waziwa ngokubawa nokunyanzela abantu abangqibi ababehlala befuna uncedo.

Kude kwada kwachukunyiswa ngumfazi ongaqhelekanga owayesithi usondele kuthixo. UJohn, owayehlala ezinikele, kwaye enobuqili, waba ngumntu omtsha. Waqala ukukhathalela abantwana abasweleyo. Kwaye amahlwempu, abantu abadala kunye nabagulayo beza kuye. Ixesha elingaphezulu wavala ishishini losapho ukuze azinikele ngokupheleleyo kwimisebenzi elungileyo kunye nezohlwayo.

Waqhubeka nokufumana into eyaziwa ngokuba liBandla laseSant'Anna della Provvidenza. Kungelo xesha awathi wathabatha igama lenkolo likaGiovanna della Croce. Ngexesha lokusweleka kwakhe ngo-1736 wayesele esenezindlu ezili-12 zonqulo, iindawo zokunyamekela abagulayo nezikolo. UPopu John Paul II wamenza ukuba abe ngo-1982.

Ukucingisisa
Iindawo zasezidolophini zeedolophu ezinkulu zinekhaya labantu "besitalato". Abantu abanxibe kakuhle bahlala bekhusela ukudibana kwamehlo, mhlawumbi ngenxa yokoyika ukucelwa iflaya. Esi yayisisimo sengqondo sikaJohn de kwaba yimini apho omnye wabo wachukumisa intliziyo yakhe. Uninzi lwabantu lwalucinga ukuba ixhegokazi liyaphambana, kodwa wabeka uJoan kwindlela eya ebungcweleni. Ngubani owaziyo ukuba umngqibi olandelayo esidibana naye unokusenzela ntoni?