I-Saint Rose Philippine iDuchesne, iNgcwele yosuku lwama-20 kuNovemba
Imbali ye-Saint Rose yasePhilippine iDuchesne
Uzalelwe eGrenoble, eFrance usapho olwaluphakathi kwesityebi esitsha, uRose wafunda izakhono zopolitiko kuyise kunye nothando ngamahlwempu kunina. Olona phawu lubalaseleyo lobushushu bakhe yayikukuthanda okomeleleyo kwaye okukhaliphileyo, okwathi kwaba yinto - kunye nedabi - lobungcwele bakhe. Wangena kwikhonsathi yoTyelelo lukaMariya eneminyaka eli-19 kwaye wasala ngaphandle kwenkcaso yosapho. Xa kwaqhambuka iMvukelo yaseFrance, ikhaya loonongendi lavalwa kwaye waqala ukukhathalela amahlwempu nabagulayo, wavula isikolo sabantwana abangenamakhaya kwaye wabeka ubomi bakhe emngciphekweni ngokunceda abefundisi abaphantsi komhlaba.
Yathi yakuphela imeko, uRose waqesha indawo awayehlala kuyo, ngoku yayingamabhodlo, kwaye wazama ukuvuselela inkolo yakhe. Nangona kunjalo, umoya wawungasekho kwaye kungekudala kwasala oonongendi abane kuphela. Bazibandakanya noMbutho weNtliziyo eNgcwele osandula ukusekwa, ophetheyo osemncinci, uMama Madeleine Sophie Barat, wayeza kuba ngumhlobo wakhe wobomi bonke.
Ngexesha elifutshane uRose wayephezulu kwaye eyongamela i-novitiate kunye nesikolo. Kodwa okoko weva amabali omsebenzi wobufundisi eLouisiana njengomntwana, umnqweno wakhe yayikukuya eMelika kwaye asebenze phakathi kwamaIndiya. Kwiminyaka engama-49, wayecinga ukuba lo iya kuba ngumsebenzi wakhe. Ngoonongendi abane, wachitha iiveki ezili-11 elwandle esendleleni eya eNew Orleans kunye nezinye iiveki ezisixhenxe eMississippi eSt. Emva koko wadibana nenye yezona zinto zaziphoxa ebomini bakhe. Ubishophu wayengenandawo yokuhlala kunye nokusebenza phakathi kwamaMelika aseMelika. Endaweni yoko, wamthumela kwinto awayeyibiza kalusizi "lelona lali lisekude eMelika," iSt. Charles, eMissouri. Ngokuzimisela okhethekileyo kunye nenkalipho, waseka isikolo sokuqala sasimahla samantombazana asentshona yeMississippi.
Nangona uRose wayelukhuni njengabo bonke oovulindlela babafazi beenqwelo ezijikeleza entshona, kubanda nendlala kwabagxotha-baya eFlorissant, eMissouri, apho waseka khona isikolo sokuqala sama-Katolika e-India, esongeza ngakumbi kule ndawo.
"Kwiminyaka elishumi yakhe yokuqala eMelika, uMama uDuchesne wehlelwa bubunzima obuvela kumda, ngaphandle kwesoyikiso sokubulawa kwabantu eIndiya: izindlu ezingekho mgangathweni, ukunqongophala kokutya, amanzi acocekileyo, ipetroli nemali, imililo yehlathi kunye neendawo zokutsha. , iimo ezimaxongo yemozulu yaseMissouri, izindlu ezixineneyo kunye nokuswela yonke into eyimfihlo, nemikhuba yokuziphatha kwabantwana abakhulele kwindawo engqwabalala noqeqesho oluncinci ngenceba ”(Louise Callan, RSCJ, Philippine Duchesne).
Ekugqibeleni, eneminyaka engama-72 ubudala, ethathe umhlala-phantsi kwaye enempilo enkenenkene, uRose wawufezekisa umnqweno wakhe wobomi bonke. Umsebenzi wasungulwa eSugar Creek, eKansas, phakathi kwePotawatomi kwaye waziswa naye. Nangona wayengakwazi ukufunda ulwimi lwabo, bakhawuleza bambiza "Umfazi-Ohlala Ethandaza". Ngoxa abanye babefundisa, wathandaza. Imbali ithi abantwana baseMelika baseMelika bangena emva kwakhe xa eguqa ngamadolo kwaye esasaza amaphepha kwilokhwe yakhe, kwaye emva kwexesha ebuyile emva kwexesha wabafumana bengaphazanyiswanga. URose Duchesne wasweleka ngo-1852, eneminyaka engama-83, kwaye wabekwa njengomsulwa ngo-1988. Umthendeleko wezonqulo waseSt.
Ukucingisisa
Ubabalo oluvela kuThixo luhambise intsimbi kaMama uDuchesne kunye nokuzimisela ekuthobekeni nasekuthandeni abanye kunye nomnqweno wokungaphakanyiswa. Nangona kunjalo, nabangcwele banokuzibandakanya neemeko zobudenge. Kwimpikiswano naye malunga notshintsho oluncinci kule ndawo ingcwele, umfundisi wasongela ngokuwususa umnquba. Ngomonde wazivumela ukuba agxekwe ngoodade abancinci ngokungahambeli phambili ngokwaneleyo. Kwiminyaka engama-31, ubambe umgca wothando olungenaloyiko kunye nokugcinwa okungagungqiyo kwezifungo zakhe zonqulo.