I-Saint Teresa yaseCalcutta, iNgcwele yosuku lwe-5 Septemba
(26 Agasti 1910 - 5 Septemba 1997)
Ibali likaSaint Teresa waseCalcutta
UMother Teresa waseCalcutta, ibhinqa eliphantsi elaziwa ehlabathini lonke ngomsebenzi walo phakathi kwabona bangamahlwempu, wavuzwa ngo-Oktobha 19, 2003. Phakathi kwabo babekho kwakukho amakhulukhulu eMissionaries of Charity, umyalelo awawusungulwa ngowe-1950. indawo yenkolo yedayosisi. Namhlanje ibandla likwaquka oodade nabazalwana abacamngcayo nodidi lwababingeleli.
Wazalelwa kubazali baseAlbania kwindawo ngoku ebizwa ngokuba yiSkopje, eMacedonia, uGonxha (Agnes) uBojaxhiu wayengoyena mncinane kubantwana abathathu abasaphilayo. Kangangexesha elithile, le ntsapho yayiphila kamnandi yaye ishishini likayise lokwakha lalihambela phambili. Kodwa ubomi batshintsha ngokukhawuleza emva kokufa kwakhe.
Ebudeni beminyaka yakhe kwisikolo sikarhulumente, uAgnes waba nenxaxheba kunqulo lwamaKatolika yaye wabonakalisa umdla ongazenzisiyo kubuvangeli basemzini. Xa wayeneminyaka eyi-18, wangena kwi-Loreto Sisters yaseDublin. Kwakungowe-1928 xa wathi ndlela-ntle kumama wakhe okokugqibela esiya kwilizwe elitsha kunye nobomi obutsha. Kunyaka olandelayo wathunyelwa kwi-novitiate yaseLoreto eDarjeeling, eIndiya. Apho wakhetha igama elithi Teresa waza walungiselela ubomi benkonzo. Wathunyelwa kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo samantombazana eCalcutta, apho wafundisa iintombi zabantu abazizityebi imbali nejografi. Kodwa wayengenakukwazi ukuziphepha izinto zokwenene ezazimngqongile: ubuhlwempu, ukubandezeleka, inani elikhulu labantu abaxhwalekileyo.
Ngowe-1946, ngoxa wayekhwele uloliwe esiya eDarjeeling ukuze arhoxe, uDade Teresa weva oko awakuchaza kamva “njengomnxeba ongaphakathi kwifowuni. Umyalezo wawucacile. Kwafuneka ndilishiye ikhaya loonongendi ndize ndincede amahlwempu ngokuhlala phakathi kwawo.” Kwakhona waziva enobizo lokunikela ngobomi bakhe kunye noonongendi baseLoreto kwaye endaweni yoko "balandele uKristu kwiindawo ezisemaphandleni ukuze bamkhonze phakathi kwabona bahluphekayo."
Emva kokuba uDade Teresa efumene imvume yokushiya uLoreto, wafumana indawo entsha yonqulo waza waqalisa umsebenzi omtsha, uDade Teresa waya kwisikolo sobunesi kangangeenyanga eziliqela. Wabuyela eCalcutta, apho wayehlala ematyotyombeni waza wavula isikolo sabantwana abangathathi ntweni. Enxibe i-sari emhlophe kunye neembadada - ingubo eqhelekileyo yowesifazane waseNdiya - ngokukhawuleza waqala ukwazi abamelwane bakhe - ngakumbi abahluphekileyo nabagulayo - kunye neemfuno zabo ngokutyelela.
Umsebenzi wawumdinisa, kodwa wayengeyedwa ixesha elide. Amatsha-ntliziyo awayeze kumthelela kulo msebenzi, abanye babo ababengabafundi ngaphambili, aba ngundoqo weMissionaries of Charity. Abanye bancedisa ngokunikela ngokutya, impahla, izixhobo nokusetyenziswa kwezakhiwo. Ngowe-1952, isixeko saseCalcutta wanika uMama Teresa indawo eyayifudula iyihostele, eyaba likhaya labantu abafayo nabasweleyo. Njengoko lo myalelo wawusanda, iinkonzo zanikezelwa nakwiinkedama, abantwana abalahliweyo, abanxila, abantu abadala kunye nabantu abahlala ezitalatweni.
Kumashumi amane eminyaka alandelayo, uMama Teresa wasebenza ngokuzimisela egameni lamahlwempu. Uthando lwakhe lwalungenamida. Kwanamandla akhe njengoko wayetyhutyha ihlabathi ecela inkxaso yaye emema abanye ukuba babone ubuso bukaYesu kwabona bangamahlwempu. Ngowe-1979 wawongwa ngewonga leNobel Peace Prize. NgoSeptemba 5, 1997, uThixo walibiza ngokuba likhaya. Osikelelekileyo uTeresa wangcwaliswa nguPopu Francis ngomhla wesi-4 kuSeptemba 2016.
Ukucingisisa
Ukubethelwa kukaMother Teresa, kwiminyaka nje emithandathu emva kokufa kwakhe, kwakuyinxalenye yenkqubo ekhawulezileyo eyaphunyezwa nguPopu John Paul II. Njengabanye abaninzi ehlabathini, wafumana ekuthandeni kwakhe uMthendeleko, ukuthandaza namahlwempu umzekelo omele uxeliswe ngabo bonke.