Ingcwele yosuku lukaJanuwari 12: ibali likaSanta Marguerite Bourgeoys
(Epreli 17, 1620-Januwari 12, 1700)
"UThixo uvale umnyango aze avule ifestile," ngamanye amaxesha abantu bathi xa bejongana nokudana kwabo okanye komnye umntu. Oku kuyinyani kwimeko kaMarguerite. Abantwana abavela kwimvelaphi yaseYurophu kunye nabemi boMdabu baseMelika kwinkulungwane ye-XNUMXth eCanada baxhamla kwinzondelelo yakhe enkulu kunye nokuthembela okungagungqiyo kulungiselelo lukaThixo.
Uzalelwe umntwana wesithandathu kwabali-12 eTroyes, eFrance, uMarguerite eneminyaka engama-20 akholelwa ukuba ubizelwe kubomi benkolo. Imibuzo yakhe kumaKarmele nakubantu abahluphekileyo ayiphumelelanga. Umhlobo ongumfundisi wacebisa ukuba mhlawumbi uThixo wayenamanye amacebo ngaye.
Ngo-1654, irhuluneli yendawo yokuhlala yaseFrance eCanada yatyelela udade wabo, u-Augustinian canoness eTroyes. UMarguerite wayengowombutho onxulunyaniswe nelo khokho. Irhuluneli yammema ukuba eze eCanada kwaye aqale isikolo eVille-Marie (ekugqibeleni isixeko saseMontreal). Ukufika kwayo, ikoloni yayinabantu abangama-200 ngesibhedlele kunye ne-Jesuit mission chapel.
Ngokukhawuleza emva kokuqala isikolo, waqonda ukuba ufuna oogxa bakhe. Ukubuyela eTroyes, waqesha umhlobo, uCatherine Crolo, kunye nabanye abafazi abancinci. Ngo-1667, bongeze iiklasi esikolweni sabo sabantwana baseIndiya. Uhambo lwesibini lokuya eFrance kwiminyaka emithathu kamva lwazisa amanye amabhinqa aselula amathandathu kunye neleta evela kuKing Louis XIV egunyazisa isikolo. Ibandla lase Notre Dame lasekwa ngo-1676 kodwa amalungu alo akazange enze inkolo ngokusesikweni de kwaba ngu-1698, xa kwavunywa uMgaqo-siseko wawo.
UMarguerite waseka isikolo samantombazana aseIndiya eMontreal. Xa wayeneminyaka engama-69 ubudala wasuka eMontreal waya eQuebec ephendula isicelo sikabhishophu sokuseka uluntu loodade bakhe kweso sixeko. Ukusweleka kwakhe kwathiwa "nguMama weKoloni". UMarguerite wagunyaziswa ngo-1982.
Ukucingisisa
Kulula ukudimazeka xa izicwangciso esicinga ukuba kufuneka uThixo azamkele ziphazanyiswa. UMarguerite wabizwa ukuba angabi ngunongendi kodwa abe ngumseki kunye notitshala. UThixo wayengamhoyanga, emva kwayo yonke loo nto.