Ingcwele yosuku lukaJanuwari 4: ibali likaSt. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Ingcwele yomhla kaJanuwari 4
(28 Agasti 1774 - 4 Januwari 1821)
Ibali likaSt. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Umama Seton lelinye lamatye aphambili kwiAmerican Catholic Church. Waseka iqela lokuqala lenkolo laseMelika, i-Sisters of Charity. Wavula isikolo sokuqala sepherishi yaseMelika kwaye waseka ikhaya lokuqala leenkedama laseMelika. Konke oku wakwenza kwisithuba seminyaka engama-46 ngelixa wayekhulisa abantwana bakhe abahlanu.
U-Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton uyintombi yokwenyani yoQhushululu lwaseMelika, owazalwa ngo-Agasti 28, 1774, kwiminyaka nje emibini phambi kweSibhengezo senkululeko. Ngokuzalwa nangomtshato, wayenxulunyaniswa neentsapho zokuqala zaseNew York kwaye wayenandipha iziqhamo zoluntu oluphezulu. Ukhuliswe njengoEpiscopalian oqinisekileyo, wafunda ixabiso lomthandazo, iZibhalo kunye novavanyo lwesazela ebusuku. Utata wakhe, uGqirha Richard Bayley, wayengazithandi iicawa, kodwa wayengumntu othanda ukunceda abantu, efundisa intombi yakhe ukuthanda nokunceda abanye abantu.
Ukusweleka ngaphambi kwexesha kukamama wakhe ngo-1777 kunye nodadewabo omncinci ngo-1778 kwanika uElizabeth imvakalelo yobomi obungenasiphelo kunye nexesha lokuphila njengomhambi emhlabeni. Kunokuba abe lusizi kwaye abe lusizi, wajongana "new Holocaust" nganye, njengoko wayeyibeka, enethemba novuyo.
Nge-19, uElizabeth wayeyinzwakazi yaseNew York kwaye watshata nosomashishini osisityebi, uWilliam Magee Seton. Babenabantwana abahlanu ngaphambi kokuba ishishini lakhe liphumelele kwaye wabulawa sisifo sephepha. Kwiminyaka engama-30, uElizabhete wayengumhlolokazi, engenamali, enabantwana abahlanu abancinci ukuba babaxhase.
Ngelixa wayese-Italiya kunye nomyeni wakhe owayesifa, u-Elisabetta wabona ubungqina benkolo yobuKatolika esebenzisa izihlobo zosapho. Amanqaku amathathu abalulekileyo amkhokelela ekubeni abe ngumKatolika: ukholo kubukho boqobo, ukuzinikela kuMama osikelelweyo kunye nokukholelwa kwelokuba iCawa yamaKatolika ibuyele kubapostile nakuKristu. Uninzi losapho kunye nabahlobo bakhe bamala xa waba ngumKatolika ngo-Matshi 1805.
Ukuxhasa abantwana bakhe, wavula isikolo eBaltimore. Ukususela ekuqaleni, iqela lakhe lalilandela imigca yoluntu yonqulo, eyasekwa ngokusemthethweni kwi-1809.
Iileta eziliwaka okanye ezingaphezulu zikaMama Seton zityhila ukukhula kobomi bakhe bokomoya ukusuka ekulungeni okuqhelekileyo ukuya kubungcwele bobuqhawe. Wayesokola kwizilingo zokugula, ukungaqondi kakuhle, ukusweleka kwabathandekayo (umyeni wakhe kunye neentombi zakhe ezincinci) kunye nentlungu yonyana ovukelayo. Usweleke ngoJanuwari 4, 1821 kwaye waba ngummi wokuqala waseMelika ukubethwa ngo-1963 (emva koko walungiswa ngo-1975). Ungcwatyelwe e-Emmitsburg, eMaryland.
Ukucingisisa
U-Elizabeth Seton wayengenazipho zingaqhelekanga. Wayengenguye oyimfihlakalo okanye obekekileyo. Akazange aprofete okanye athethe ngeelwimi. Wayenemisebenzi emibini emikhulu: ukuyeka ukuthanda kukaThixo kunye nothando olunamandla kwiSigramente Esikelelekileyo. Wabhalela umhlobo wakhe, uJulia Scott, ukuba angathanda ukurhweba umhlaba "ngomqolomba okanye entlango". "Kodwa uThixo undinike okuninzi ukuba ndikwenze, kwaye ndihlala ndinethemba lokukhetha ukuthanda kwakhe kuyo yonke iminqweno yam." Uphawu lwakhe lobungcwele luvuleleke kubo bonke ukuba siyamthanda uThixo kwaye senza ukuthanda kwakhe.