INgcwele yosuku: USanta Katharine Drexel

INgcwele yosuku: USanta Katharine Drexel: Ukuba utata wakho yibhanki yamanye amazwe kwaye uhamba ngemoto kaloliwe wabucala, akunakulindeleka ukuba utsalelwe kubomi bentlupheko ngokuzithandela. Kodwa ukuba umama wakho uvula ikhaya lakho lihlwempu iintsuku ezintathu ngeveki kwaye utata wakho uchitha isiqingatha seyure rhoqo ebusuku ethandaza, akunakwenzeka ukuba unikezele ubomi bakho kumahlwempu kwaye unikele ngezigidi zeedola. UKatharine Drexel uyenzile.

Wazalelwa ePhiladelphia ngo-1858, wayenemfundo esemagqabini kwaye wayehamba kakhulu. Njengentombazana esisityebi, uKatherinerine wayenetyala elikhulu eluntwini. Kodwa xa wayephatha umama wakhe wesibini ngexesha lokugula iminyaka emithathu, wabona ukuba yonke imali kaDrexel ayinakuthenga ukhuseleko kwintlungu okanye ekufeni, kwaye ubomi bakhe bathatha inguquko.

UKatharine ebesoloko enomdla kwingxaki yamaIndiya, emangalisiwe koko wakufunda kwincwadi kaHelen Hunt Jackson's A Century of Dishonor. Kukhenketho lwaseYurophu, wadibana noPopu Leo XIII wamcela ukuba athumele abathunywa bevangeli abaninzi eWyoming kumhlobo wakhe, uBhishophu uJames O'Connor. Uphendule waphendula: "Kutheni ungabi ngumthunywa wevangeli?" Impendulo yakhe yamothusa ukuba ajonge izinto ezintsha ezinokwenzeka.

INgcwele yosuku: Saint Katharine Drexel 3 Matshi

Emva ekhaya, uKatharine watyelela iiDakota, wadibana nenkokeli yamaSioux iRed Cloud, kwaye waqala ngoncedo olucwangcisiweyo kwimishini yamaIndiya.

UKhatharine Drexel wayenokutshata ngokulula. Kodwa emva kwengxoxo eninzi noBhishophu O'Connor, ngo-1889 wabhala wathi: "Umthendeleko we-St Joseph wandiphathela ubabalo lokunika bonke ubomi bam amaNdiya kunye nabebala". Izihloko eziphambili zakhwaza "Nika izigidi ezisixhenxe!"

Emva kweminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha yoqeqesho, uMama Drexel kunye neqela lakhe lokuqala loonongendi, ooSista baka Isakramente elisikelelekileyo yamaNdiya nabantsundu, bavula isikolo ekuhlalwa kuso eSanta Fe. Uthotho lweziseko zilandelwe. Ngo-1942 yayinesikolo esintsundu samaKatolika kwizithili ezili-13, kunye namaziko angama-40 abavangeli basemazweni kunye nezikolo ezingama-23 ezisemaphandleni. Abacaluli babewukhathaza umsebenzi wakhe, bade basitshisa isikolo ePennsylvania. Lilonke, waseka iintlanganiso ezingama-50 zamaIndiya kumazwe ali-16.

Abangcwele ababini badibana xa uMama Drexel wayecetyiswa nguMama Cabrini malunga "nezopolitiko" ukufumana imvume yoLawulo loMyalelo wakhe eRoma. Ukugqitywa kwayo kukusekwa kweYunivesithi yaseXavier eNew Orleans, eyunivesithi yokuqala yamaKatolika e-United States yama-Afrika aseMelika.

Kwiminyaka engama-77, umama uDrexel wahlaselwa sisifo sentliziyo kwaye wanyanzelwa ukuba athathe umhlala-phantsi. Kuyabonakala ukuba ubomi bakhe babuphelile. Kodwa ngoku phantse iminyaka engama-20 yomthandazo othuleyo kwaye onzulu ufikile uvela kwigumbi elincinci elijonge indawo engcwele. Iincwadana ezincinci kunye namaphepha abhala imithandazo eyahlukeneyo, iminqweno engapheliyo kunye nokucamngca. Usweleke eneminyaka engama-96 kwaye wabhengezwa njengolungileyo ngo-2000.

INgcwele yosuku, ukubonakalisa

Abangcwele bahlala bethetha into enye: thandaza, uthobeke, wamkele umnqamlezo, thanda kwaye uxolele. Kodwa kumnandi ukuva ezi zinto kwi-idiom yaseMelika evela kumntu owathi, umzekelo, wagqojozwa iindlebe xa wayekwishumi elivisayo, owagqiba ekubeni angabinayo "iikeyiki, akukho kugcina", owayenxibe iwotshi, waxoxwa nabeendaba , wayehamba ngololiwe kwaye wayenokukhathalela ubungakanani obufanelekileyo betyhubhu kwimishini entsha. Ezi zizalathiso ezibonakalayo kwinto yokuba ubungcwele bunokuphilwa kwinkcubeko yanamhlanje nakwaseYerusalem okanye eRoma.