Ubusisiwe uFrédéric Ozanam, Ongcwele wosuku lomhla ziyi-7 kuMandulo

(23 Ephreli 1813 - 8 Septhemba 1853)

Indaba kaFrédéric Ozanam obusisiwe
Indoda ekholwayo ngokubaluleka okungenakulinganiswa kwawo wonke umuntu, uFrédéric wakhonza kahle abampofu baseParis futhi wahola abanye bakhonza abampofu bomhlaba. Ngokusebenzisa iSaint Vincent de Paul Society, ayisungula, umsebenzi wakhe uyaqhubeka kuze kube namuhla.

UFrédéric wayengowesihlanu ezinganeni ezingu-14 zikaJean noMarie Ozanam, engomunye wabathathu kuphela ukufinyelela ebudaleni. Ngesikhathi esemusha waqala ukungabaza ngenkolo yakhe. Ukufunda nokuthandaza bekungabonakali kusiza, kepha izingxoxo ezinde noFata Noirot waseLyons College zenza izinto zacaca kakhulu.

UFrédéric wayefuna ukutadisha izincwadi, yize uyise, owayengudokotela, ayefuna abe ummeli. UFrédéric wavumelana nezifiso zikayise kwathi ngo-1831 wafika eParis eyofundela ubugqwetha eSorbonne University. Lapho abanye oprofesa behlekisa ngezimfundiso zamaKatolika ezinkulumweni zabo, uFrédéric wavikela iSonto.

Iklabhu yezingxoxo ehlelwe nguFrédéric yaqala inguquko empilweni yakhe. Kule kilabhu, amaKhatholika, abangakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu nabathi uNkulunkulu akaziwa baxoxa ngezinkinga zosuku. Ngesinye isikhathi, ngemva kokuba uFrédéric ekhulume ngendima yobuKristu empucukweni, ilungu leqembu lathi: “Ake sikhulume ngokungagunci, Mnu. Ozanam; siphinde ikakhulukazi kakhulu. Yini oyenzayo ngaphandle kokukhuluma ukufakazela ukukholwa othi ukuwe? "

Lo mbuzo wamhlaba umxhwele uFrédéric. Ngokushesha wanquma ukuthi amazwi akhe adinga isisekelo sokusebenza. Yena nomngane wakhe baqala ukuvakashela izindlu zomphakathi eParis futhi banikeza usizo ngangokunokwenzeka. Ngokushesha kwakhiwa iqembu ngaseFrédéric elizinikele ekusizeni abantu abadinga usizo ngaphansi kwesandla sikaSanta Vincent de Paul.

Ekholelwa ukuthi inkolo yamaKatolika idinga isikhulumi esihle kakhulu sokuchaza izimfundiso zayo, uFrédéric wanxusa umbhishobhi omkhulu waseParis ukuba aqoke ubaba wakhe waseDominican uJean-Baptiste Lacordaire, owayengumshumayeli omkhulu kunabo bonke eFrance, ukuba ashumayele uchungechunge lweLenten ethempelini lika I-Notre Dame. Kwakudume kakhulu futhi kwaba yisiko lonyaka eParis.

Ngemuva kokuba uFrédéric ethweswe iziqu zomthetho eSorbonne, wafundisa ezomthetho e-University of Lyon. Ubuye abe neziqu zobudokotela ngezincwadi. Ngokushesha ngemva kokushada no-Amelie Soulacroix ngoJuni 23, 1841, wabuyela eSorbonne eyofundisa izincwadi. Uthisha ohlonishwayo, uFrédéric usebenze ukukhipha okuhle kakhulu kubo bonke abafundi. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, iSaint Vincent de Paul Society yayikhula kulo lonke elaseYurophu. IParis iyodwa yayinezingqungquthela ezingama-25.

Ngo-1846 uFrédéric, u-Amelie nendodakazi yabo uMarie baya e-Italy; lapho wayenethemba lokuthi uzobuyisa impilo yakhe ebuthaka. Babuya ngonyaka olandelayo. Inguquko ka-1848 ishiye abantu abaningi baseParis bedinga usizo lwezingqungquthela zeSanta Vincent de Paul. Bangu-275.000 abangasebenzi. Uhulumeni wacela uFrédéric nalabo ayesebenzisana nabo ukuba babheke usizo lukahulumeni olwalusenziwa kwabampofu. AmaVincentian avela kulo lonke elaseYurophu asiza iParis.

UFrédéric wabe eseqala iphephandaba, iThe New Era, elalinikezelwe ukuqinisekisa ubulungiswa kwabampofu kanye nabasebenzi. Amaqabane amaKatolika ayevame ukungajabuli ngalokho okwakubhalwa nguFrédéric. Ebhekisa kwabampofu njengo "mpristi wesizwe", uFrédéric uthe ukulamba nezithukuthuku zabampofu kwakungumhlatshelo ongahlenga ubuntu babantu.

Ngo-1852, impilo ebuthaka yaphinde yaphoqa uFrédéric ukuba abuyele e-Italy nomkakhe nendodakazi yakhe. Ushone ngomhlaka 8 Septhemba 1853. Enshumayelweni yakhe emngcwabeni kaFrédéric, uFr. ULacordaire uchaze umngani wakhe "njengesinye sezidalwa ezinelungelo elivela ngqo esandleni sikaNkulunkulu lapho uNkulunkulu ehlanganisa ubumnene nobuhlakani bokushisa umhlaba".

UFrédéric wahlonishwa ngo-1997. Njengoba uFrédéric abhala incwadi enhle kakhulu enesihloko esithi Franciscan Poets of the Thirteenth Century, nangenxa yokuthi umqondo wakhe wesithunzi sabampofu ngamunye wawusondele kakhulu emcabangweni kaSt. Francis, kwabonakala kufanelekile ukumfaka phakathi "kwamaFranciscans amakhulu. “Umcimbi wakhe wokukhulekela ungomhlaka-9 Septhemba.

Ukuzindla
UFrédéric Ozanam ubelokhu ebahlonipha njalo abampofu ngokunikela ngayo yonke imisebenzi ayengayenza. Wonke umuntu wesilisa, owesifazane nengane babeyigugu kakhulu ukuba bangaphila ngobumpofu. Ukukhonza Abampofu kwafundisa uFrédéric okuthile ngoNkulunkulu ayengeke akufunde kwenye indawo.