Ubusisiwe Solano Casey, uSanta wosuku lwangoJulayi 30th

(25 Novemba 1875 - 31 Julayi 1957)

Indaba kaBusisiwe Solano Casey
UBarney Casey waba ngomunye wabaphristi abaziwa kakhulu bakwaDetroit yize ayengavunyelwe ukushumayela ngokusemthethweni noma ukuzwa izikhalazo!

UBarney wayevela emndenini omkhulu e-Oak Grove, eWisconsin. Lapho eneminyaka engama-21, futhi ngemuva kokusebenza njengomgawuli wezinkuni, isisebenzi esibhedlela, ophethe ama-tram nonogada wasejele, wangena eSt Francis Seminary eMilwaukee, lapho athola khona kunzima ukutadisha. Washiya lapho, kwathi ngo-1896, wajoyina iDetroit Capuchins, ethatha igama likaSolano. Izifundo zakhe zobupristi zaphinde zaba nzima.

NgoJulayi 24, 1904, uSolanus wagcotshwa, kepha ngenxa yokuthi ulwazi lwakhe ngemfundiso yenkolo lwaluthathwa njengolubuthakathaka, akazange avunyelwe ukuzwa ukuvuma izono noma ukushumayela. Umuntu waseFranciscan Capuchin owayemazi kahle uthe lo mkhawulo ocasulayo "wamlethela ubukhulu nobungcwele obungakaze bufinyelele ngenye indlela".

Phakathi neminyaka yakhe eyi-14 njengomphathi wamasango nasesakristan eYonkers, eNew York, abantu bakhona babona uSolanus njengesikhulumi esihle. UJames Derum, umbhali wakhe we-biographer uyabhala, "Ngoba, yize ayenqatshelwe ukunikeza izintshumayelo ezifundisayo, wayekwazi ukunikeza izinkulumo ezikhuthazayo, noma ama-feverinos, njengoba amaCapuchin ayezibiza kanjalo." Umlilo wakhe ongokomoya wazithinta ngokujulile izilaleli zakhe.

Ubaba uSolanus ubesebenza ezifundeni zaseManhattan naseHarlem ngaphambi kokuba abuyele eDetroit, lapho ayengumbonisi we-sexton khona iminyaka engama-20 eSt. Bonaventure Monastery. Njalo ngoLwesithathu ntambama wayeqhuba nezinsizakalo ezihambele kahle zabagulayo. Uzakwethu ulinganisela ukuthi abantu abayi-150-200 bavakashele uBaba Solano ehhovisi langaphambili ngosuku lwesilinganiso. Abaningi babo beza ukuzothola isibusiso sakhe; 40-50 beza ngokubonisana. Abantu abaningi bakubheka njengokuwusizo ekunakekelweni nakwezinye izibusiso abazitholile.

Ukuqonda kukababa uSolano ngokunikezwa uNkulunkulu kukhuthaze izivakashi zakhe eziningi. "Makabongwe uNkulunkulu kuyo yonke imisebenzi yakhe" kungenye yezinkulumo zakhe azithandayo.

Abangani bakaFata Solano abaningi basiza amaCapuchin ukuvula ikhishi lesobho labampofu ngesikhathi sokuDangala. Namuhla amaCapuchins asondla abalambile.

Ethathwe impilo, uSolano wadluliselwa eCapuchin novitiate eHuntington, eIndiana, ngo-1946, lapho ahlala khona iminyaka eyishumi waze walaliswa esibhedlela eDetroit. Ubaba uSolano washona ngoJulayi 31, 1957. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi bangu-20.000, XNUMX abantu abadlula ngebhokisi lakhe ngaphambi komngcwabo wakhe eSontweni laseSt. Bonaventure eDetroit.

Emngcwabeni womngcwabo, uBaba wesifundazwe uGerald uthe: "Impilo yakhe bekuyinkonzo yokuthanda nokuthanda abantu abanjengawe nami. Lapho engaguli uqobo, wayehlushwa nina futhi nina enigula. Lapho wayengalambile ngokwenyama, wayelambele abantu abanjengawe. Wayenothando lwaphezulu ngabantu. Wayebathanda abantu ngalokho angabenzela khona, nakuNkulunkulu, ngabo ”.

Ngo-1960, kwasungulwa inhlangano yababa uSolanus eDetroit ukusiza izifundiswa zaseCapuchin. Ngo-1967, le nhlangano yayinamalungu angama-5.000, iningi lawo labonga ukuthola izeluleko nezeluleko zakhe eziqinisekisayo ukuthi uNkulunkulu ngeke abashiye ekuvivinyweni kwabo. USolanus Casey wamenyezelwa ukuthi wayeVictable ngonyaka ka-1995 futhi washaywa ngoNovemba 18, 2017.

Ukuzindla
Umbhali wakhe wempilo uJames Patrick Derum ubhala ukuthi uFata Solano wagcina esekhathele ukuthwala isisindo sabantu ababemvakashele. “Kudala afunda iqiniso elifundiswe nguKristu ukuthi uthando olumsulwa lukaNkulunkulu nabantu bakini njengabantwana bakaNkulunkulu yilokho okubalulekile. Ukuphila leli qiniso ngamandla nangokuqhubekayo kumenze, ngokomoya, waba yindoda ekhululekile - ekhululekile ebugqilini bezinkanuko, ekuzifuneni, ekuzikhukhumezeni, ekuzizweleni - ekhululekile ukukhonza ngokuphelele uNkulunkulu nabantu "(The Porter weSan Bonaventura, ikhasi 199).