AmaKatolika ayo yonke iminyaka ancintisana kwezomthetho wobandlululo edolobha lase-Atlanta

I-ATLANTA - Umbhikisho onokuthula wokulwa nobandlululo nokucwasana ngokobuhlanga e-Atlanta ngoJuni 11 wahlanganisa amaKatolika ayo yonke iminyaka nezinhlanga, kubandakanya imindeni, abafundi, othisha, abapristi, amadikoni, abefundisi, abasebenzi bemishini kanye nezinhlangano zezenkolo kanye nezinkonzo zasekhaya.

AmaKhatholika angaphezu kwama-400 agcwalisa umgwaqo phambi kwe-Shrine of the Illaculate Concepts. Amavolontiya avela kule ndawo yokubabaza abingelela ababekhona futhi anikwa amathegi okusiza abantu babone ubuso obujwayelekile obufihliwe yimaski, okuyindlela yokuphepha edingekayo ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19. Ukunciphiswa komphakathi nakho kukhuthaziwe ngesikhathi semashi.

UCathy Harmon-Christian ubengomunye wamavolontiya amaningi avela e-Atlanta abingelela ababhikishi. Ube yilungu lesifunda cishe iminyaka emihlanu.

"Ngijabule kakhulu ukubona lo mbukiso wobumbano," utshele uGeorgia Bulletin, iphephabhuku le-archdiocese lephephandaba lase-Atlanta.

Kulabo ababengazizwa bephephile noma behluleka ukuhlangana mathupha, bekukhona ukusakazwa okubukhoma kwemashi, nabantu abacishe babe ngu-750 bebukele ukusuka ekuqaleni kuze kube sekupheleni. Ababekhona kwi-Intanethi baphinde bahambisa amagama abo ukuthi azogqokwa ababekhona.

UGeorge Harris wahola ucingo futhi waphendula ngezinyathelo zethempeli ekuqaleni kombhikisho. Uyilungu leSonto LaseSanta u-Anthony wasePadua e-Atlanta futhi wamasha nomkakhe namadodakazi akhe amabili.

Imvelaphi yakhe yaseBirmingham, e-Alabama, uHarris wakhula azi izisulu zokuqhuma kwebhizinisi le-16th Baptist Church ngo-1963, kwenziwa ngabakwaKlansmen abane nodlame ngokwehlukana. Amantombazane amane abulawa kwathi amanye angama-22 alimala.

"Lokhu kube ngumcimbi owashaqisa izwe, wethusa umhlaba wonke," kusho uHarris. "Ukubulawa kukaGeorge Floyd ngesinye salezo zehlakalo ezishaqise unembeza wabantu abaningi."

"Le yimashi enokuthula nokuthandazela ubulungiswa," kusho uBaba uVictor Galier, umfundisi webandla leSant'Antonio di Padova nelungu lekomidi elihlela lo mashi. Wayenethemba lokuthi kuzoba nabantu okungenani abangama-50, kodwa ababekhona babedlula lelo nani lamakhulu.

"Sidinga ukuthi sihlole onembeza bethu ukuthi bangavuma yini izikhathi lapho sivumele ukucwasana kuqhubeke nezingxoxo zethu, ezimpilweni zethu kanye nasezweni lethu," eqhubeka.

"Okungenani, abantu baseSant'Antonio da Padova bayahlupheka," kusho uGalier ngomphakathi wakhe. Isifunda esise-West End sase-Atlanta sakhiwa amaKhatholika amnyama ikakhulukazi.

Lo mfundisi ubelokhu evikela ubuhlanga nokungabi nabulungiswa e-Atlanta emasontweni amabili edlule emibhikishweni, okuvezwe ukubulawa kwabantu baseMelika abamnyama, kubandakanya u-Ahmaud Arbery, uBreonna Taylor noGeorge Floyd.

Ngezikhathi zasekuseni zangoJuni 14, idolobha lase-Atlanta lahlaselwa ngesihluku sokudubulana kwamaphoyisa kowesilisa wase-Afrika waseMelika, uRayshard Brooks, 27.

Amaphoyisa athi akuphikanga ukuboshwa futhi antshontsha isikhulu sakwaTaser ngemuva kokuqala ukuhlolwa. Ukufa kukaBrooks kuthathwe njengokubulala. Kuxoshwe elinye iphoyisa, elinye iphoyisa lathathwa likhefu lokuphatha, kwathi umphathi wamaphoyisa wedolobha washiya phansi.

"Ubandlululo luyaphila futhi luphilile ezweni lethu nasemhlabeni wethu," uGalier utshele iphephandaba laseGeorgia ngesikhathi kuqhubeka umbhikisho oholwa ngamaKatolika ngoJuni 11. “Njengabantu bokholo, kumele ngoba amaVangeli asibizile ukuthi simelane nesono. Akusekuhle ngokwanele ukuba singabi nobandlululo ngokwethu. Kufanele sikhuthale ekulweni nobandlululo futhi sisebenzele okuhle ".

Umbhishobhi wase-Atlanta uGregory J. Hartmayer, kanye noMbhishobhi Omkhulu uBernard E. Shlesinger III, bahlanganyele kule mashi futhi wahola lemikhuleko.

Kulabo abacabanga ukuthi imashi yokulwa nobandlululo ayibalulekile, uHartmayer wabala umlando, ithemba nokuguqula njengezizathu zokwenza njalo.

"Sifuna ukuhlanganisa izizukulwane zabantu abashiya amakhaya abo bazithele emigwaqweni beyofuna ubulungiswa," kusho umbhishobhi omkhulu. "Ukucwasana kuyaqhubeka kukhathaza izwe. Futhi isikhathi silungile, futhi, sokufuna ushintsho olukhulu emphakathini wethu nangaphakathi kwethu. "

"Imindeni yethu yase-Afrika yaseMelika iyahlupheka," kusho uHartmayer. “Kufanele silalele amazwi abo. Kufanele sihambe nabo kuloluhambo olusha. Simasha ngoba sidinga enye ukuguqulwa. Futhi siqala ngokuhlangana njengomphakathi sabelane ngemiBhalo nangomkhuleko ”.

Ngeziphambano nangempepho, amaKatolika amasha ngo-1,8 km edolobhana nedolobha lase-Atlanta. Izitebele zihlanganisa i-Atlanta City Hall ne-Georgia Capitol. Imashi iphele eCentennial Olimpiki Park.

Imashi bekuyinto uStan Hinds abona ngayo othisha bakhe bekhula - labo thisha bebese-Edmund Pettus Bridge, esho, ebhekisa ku-National Historic Landmark eSelma, e-Alabama, indawo lapho kushaywa khona ababhikishi bamalungelo abantu ngesikhathi semashi. amalungelo okuvota.

Qhubeka nalesi sibonelo kubafundi bakhe njengomfundisi e-Jesuit High School kaChrist Rey Atlanta selokhu kwavulwa. UHinds wayeyilungu leSts. UPeter noPaul Church eDecatur, eGeorgia iminyaka engama-27.

“Ngikwenzile impilo yami yonke futhi ngizoqhubeka ukukwenza,” kusho uHinds. “Ngiyethemba abafundi bami nezingane zami bazoqhubeka nokwenza lokhu. Sizoqhubeka ukwenza lokhu size siqonde kahle. "

Izingoma, imikhuleko nemibhalo kugcwalise imigwaqo ejwayelekile eyayigcwele abantu e-Atlanta ngesikhathi sokubhikisha. Lapho ababekhona behamba beya eCentennial Olimpiki Park, kwakukhona i-litany ethi "Yisho igama labo" kulabo abashona belwa nokucwasana. Impendulo yayiwukuthi: "Phumula ngokuthula".

Esitobhini sokugcina, bekunokufundwa kafushane kwePhoyisa leNkosi. Ngemuva komzuzu wokufa kukaJesu, ababhikishi baguqa imizuzu eyisishiyagalombili nemizuzwana engama-46, behlonipha izimpilo ezilahlekile emzabalazweni oqhubekayo wokulingana ngokobuhlanga. Bekufanekisela futhi isikhathi nesikhathi iphoyisa laseMinnesota eligcine entanyeni kaFloyd ukuze limkhonkxe phansi.

AmaKatolika akhuthazwa ukuthi "alalele, afunde futhi enze" ngemuva kwemashi ukusiza ukulwa nokucwasana. Kwabiwa amathiphu nababambiqhaza, njengokuhlangana nabantu emaphethelweni, izindaba zokuzwa, ukufundiswa ngobuhlanga nokukhuthaza ubulungiswa ngentshiseko.

Uhlu lwamafilimu anconyiwe nezinsizakusebenza ze-inthanethi kwabelwane ngazo nababhikishi. Uhlu lolu lufaka amafilimu anjengokuthi "True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fighting for Equity" kanye neminyakazo efana ne-Campaign Zero yokuqeda isihluku samaphoyisa kanye nekhwelo lokusebenzela ukuthi kudlule umthetho ophathelene nobugebengu obunenzondo. eGeorgia.

Umcimbi kaJuni 11 kumane nje kuyisiqalo, kusho uGalier.

"Kumele sisebenze sonke lesi sikhathi futhi sidilize isakhiwo sesono nomaphi lapho sisithola khona," kusho yena.