I-Saint Marguerite d'Youville, uSanta wosuku ngoJuni 15

(Okthoba 15, 1701 - Disemba 23, 1771)

Indaba yeSanta Marguerite d'Youville

Sifunda ububele ngokuvumela izimpilo zethu zithonywe ngabantu abanobubele, bebona impilo ngombono wabo futhi baphinde bacabangele amanani ethu.

Uzalelwe eVarennes, eCanada, uMarie Marguerite Dufrost de Lajemmerais kwadingeka ayeke isikole eneminyaka eyi-12 ukusiza umama wakhe ongumfelokazi. Eminyakeni engu-1730 kamuva washada noFrançois d'Youville; babenezingane eziyisithupha, ezine kubo zafa zincane. Phezu kokuthi umyeni wakhe wadlala, wathengisa ngotshwala ngokungemthetho kumaMdabu aseMelika futhi amphatha ngokungenandaba, wamnakekela ngozwela waze washona ngo-XNUMX.

Noma enakekela izingane ezincane ezimbili futhi eqhuba isitolo ukusiza ukukhokha izikweletu zomyeni wakhe, uMarguerite ubesasiza abampofu. Lapho izingane zakhe sezikhulile, yena nabangane bakhe abaningi basindisa isibhedlela saseQuebec esasengozini yokuqothuka. Ubize umphakathi wakhe ngokuthi yi-Institute of the Sisters of Charity of Montreal; abantu babebabiza ngokuthi "izinduna ezimpunga" ngenxa yombala wemikhuba yabo. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kwavela isaga phakathi kwabampofu baseMontreal, “Yiya kubanumzane abampunga; abalokothi benqabe ukukhonza. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, eminye imiphakathi emihlanu yenkolo iye yalanda izisulu zayo izinduna ezingwevu.

Isibhedlela saseMontreal General saziwa njengeHôtel Dieu (Indlu KaNkulunkulu) futhi sabeka indinganiso yokunakekelwa kwezokwelapha nozwela lobuKristu. Ngenkathi isibhedlela sibhujiswa ngomlilo ngo-1766, uMamare Marguerite waguqa emlotheni, wahola iTe Deum - iculo ekubonakalisweni nguNkulunkulu kuzo zonke izimo - futhi yaqala inqubo yokwakhiwa kabusha. Walwa nemizamo yezikhulu zikahulumeni zokunciphisa ubuntu bakhe futhi wasungula nendlu yokuqala eyasungulwa eNyakatho Melika.

UPapa St John XXIII, owashaya uMamare Marguerite ngonyaka ka-1959, wambiza ngokuthi "Umama we-Universal Charity". Wenziwa wahlukaniswa ngo-1990. Idili lakhe lokuzijabulisa liso-Okthoba 16.

Ukuzindla

Abangcwele babhekana nokudumazeka okuningi, izizathu eziningi zokuthi: "Impilo ayilungile" futhi bayamangala ukuthi uNkulunkulu uphakathi kokubi kwezimpilo zabo. Sihlonipha abangcwele abanjengoMarguerite ngoba basikhombisa ukuthi ngomusa kaNkulunkulu nokubambisana kwethu, ukuhlupheka kungaholela ekuhawukeleni kunokukhathazeka.