USanta Francesca Saverio Cabrini, oNgcwele wosuku lwango-13 Novemba
Ongcwele wosuku lwango-13 Novemba
(15 Julayi 1850 - 22 Disemba 1917)
Indaba kaSan Francesco Saverio Cabrini
UFrancesca Savierio Cabrini wayeyisakhamuzi sokuqala e-United States ukuba sigunyazwe. Ukuthembela kwakhe okujulile ekunakekeleni ngothando kukaNkulunkulu wakhe kwamnika amandla okuba ngowesifazane onesibindi owenza umsebenzi kaKristu.
Wenqabile ukwamukelwa enkolweni eyayimfundise njengothisha, waqala umsebenzi wesisa e-Orphanage yeCasa della Provvidenza eCadogno, e-Italy. NgoSepthemba 1877 wenza izifungo zakhe lapho futhi wathatha umkhuba wenkolo.
Ngenkathi umbhishobhi evala ikhaya lezintandane ngo-1880, waqoka uFrancesca ngaphambi koSister of Missionary of the Sacred Heart. Izintombi eziyisikhombisa ezivela ekhaya lezintandane zamjoyina.
Kusukela ebuntwaneni bakhe e-Italy, uFrances wayefuna ukuba yisithunywa sevangeli eChina kodwa, ngokunxuswa nguPapa Leo XIII, uFrances waya entshonalanga esikhundleni sempumalanga. Wahamba nodadewabo abayisithupha baya eNew York City ukuyosebenza nezinkulungwane zabokufika base-Italy abahlala lapho.
Uthole ukuphoxeka nobunzima kuzo zonke izinyathelo. Lapho efika eNew York, indlu eyayizoba ikhaya lakhe lokuqala lezintandane e-United States yayingatholakali. Umbhishobhi omkhulu wameluleka ukuba abuyele e-Italy. Kodwa uFrances, owesifazane onesibindi ngempela, washiya indawo yokuhlala yombhishobhi omkhulu ezimisele kakhulu ukuthola lelo khaya lezintandane. Futhi kwaba njalo.
Eminyakeni engama-35, uFrancesca Xavier Cabrini usungule izikhungo ezingama-67 ezinikele ekunakekeleni abampofu, abalahliwe, abangazi lutho nabagulayo. Ebona isidingo esikhulu phakathi kwabokufika base-Italy abaphelelwa ukholo, wahlela izikole nezifundo zemfundo yabadala.
Ngesikhathi eseyingane, wayehlala njalo esaba amanzi, engakwazi ukunqoba ukwesaba ukuminza. Kodwa-ke naphezu kwalokhu kwesaba, iwele i-Atlantic Ocean amahlandla angaphezu kwama-30. Ubulawe ngumalaleveva esibhedlela sakhe iColumbus eChicago.
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Ububele nokuzinikela kukaMama Cabrini kusekhona kumakhulu ezinkulungwane zezakhamizi zakubo ezinakekela abagulayo ezibhedlela, emakhaya asebekhulile nasezikhungweni zikahulumeni. Sikhala ngokwanda kwezindleko zokwelashwa emphakathini ocebile, kepha izindaba zansuku zonke zisikhombisa izigidi zabantu abanosizo oluncane noma abangenalo nhlobo lwezempilo futhi abacela uMama Cabrinis omusha ukuthi abe yizakhamizi zezakhamizi zomhlaba wabo.
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