USanta Madeleine uSophie Barat, oNgcwele wosuku ngoMeyi 29

 

(Disemba 12, 1779 - Meyi 25, 1865)

Indaba kaSanta Madeleine uSophie Barat

Ifa likaMadeleine uSophie Barat litholakala ezikoleni ezingaphezu kwekhulu ezilawulwa yi-Society of the Sacred Heart, izikhungo ezaziwa ngekhwalithi yemfundo enikezwa nentsha.

USophie ngokwakhe wathola imfundo ebanzi, ngenxa yomfowabo oneminyaka engu-11 ubudala uLouis nokhokho wakhe onguyise lapho ebhapathizwa. Esesifundweni esifanayo, uLouis wanquma ukuthi udadewabo omncane naye azofunda isiLatini, isiGrikhi, umlando, i-physics kanye ne-mathematics, ngaso sonke isikhathi ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka futhi nenkampani encane. Lapho eneminyaka eyi-15, wayethole ukuvezwa ngokuphelele kweBhayibheli, izimfundiso zoBaba beSonto nemfundiso yenkolo. Naphezu kombuso wengcindezelo kaLouis, uSophie osemncane wakhula futhi waba nothando lwangempela lokufunda.

Okwamanje, lesi kwakuyisikhathi seNguquko yaseFrance nokucindezelwa kwezikole zobuKristu. Imfundo yamantombazane amancane, ikakhulukazi amantombazane, yayisesimweni esinenkinga. USophie, owayebonile ukubizelwa empilweni yenkolo, wathonyelwa ekubeni ngumfundisi. Wasungula i-Society of the Sacred Heart, ebigxile ezikoleni zabampofu nasemakholishi abesifazane abasebancane abaseminyakeni ephakathi. Namuhla kungenzeka futhi ukuthola izikole zeS Sacred Heart, kanye nezikole ezenzelwe izingane kuphela.

Ngo-1826, iNhlangano yakhe ye-Sacred Heart yamukelwa ngokusemthethweni. Ngaleso sikhathi wayesekhonze njengophakeme kwizinsimbi eziningi. Ngo-1865, wahlaselwa ukukhubazeka komzimba; ushone ngalowo nyaka phakathi nosuku lwe-Ascension.

UMadeleine Sophie Barat waqanjwa ngo-1925.

Ukuzindla

UMadeleine Sophie Barat wayephila ezikhathini zesiyaluyalu. Wayeneminyaka eyi-10 kuphela lapho kuqala umbuso wokubusa. Ngemuva kokuvukelwa kombuso waseFrance, abacebile nabampofu bahlupheka ngaphambi kokuphindukuza okuthile kokubuyela emuva eFrance. Wazalwa enelungelo elithile, uSophie wathola imfundo enhle. Kwamphatha kabuhlungu ukuthi lelo thuba linye benqatshelwe amanye amantombazane futhi wazinikela ekuwafundiseni, abampofu nabacebile. Thina esihlala ezweni elicebile singalandela isibonelo sakhe ngokusiza ukuqinisekisa abanye ngezibusiso esizitholile.