I-Saint Albert Chmielowski, uSanta wosuku lomhla ziyi-14 kuNhlangulana
(Agasti 20, 1845 - Disemba 25, 1916)
Indaba yeSanta Albert Chmielowski
Uzalelwe e-Igolomia eduze naseKrakak njengendodana yezingane ezine emndenini ocebile, wabhapathizwa u-Adamu. Ngesikhathi sokuvukelwa kuka-1864 ngokumelene noTsar Alexander III, amanxeba ka-Adamu aphoqelela ukunqunywa komlenze wakhe wesobunxele.
Ithalente lakhe elikhulu lokudweba liholele ekufundeni eWarsaw, Munich naseParis. U-Adamu wabuyela eKrakak waba ngumFrancisan wezwe. Ngo-1888, lapho esungula ama-Brothers of the Third Order of St. Francis, ama-Servants of the Poor, waqamba igama lika-Albert. Basebenza ngokuyinhloko nabangenamakhaya, bethembela ngokuphelele kuma-alms ngenkathi besebenzela abaswele kungakhathalekile ngeminyaka, inkolo noma ipolitiki. Umphakathi odade base-Albertine basungulwa kamuva.
UPapa John Paul II washaya u-Albert ngonyaka we-1983 futhi wamenza waba muncu eminyakeni eyisithupha kamuva. Umkhosi wakhe wezobuhlakani ungoJuni 17th.
Ukuzindla
Ngokucabanga ngomsebenzi wakhe wobupristi, ngonyaka we-1996 uPapa John Paul II wabhala ukuthi umfowabo u-Albert wabamba iqhaza ekwakhekeni kwakhe "ngoba ngithole kuye ukwesekwa okungokomoya kangempela nesibonelo sokushiya izwe lobuciko, izincwadi kanye imidlalo yaseshashalazini, kanye nokwenza ukukhetha okuhle kokubizelwa kubupristi ”(Isipho kanye nemfihlakalo: isikhumbuzo samashumi amahlanu sokugcotshwa kwami kobupristi). Njengompristi osemncane, uKarol Wojtyla wabuyisela isikweletu sakhe sokubonga ngokubhala i-The Brother of Our God, umdlalo owenziwe empilweni kaMfowethu Albert.