USanta wosuku lukaJanuwari 23: indaba kaSanta Marianne Cope
(23 Januwari 1838 - 9 Agasti 1918)
Yize uchoko lwethusa abantu abaningi ngekhulu le-1898 leminyaka eHawaii, leso sifo savusa ukuphana okukhulu kowesifazane owaziwa ngokuthi nguMama Mariana waseMolokai. Isibindi sakhe saba negalelo elikhulu ekwenzeni ngcono izimpilo zezisulu zakhe eHawaii, insimu eyanamathela e-United States ngesikhathi esaphila (XNUMX).
Ukuphana nesibindi sikaMama uMarianne kwagujwa ngesikhathi egcotshwa ngoMeyi 14, 2005 eRome. Wayengowesifazane owayekhuluma "ulimi lweqiniso nothando" emhlabeni, kusho uKhadinali José Saraiva Martins, isikhulu seBandla leCaus of the Saints. UKhadinali Martins, owengamele imisa yokugcotshwa kwabasebenzi eSt. Peter's Basilica, ubize impilo yakhe "njengomsebenzi omuhle womusa wasezulwini". Ekhuluma ngothando lwakhe olukhethekile ngabantu abahlushwa uchoko, uthe: "Ubone kubo ubuso bukaJesu obuhluphekayo. NjengoMsamariya Olungileyo, waba ngumama wabo".
NgoJanuwari 23, 1838, uPeter noBarbara Cope baseHessen-Darmstadt, eJalimane bazalelwa indodakazi. Le ntombazane iqanjwe ngegama likanina. Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili umndeni wakwaCope wathuthela e-United States wayozinza e-Utica, eNew York. UBarbara osemncane wasebenza efektri kwaze kwaba ngu-Agasti 1862, lapho eya kumaSisters of the Third Order of St. Francis eSyracuse, eNew York. Ngemuva kobungcweti ngoNovemba wonyaka olandelayo, waqala ukufundisa esikoleni sepherishi se-Assumption.
UMarianne ubambe isikhundla esiphakeme ezindaweni ezehlukene futhi useke waba nguthisha osemusha kabili ebandleni lakhe. Njengomholi wemvelo, wayengaphezulu kwesibhedlela iSt Joseph's eSyrause kathathu, lapho afunda khona okuningi okungamsiza phakathi neminyaka yakhe eseHawaii.
Ekhethwe esifundazweni ngo-1877, uMama Marianne waphinde waqokwa ngazwi linye ngo-1881. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva uhulumeni waseHawaii wayefuna umuntu ozophatha isikhungo sokukhosela iKakaako sabantu abasolwa ngochoko. Kwahlolwa imiphakathi yezenkolo engaphezu kuka-50 e-United States naseCanada. Lapho kwenziwa isicelo ezindelini zaseSyraacusan, ezingama-35 zazo zavolontiya ngokushesha. Ngo-Okthoba 22, 1883, uMama Marianne nabanye odade abayisithupha bahamba baya eHawaii lapho babephethe khona isiteshi esamukela izivakashi eKakaako ngaphandle kwaseHonolulu; esiqhingini saseMaui baphinde bavula isibhedlela nesikole samantombazane.
Ngo-1888, uMama Marianne kanye nodadewabo ababili baya eMolokai bayovula ikhaya "labesifazane namantombazane angavikelekile" lapho. Uhulumeni waseHawaii wayenqena ukuthumela abesifazane kulesi sikhundla esinzima; bekungafanele bakhathazeke ngoMama Marianne! EMolokai waphatha indlu eyayakhiwe iSan Damiano de Veuster yamadoda nabafana. Umama Marianne ushintshe impilo eMolokai ngokwethula inhlanzeko, ukuziqhenya nobumnandi kuleli koloni. Izikhafu ezikhanyayo nezingubo ezinhle zabesifazane kwakuyingxenye yendlela yakhe yokwenza izinto.
Unikezwe nguhulumeni waseHawaii ngeRoyal Order yaseKapiolani futhi wagubha enkondlweni kaRobert Louis Stevenson, uMama Marianne uqhubekile nomsebenzi wakhe ngokwethembeka. Odadewabo bahehe izingcingo phakathi kwabantu baseHawaii futhi basasebenza eMolokai.
Umama uMarianne ushone ngo-Agasti 9, 1918, wahlonishwa ngo-2005 futhi wagcotshwa iminyaka eyisikhombisa kamuva.
Ukuzindla
Iziphathimandla zikahulumeni zazingafuni ukuvumela uMama Marianne ukuba abe ngumama eMolokai. Iminyaka engama-XNUMX yokuzinikezela yafakazela ukuthi ukwesaba kwabo kwakungafanele. UNkulunkulu unikeza izipho ngaphandle kwe-myopia yomuntu futhi uvumela lezo zipho ziqhakaze ukuze kuzuze umbuso.