Ongcwele wosuku lwango-9 kuNhlolanja: indaba kaSan Girolamo Emiliani

Isosha elinganaki nelingazinikeli inkolo yedolobha laseVenice, uGirolamo wabanjwa empini edolobheni elingaphandle kwamasosha waboshwa ngamaketanga ejele. Ejele uJerome wayenesikhathi esiningi sokucabanga futhi kancane kancane wafunda ukuthandaza. Lapho ebaleka, wabuyela eVenice lapho afike wanakekela imfundo yabazukulu bakhe futhi waqala izifundo zakhe zobupristi. Eminyakeni eyalandela ukugcotshwa kwakhe, imicimbi yaphinde yabizela uJerome esinqumweni nasendleleni yokuphila entsha. Inhlupho nendlala zahlasela enyakatho ye-Italy. UJerome waqala ukunakekela abagulayo nokondla abalambile ngezindleko zakhe. Ngenkathi ekhonza abagulayo nabampofu, washeshe wanquma ukuzinikezela yena nempahla yakhe kwabanye kuphela, ikakhulukazi izingane ezilahliwe. Wasungula izindlu zezintandane ezintathu, indawo yokuhlala izifebe eziphendukayo kanye nesibhedlela.

Cishe ngonyaka we-1532, uJerome nabanye abapristi ababili basungula ibandla, iClerks Regular of Somasca, elizinikele ekunakekeleni izintandane nasekufundiseni abantu abasha. UGirolamo ushone ngo-1537 ngenxa yokugula akuthola ngesikhathi enakekela abagulayo. Wahlanjululwa ngo-1767. Ngo-1928 uPius Xl wamqoka waba ngumvikeli wezintandane nezingane ezalahlwa. USanta Jerome Emiliani uhlanganyela idili lakhe lezinkonzo noSanta Giuseppina Bakhita ngoFebhuwari 8.

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Imvamisa kakhulu empilweni yethu kubonakala sengathi kuthatha uhlobo "lokuboshwa" ukusikhulula emaketangeni e-egocentrism yethu. Lapho "sibanjwa" esimweni esingafuni ukuba kuso, ekugcineni sazi amandla akhululayo womunye. Kungaleso sikhathi kuphela lapho singaba esinye "seziboshwa" kanye "nezintandane" ezisizungezile.