USanta wosuku lomhla ziyi-8 kuNhlolanja: indaba kaSanta Giuseppina Bakhita
Iminyaka eminingi, UGiuseppina Bakhita wayeyisigqila kodwa umoya wakhe wawuhlala ukhululekile futhi ekugcineni lowo moya wawunqoba.
Wazalelwa e-Olgossa esifundeni saseDarfur eningizimu yeSudan, uGiuseppina wathunjwa eneminyaka engu-7, wathengiswa njengesigqila wabizwa ngoBakhita, okusho ukuthi unenhlanhla . Ithengiswe kaningi, ekugcineni ngo-1883 a UCallisto Legnani, inxusa lase-Italy eKhartoum, eSudan.
Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili, wathatha uGiuseppina waya e-Italy wamnika umngani wakhe u-Augusto Michieli. UBakhita waba ngumnakekeli womntwana kaMimmina Michieli, ayehamba nayo eya e-Institute of Catechumens eVenice, eqondiswa yiCanossian Sisters. Ngenkathi uMimmina efunda, uGiuseppina wazizwa ekhanga eSontweni LamaKatolika. Yabhapathizwa futhi yaqinisekiswa ngo-1890, iqamba igama elithi Giuseppina.
Lapho abakwaMichiyeli bebuya e-Afrika futhi befuna ukuletha uMimmina noJosephine, usanta wakusasa wenqaba ukuhamba. Ngesikhathi sokuqulwa kwecala okwalandela, izindela zaseCanossian kanye nenzalamizi yaseVenice bangenela egameni likaGiuseppina. Ijaji liphethe ngokuthi ngenxa yokuthi ubugqila babungekho emthethweni e-Italy, babukhululeke ngokuphelele ngo-1885.
UGiuseppina wangena e-Institute of Santa Maddalena di Canossa ngo-1893 kwathi eminyakeni emithathu kamuva wenza umsebenzi wakhe. Ngo-1902 wayiswa edolobheni laseSchio (enyakatho-mpumalanga yeVerona), lapho asiza khona umphakathi wakhe wezenkolo ngokupheka, ukuthunga, ukufekethisa nokwamukela izivakashi emnyango. Ngokushesha wathandwa kakhulu yizingane ezazifunda esikoleni sezindela nezakhamizi zendawo. Wake wathi, “Yiba muhle, thanda iNkosi, ukhulekele labo abangayazi. Umusa omkhulu kangakanani ukwazi uNkulunkulu! "
Izinyathelo zokuqala ezibhekele ukushaywa kwakhe zaqala ngo-1959. Wabe esehlonishwa ngo-1992 futhi wagcotshwa iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili kamuva
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Isidumbu sikaGiuseppina sacwiywa yilabo abamnciphisa waba yisigqila, kepha abakwazanga ukuthinta umoya wakhe. Ukubhapathizwa kwakhe kwambeka endleleni yokugcina eya ekuqinisekiseni inkululeko yakhe yomphakathi bese ekhonza abantu bakaNkulunkulu njengendela yaseCanada.
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