Ongcwele wosuku: Santa Luisa
ULouise owazalelwa ngaseMeux, eFrance, washonelwa ngunina esemncane, ubaba wakhe amthandayo eneminyaka engu-15 kuphela. Isifiso sakhe sokuba yindelakazi sadunyazwa ngumuntu ovuma izono zakhe futhi kwahlelwa nomshado. Kwazalwa indodana kule nyunyana. Kepha uLouise washeshe wazithola encelisa umyeni wakhe amthandayo ngesikhathi egula isikhathi eside okwagcina ngokuholela ekufeni kwakhe.
ULuisa waba nenhlanhla yokuba nomeluleki ohlakaniphile noqondayo, uFrancis de Sales, bese kuba ngumngane wakhe, umbhishobhi waseBelley, eFrance. Womabili la madoda ayenawo ngezikhathi ezithile kuphela. Kepha ekukhanyeni kwangaphakathi wabona ukuthi wayesezokwenza umsebenzi omkhulu ngaphansi kokuholwa ngomunye umuntu ayengakahlangani naye. Lona kwakungumpristi ongcwele uMnumzane Vincent, kamuva owaziwa ngokuthi uSan Vincenzo de 'Paoli.
Ekuqaleni wayenqikaza ukuba nguyena ovuma izono zakhe, ematasa njengoba ayenayo ne "Confraternities of Charity" yakhe. La malungu kwakungabesifazane abaphezulu bezinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi abamsiza ukunakekela abampofu nokunakekela izingane ezilahliwe, isidingo sangempela sosuku. Kepha izintokazi bezimatasa ngezinto eziningi ezibakhathazayo nemisebenzi yabo. Umsebenzi wakhe wawudinga abasizi abaningi, ikakhulukazi labo ababengabalimi ngokwabo ngakho-ke basondele kwabampofu futhi bakwazi ukuzuza izinhliziyo zabo. Wayedinga nomuntu owayengazifundisa futhi azihlele.
Ngemuva kwesikhathi eside, lapho uVincent de Paul ejwayelana kakhulu noLuisa, lapho abona khona ukuthi wayeyimpendulo yemithandazo yakhe. Wayekhaliphile, enesizotha, futhi enamandla nomzimba okuqina ukuthi ubebuthakathaka obuqhubekayo empilweni. Imishini ayithumele yona yagcina iholele ekutheni abesifazane abasha abancane abane bajoyine. Indlu yakhe ayiqashile eParis yaba yisikhungo sokuqeqesha labo ababemukelwa ukusiza abagulayo nabampofu. Ukukhula kwakushesha futhi ngokushesha kwaba khona isidingo salokho okubizwa ngokuthi "umthetho wokuphila", okwathi uLouise uqobo, ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kukaVincent, wasebenzela iDaughters of Charity yaseSt. Vincent de Paul.
USaint Louise: indlu yakhe ayiqashile eParis yaba yisikhungo sokuqeqesha labo ababemukelwa ukusiza abagulayo nabampofu
UMnumzane Vincent wayehlale ephuza futhi eqaphele ekusebenzelaneni kwakhe noLouise neqembu elisha. Uthe ubengakaze abe nombono wokuthi asungule umphakathi omusha, ukuthi nguNkulunkulu owenza konke. Wathi: “Isigodlo sakho sezindela siyoba yikhaya labagulayo; iseli lakho, igumbi eliqashiwe; isonto lakho, isonto lesifunda; i-cloister yakho, imigwaqo yedolobha noma amawodi ezibhedlela. “Izingubo zabo bekumele kube ngezabesifazane abampofu. Kwakuyiminyaka kuphela kamuva lapho uVincent de Paul ekugcineni evumela abesifazane abane ukuthi bathathe izifungo zaminyaka yonke zobumpofu, ubumsulwa nokulalela. Kwadlula neminyaka eminingi ngaphambi kokuba inkampani ivunyelwe ngokusemthethweni yiRoma futhi yabekwa ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kwebandla labapristi likaVincent.
Abesifazane abaningi abasebasha babengafundile. Kodwa-ke, kwaba madolonzima ukuthi umphakathi omusha unakekele izingane ezilahliwe. ULouise wayematasa esiza nomaphi lapho kwakudingeka khona naphezu kwempilo yakhe ebuthaka. Walihamba lonke elaseFrance, esungula amalungu omphakathi wakhe ezibhedlela, emakhaya ezintandane nakwezinye izikhungo. Ekushoneni kwakhe ngoMashi 15, 1660, ibandla lalinezindlu ezingaphezu kwezingu-40 eFrance. Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kamuva uVincent de Paul wamlandela ekufeni. U-Louise de Marillac wahlanjululwa ngo-1934 futhi wamenyezelwa njengomphathi wabasebenzi bezenhlalakahle ngo-1960.
Ukuzindla: Ngesikhathi sikaLuisa, ukusiza izidingo zabampofu kwakuvame ukuba ngubukhazikhazi obutholakala kuphela kwabesifazane abahle. Umeluleki wakhe, uSt. Vincent de Paul, wabona ngobuhlakani ukuthi abantu besifazane abampofu bangafinyelela kwabampofu ngempumelelo enkulu futhi amaDodakazi kaCharity azalwa ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe. Namuhla lowo myalo - kanye noSisters of Charity - uyaqhubeka nokunakekela abagulayo nabagugile nokunikeza indawo yokukhosela izintandane. Amalungu alo amaningi angosonhlalakahle abasebenza kanzima ngaphansi kwesandla sikaLouise. Abanye bethu kumele babelane ngokukhathazeka kwakhe ngalabo ababencishwe amathuba.