UPaddy Kearney

Wazalwa ngo-1942 ePietermaritzburg, uGerald Patrick Kearney, owaziwa kakhulu ngelikaPaddy, uveza umusa, ubuqotho, ukuthobeka nobubele; umkhankaso onobuhlakani nobonayo osebenzela ukuthula nobulungiswa

Ngo-1971 uPaddy waqashwa eNanda Seminary, isikole samantombazane sabafundi abamnyama, lapho athola khona ukungabi nabulungisa kobandlululo ngokuningiliziwe nangokusondelana nalapho aba yisishoshovu sezobulungiswa.

Cishe iminyaka engu-20 uPaddy wahola umsebenzi we-Diakonia, inhlangano eyasungulwa ngu-Archbishop Denis Hurley ngo-1976. Le nhlangano yaqeqesha abantu ukuthi basungule futhi baqhube kahle amaqembu ezenhlalo emzabalazweni wokulwa nobandlululo ngabo-1980. Lokhu kudonse amehlo ezokuphepha kanti amahhovisi aseDiakonia agaselwe amahlandla amaningi.

UKearney wayengumholi wamaKhatholika obaluleke kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika engxenyeni yesibili yekhulu leminyaka engu-20 futhi wadlala indima enkulu ekuphikiseni ubandlululo. Uqhakambise umbono womphakathi onobulungiswa, osebenzela izakhamizi zaseThekwini ezihlupheka kakhulu

Ngaphezu komsebenzi wakhe ophethe i-Diakonia, kanye nokusebenzela inqwaba yezinhlangano ezizimele, amabhodi, izinhlangano nezinhlangano zomphakathi, uKearney ubhale nezincwadi ezimbili ezihlonishwa umhlaba wonke ngoDenis Hurley futhi uphila ngesiqubulo sika-Hurley esithi: “Ukusebenzela umphakathi kuwubuntu”.

Wahlonishwe ngeziqu zobudokotela yiNyuvesi yaKwaZulu-Natali ngonyaka ka-2009. Manje uPaddy Kearney usehloniphekile ngokuba yingxenye ebalulekile yenhlangano yesibili ebalulekile kulo mkhakha. Njengoba seyikhankase ngokungakhathali izimali, i-Denis Hurley Centre izoba ngomunye wamagugu amakhulu kaPaddy futhi afinyelela kude. Isakhiwo esisha esakhiwa njengamanje eduze ne-Emmanuel Cathedral sizohlinzeka ngendawo evumayo yokunakekelwa, imfundo kanye nomphakathi kwabampofu kakhulu kwminye yemiphakathi ehlukahlukene kakhulu futhi eyinselele yedolobha elingaphansi kwedolobha iTheku.

UPaddy Kearney waba u-Chair and Founder of the Denis Hurley Centre, I-Founding Director of Diakonia Council of Churches, U-Chair of the Gandhi Development Trust kanye nomeluleki we-KZN Christian Council kanye ne-Province Commission on Social Cohesion, phakathi kwezinye izikhundla eziningi ezibalulekile. Ushone ngokuzuma ntambama ngoLwesihlanu mhlaka 23 Novemba 2018 ehlaselwa yisifo senhliziyo.

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