{"id":217192,"date":"2025-07-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.fundacioncarf.org\/?p=217192"},"modified":"2025-07-30T13:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T11:36:17","slug":"vocacion-seminarista-sacerdote-sudafrica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/hr\/vocacion-seminarista-sacerdote-sudafrica\/","title":{"rendered":"Poziv na povratak u srce Ju\u017ene Afrike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Danas vam govorimo o sve\u0107eni\u010dkom pozivu bogoslova Sthabisa Zibanija u Ju\u017enoj Africi, koji se bori za obnovu vjere u svojoj biskupiji unato\u010d ranama iz pro\u0161losti. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On je \u010detvrti od petero bra\u0107e i sestara i sin dvoje srednjo\u0161kolskih profesora ekonomije. Njegovi roditelji su odgojili obitelj u kojoj je katoli\u010dka vjera prvo pustila korijene preko njegove majke, a kasnije ju je prihvatio i njegov otac, godinama nakon vjen\u010danja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"\u00ab&quot;SANJAM O POVRATKU U JU\u017dNU AFRIKU KAO SVE\u0106ENIK&quot;\u00bb\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g290ecq9F2o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zvanje budu\u0107eg sve\u0107enika bogoslova Sthabisa rastao je u domu s korijenima \u010dvrsto usa\u0111enim u Evan\u0111elje i zulu kulturu, gdje se \u017eivot vrtio oko tri stupa: doma, \u0161kole i crkve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abNa\u0161 otac se kasno obratio, ali njegovo svjedo\u010danstvo ostavilo je dubok trag na mene. Odgajani smo u tipi\u010dnoj katoli\u010dkoj i zulu obitelji: ljubav i po\u0161tovanje prema Bogu, prema drugima i prema strancima, koje smo smatrali svojim bli\u017enjima.\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Izme\u0111u snova i odricanja: bu\u0111enje sve\u0107eni\u010dkog poziva<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roditelji su njega i njegovu bra\u0107u i sestre poticali da istra\u017euju svoje talente, te je ubrzo postao nemirno i znati\u017eeljno dijete: isprobao je nogomet, kriket, debatne klubove, zbor\u2026 I, kao i svaka mlada osoba njegovih godina, imao je i tajnu ljubav. \u00abDjevojku za koju moji roditelji nikada nisu znali\u00bb, priznaje sa srame\u017eljivim osmijehom. <strong>Ali u njemu je, od malih nogu, gorjelo pitanje koje nije mogao u\u0161utkati: poziv da bude sve\u0107enik.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abZnao sam da se ne\u0107u o\u017eeniti djevojkom koju sam duboko volio. Stoga sam pustio svoju djevojku i odazvao se pozivu. Povjerio sam se Kristu da mi da snagu da volim radikalno, izvan romanti\u010dnih interesa i profesionalnih ambicija\u00bb, prepri\u010dava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/padres-sthabiso-boda-767x1024.webp\" alt=\"vocaci\u00f3n sacerdote Sthabiso Sud\u00e1frica seminarista\" class=\"wp-image-217209\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sje\u0107anje na Sthabisove roditelje na dan njihovog vjen\u010danja.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Njegova odluka nije bila laka: kako bi odgovorio svom pozivu, napustio je studij in\u017eenjerstva, udobnost i sve poznato, kako bi prihvatio put kojim nitko u njegovoj obitelji prije nije pro\u0161ao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poziv: put vo\u0111en ljubavlju i vjerom<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kad govori o svom sve\u0107eni\u010dkom pozivu, Sthabiso malo sni\u017eava glas. Priznaje da je njegovo razlu\u010divanje inspirirano mnogim ljudima, ali prvenstveno obitelji, a posebno ocem: \u00abU svojoj obitelji nau\u010dio sam i primijetio o\u010dinsku ljubav koju smo primali. Mnogi bi se iznenadili kad bi saznali da je moj otac inspiracija za sve\u0107eni\u010dki \u017eivot. Iako nije sve\u0107enik, u njemu vidim sve\u0107eni\u010dku vrlinu samo\u017ertvovanja, \u010dak i sada, u sumraku njegova \u017eivota.\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-casa-pastorcitos-de-fatima.webp\" alt=\"Svocaci\u00f3n sacerdote Sthabiso Sud\u00e1frica seminarista\" class=\"wp-image-217210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-casa-pastorcitos-de-fatima.webp 800w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-casa-pastorcitos-de-fatima-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-casa-pastorcitos-de-fatima-150x113.webp 150w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-casa-pastorcitos-de-fatima-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-casa-pastorcitos-de-fatima-16x12.webp 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sthabiso posje\u0107uje ku\u0107u pastirske djece u Fatimi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nakon oca, upravo su mu \u017eupnici pomogli otkriti Bo\u017eju volju za njegov \u017eivot. Ali iznad svega, Krist: &quot;Dobri Pastir vidi hromu ovcu kakva jesam i dolazi po mene. Podi\u017ee me i nosi na svojim ramenima. Zbog Njega \u017eelim biti sve\u0107enik: kako bi vi\u0161e hromih ovaca na\u0161lo uto\u010di\u0161te na tim istim ramenima.&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biskupija Eshowe prihvatila je njegovu prijavu i od tada ga podr\u017eava. Godinu dana proveo je u Ku\u0107i formacije za aspirante sv. Ambrozija u Nadbiskupiji Durban, a jo\u0161 jednu godinu u Orijentacijskom sjemeni\u0161tu sv. Franje Ksaverskog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nakon ovog razdoblja obuke u Ju\u017enoj Africi, Sthabiso je primljen u <a href=\"https:\/\/seminariobidasoa.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/seminariobidasoa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Me\u0111unarodni seminar Bidasoa<\/a> (Pamplona), gdje danas nastavlja svoj put prema sve\u0107eni\u0161tvu, hodaju\u0107i mirnim i postojanim korakom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kulturni kontrast je ogroman, a \u0161panjolski jezik mu je i dalje te\u017eak: \u00abTijekom nastave i propovijedi ponekad se izgubim. Ali Bogu dugujem \u0161to sam stigao dovde\u00bb, ka\u017ee bez imalo pritu\u017ebe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-discenir-vocacion-sacerdotal-768x1024.webp\" alt=\"vocaci\u00f3n sacerdote Sthabiso Sud\u00e1frica seminarista\" class=\"wp-image-217211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-discenir-vocacion-sacerdotal-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-discenir-vocacion-sacerdotal-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-discenir-vocacion-sacerdotal-112x150.webp 112w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-discenir-vocacion-sacerdotal-9x12.webp 9w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-discenir-vocacion-sacerdotal.webp 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U domovini je Stabiso sretan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Otvorene rane i nada: stvarnost Crkve u Ju\u017enoj Africi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biskupija Eshowe dom je otprilike 2,8 milijuna stanovnika regije. Osnovana 1921. godine, bilje\u017eila je stalan rast broja katoli\u010dkih vjernika sve do 1980-ih, kada je broj po\u010deo opadati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab&quot;Mnogo je faktora koji tome doprinose. Najva\u017eniji je, pretpostavljam, tada\u0161nja politi\u010dka nestabilnost, \u010diji smrad i danas lebdi u dru\u0161tvu.&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smireno\u0161\u0107u kojom izdaleka promatra svoju zemlju, Sthabiso ne skriva bol koju osje\u0107a zbog trenutne situacije Crkve u Ju\u017enoj Africi. Danas kr\u0161\u0107anstvo prolazi kroz duboku krizu identiteta: kolonijalizam je ostavio otvorene rane, a Katoli\u010dku crkvu neki do\u017eivljavaju kao dio te pro\u0161losti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-junto-a-otros-amigos-seminaristas.webp\" alt=\"vocaci\u00f3n sacerdote Sthabiso Sud\u00e1frica seminarista\" class=\"wp-image-217212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-junto-a-otros-amigos-seminaristas.webp 800w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-junto-a-otros-amigos-seminaristas-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-junto-a-otros-amigos-seminaristas-150x113.webp 150w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-junto-a-otros-amigos-seminaristas-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-junto-a-otros-amigos-seminaristas-16x12.webp 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jedan <em>selfie <\/em>s grupom kolega.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abVe\u0107ina ljudi smatra da im je kolonijalizam ukrao identitet i stoga krive Katoli\u010dku crkvu i druge kr\u0161\u0107anske denominacije. To je dovelo do sna\u017ene prisutnosti identitetske i kulturne politike koja namjerno isklju\u010duje Boga i Crkvu\u00bb, ka\u017ee tu\u017eno, iako ne gube\u0107i nadu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Izme\u0111u misticizma i krize<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tome se dodaje utjecaj zapadnog misticizma, pomije\u0161an s drevnim afri\u010dkim religijama, te duboka ekonomska kriza uzrokovana, dijelom, politi\u010dkom korupcijom. Sve to mnoge prisiljava da rade \u010dak i nedjeljom, ostavljaju\u0107i iza sebe dru\u0161tveni \u017eivot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abJedna dobra lekcija koju bismo mogli nau\u010diti od Europe je po\u0161tovanje prema povijesnim vjerskim mjestima... Na\u0161e stare crkve propadaju. Na\u017ealost, ako ljudi vi\u0161e ne idu u crkvu, hramovi \u0107e pasti u zaborav... malo po malo\u00bb, jadikuje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stabiso-hermana-e1751537848986.webp\" alt=\"vocaci\u00f3n sacerdote Sthabiso Sud\u00e1frica seminarista\" class=\"wp-image-217214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stabiso-hermana-e1751537848986.webp 724w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stabiso-hermana-e1751537848986-257x300.webp 257w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stabiso-hermana-e1751537848986-129x150.webp 129w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/stabiso-hermana-e1751537848986-10x12.webp 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sthabiso, odjeven u sutanu, pozira smije\u0161e\u0107i se sa svojom sestrom. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vjera, skromnost i autenti\u010dnost: budu\u0107nost u rukama mladih<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me\u0111utim, postoji iskra nade koja jarko gori: mladi. \u00abNaj\u017eivlji dio Crkve u Ju\u017enoj Africi su, bez sumnje, mladi\u00bb, s uvjerenjem izjavljuje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daleko od toga da ih odnesu ideologije svijeta, mnogi mladi ljudi tra\u017ee duboke razloge za vjerovanje, \u017eivot i nadu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab&quot;Upravo zbog krize identiteta mladi ljudi dubinski istra\u017euju. I premda mnogi jedva spajaju kraj s krajem, ipak imaju nadu da \u0107e im Bog dati rje\u0161enje.&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ve\u0107ina katoli\u010dkih vjernika u njegovoj zemlji, posebno mladi, \u017eive skromno, kako u javnom nastupu tako i u liturgijskim obi\u010dajima. Za ovog mladog ju\u017enoafri\u010dkog bogoslova, <a href=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/legado-testamento-solidario-ayuda-iglesia\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/legado-testamento-solidario-ayuda-iglesia\/\">budu\u0107nost Crkve<\/a> Uklju\u010duje autenti\u010dnost: jednostavnost, istinu i vjernost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Danas, na jeziku koji jo\u0161 uvijek u\u010di i u kulturi vrlo razli\u010ditoj od njegove, Sthabiso tihim, ali \u010dvrstim koracima kora\u010da prema svom zare\u0111enju. U \u0160panjolskoj je tek godinu dana i uskoro \u0107e zapo\u010deti drugu godinu preddiplomskog studija teologije.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-labor-pastoral-e1751538065424.webp\" alt=\"Svocaci\u00f3n sacerdote Sthabiso Sud\u00e1frica seminarista\" class=\"wp-image-217213\" style=\"width:816px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-labor-pastoral-e1751538065424.webp 733w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-labor-pastoral-e1751538065424-300x289.webp 300w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-labor-pastoral-e1751538065424-150x145.webp 150w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sthabiso-labor-pastoral-e1751538065424-12x12.webp 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sthabiso sudjeluje u pastoralnom radu Crkve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">San o povratku i ozdravljenju Kristovom ljubavlju<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Njegova \u010de\u017enja je vratiti se jednog dana, kao sve\u0107enik, u ranjeno srce svoje domovine. Zato svaki sat, svaka molitva, svaki trud ima jasnog primatelja: mu\u0161karce i \u017eene njegovog voljenog Eshowea, \u017eedne autenti\u010dne vjere. \u00abZahvaljujem Bogu na svom pozivu i svim srcem \u017eelim odgovoriti na ovaj poziv svom svojom ljubavlju.\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jer, na kraju, srce pastira mjeri se ranjenom ovcom koju se nada prona\u0107i i prigrliti samom Kristovom ljubavlju.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marta Sant\u00edn,<\/strong>&nbsp;novinar specijaliziran za religiju.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sthabiso Zibani je 25-godi\u0161nji bogoslov iz biskupije Eshowe u Ju\u017enoj Africi, \u010dija je \u017eivotna pri\u010da pri\u010da o hrabrosti, vjeri i nesebi\u010dnoj ljubavi. Njegov sve\u0107eni\u010dki poziv je poziv odricanja od svega iz ljubavi.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":217207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[120,121,280,158],"class_list":["post-217192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historias","tag-sacerdote","tag-seminarista","tag-sudafrica","tag-vocacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}