Kwase kudlule iminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha nane kusukela ekuphelelweni kokunqotshwa kweNew Spain, futhi kwase kukhona izelamani ezine ezinkulu; nokho amakhulukhulu eminyaka kanye nesiko lenkolo lafuna ukuthi kuzalwe ezinye izigodlo.
Kwase kudlule iminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha nane kusukela ekuphelelweni kokunqotshwa kweNew Spain, futhi kwase kukhona izelamani ezine ezinkulu; nokho amakhulukhulu eminyaka kanye nesiko lenkolo lafuna ukuthi kuzalwe ezinye izigodlo.
Yize abakwaJerónimas be-oda leSan Agustín befike eMexico kusukela ngo-1533, babengenayo indawo eMexico. Kwakungumndeni kaDoña Isabel de Barrios: umyeni wakhe wesibili, u-Diego de Guzmán nezingane zomyeni wakhe wokuqala uJuan, Isabel, Juana, Antonia noMarina Guevara de Barrios, owathatha isifiso somndeni sokuthola isigodlo se i-oda likaSan Jerónimo umnikazi walo okungaba nguSanta Paula.
UJuan no-Isabel, bobabili laba bazalwane, bathenga indlu yomthengisi u-Alonso Ortiz ngamarandi ayi-11 500 egolide elijwayelekile lama-reales ayi-8. Lesi sakamuva kwakungu-orchestrator wakho konke lokhu okulandelayo: ukuthola imvume, ukwakhiwa kwezakhiwo nokwenziwa kwendlu ibe yisigodlo, njengokuthengwa kwefenisha, izithombe nesiliva lezinkonzo zenkolo, ukudla konyaka kanye nezigqila nezincekukazi zenkonzo.
UDoña Isabel de Guevara, umphathi kanye nomsunguli, uthole nezinsizakalo zamahhala njengodokotela nomuntu ogunda izinwele unyaka owodwa, opothecary iminyaka emithathu kanye nomsebenzi womfundisi ovela kumbongi uHernán González de Eslava, okwenze lokho ngenxa yokuphana kwenhliziyo.
Ukuphathwa kwesibili kwakuzosungulwa eminyakeni eyishumi yesibili yekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa lapho uLuis Maldonado enika izindela izinkulungwane ezingama-30 zama-pesos ukuzakhela isonto elisha elizibambela yena. Ithempeli lamaJerónimas lavulwa kwaze kwaba ngu-1626 futhi lanikezelwa eSan Jerónimo naseSanta Paula, kwatholwa igama leyokuqala hhayi lelo le-Our Lady of Expectation, okuyilona abasunguli balo ababecabanga ngalo.
UKUPHILA OKUVAMILE
Ukungena kulesi sigodlo kwakufanele kugunyazwe uMbhishobhi Omkhulu noma ummeleli wakhe futhi njengoba kwakungeyona i-oda eliphikisayo, ama-novice kwakunguSpanish noma isiCreole futhi kwakudingeka akhokhe ilobolo lama-peso angu-3 000. Ngokuvuma, le ntokazi yathembisa, impilo yayo yonke, ukugcina izifungo zobubha, ubumsulwa, ukuthobela nokuvalwa.
Ngokwemithetho, babephoqelekile ukwenza umsebenzi ojwayelekile, okungukuthi, ukwenza umsebenzi wansuku zonke egumbini elikhethekile, igumbi labasebenzi, nomphakathi wonke.
Izindela zazingaba nombhede, omatilasi, umcamelo "owenziwe ngendwangu noma i-hemp", kodwa hhayi amashidi. Ngemvume ye-prioress bangaba nenqwaba yezitsha ezikhethekile: izincwadi, izithombe, njll.
Lapho indela lephula lo mthetho, uma icala belilincane, lo prioress wayeyalela isijeziso esilula, njengokusho imithandazo ethile, avume iphutha lakhe phambi komphakathi obuthene, njll. kepha uma icala lalilikhulu, lalijeziswa ngejele, lokhu nakho konke "ukuboshwa kwamatilongo" ukuze "noma ngubani ongafezi lokho abakukweleta ngothando, aphoqeleke ukukwenza ngokwesaba.
Kulesi sigodlo bekukhona abalungisi ababili, umphathi wezwe - lowo onikeza izindela lokho abakudingayo ukuze bazondle nsuku zonke-; abahlanu abachaza abesifazane, abaxazulula izindaba ezingabazisayo; i-hebdomaria eyaqondisa imithandazo nezingoma kanye ne-accountant ephethe ibhizinisi lesikhashana. Kwakukhona nomphathi ohleliwe owayehlela izindaba zamanazaretha ngaphandle kwendela yezindela kanye nodade ababili ababegcina imali ababephethe ukugcina imali esikhwameni esikhethekile, okwakufanele balandise izindleko minyaka yonke komkhulu. Kwakukhona nezikhundla ezincane: i-archivist, i-librarian, i-Turner, i-sacristana kanye ne-porter, isibonelo.
Ophakeme, njengoba isigodlo sasingaphansi kombuso ka-Augustinian, wakhethwa ngevoti labaningi futhi wahlala iminyaka emithathu esikhundleni sakhe, kunguyena owayenomthwalo omkhulu kunabo bonke esigodlweni. Ngokwesikhundla sakhe, walandelwa yivicar naye owakhethwa ngobuningi.
Mayelana nemisebenzi esehhotela, ngokomthetho, odade babephoqelekile ukuthi bathandaze iHhovisi LikaNkulunkulu, baye emiseni futhi bahlale emphakathini osegumbini labasebenzi. Yize imithandazo ithatha usuku lonke, isikhathi sabo samahhala besinikezelwa emisebenzini yasekhaya - imbalwa, ngoba bebenezincekukazi lapho besebenza khona - nakulowo nalowo msebenzi abewuthanda, ngokwesibonelo, ukupheka, ikakhulukazi kuhlobo lwayo lwesitolo sikaswidi. ukuthola udumo lwangempela lomhlangano wamaswidi abawenzile. Omunye umsebenzi obalulekile kwakungukufundisa amantombazane. Kuxhunywe eSigodlweni SaseSan Jerónimo, kodwa kwakhiwa ngaphandle kwaso, kwakukhona iKolishi Lamantombazane elidumile, lapho amantombazane amaningi amancane afundiswa khona ngesayensi yomuntu neyaphezulu. Bangeniswa beseneminyaka eyisikhombisa futhi bahlala njengabafundela umsebenzi baze baqeda imfundo yabo, nokuyilapho babuyela khona emakhaya. Lokhu-ke, uma bengafuni ukwamukela inkolo.
