The visions lasted for hours. Even if the three visionaries mentioned above are the only ones officially approved by the Catholic Church, they were not the only ones who claimed to have been favoured by apparitions at Kibeho. The story of Our Lady of Kibeho began when the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in Kibeho, Rwanda, during the 1980s, and identified herself as Nyina wa Jambo (Kinyarwanda for Mother of the Word) to three high school girls: Alphonsine Mumureke, Anathalie Mukamazimpaka and Marie-Claire Mukangango. During one of Marie-Claires visions, Our Lady told her that she had come to Rwanda because she was still able to find humble souls who were not attached to wealth. Sixteen-year-old Alphonsine Mumureke was privileged to attend Kibeho High school, an opportunity many poor Rwandan girls did not have. It is often she herself who welcomes individual pilgrims and assists them in anything they need or refers them to the chaplain if necessary. They conquered the government forces on July 4, 1994, a date now commemorated as a public holiday. In 1960, the Hutus won municipal elections, causing thousands more Tutsis to flee. This is also valid for Alphonsine who continued to attract many people up to the end of her apparitions. Alphonsine kept her job when the Diocese of Gikongoro was founded in 1992 up to the point in 1994 when she was forced to flee in order to survive the terrible genocide in Rwanda, first to the presbytery of the parish of Gikongoro and then to Bukavu in former Zaire, now D.R. The seers all wept and begged the people to listen to Our Ladys plea: they had to love and forgive one another, turn in prayer to God, who is more powerful than all evil. The longest series of visions were attributed to Alphonsine Mumureke who received the first vision on November 28, 1981 and the last on November 28, 1989. Thousands of people were slaughtered in their churches, their decapitated bodies dumped into rivers. She was baptised on February 2nd, 1968 at the age of 4. She witnessed acts of murder and genocide against innocent people. She and her husband were among the thousands of victims of the Rwandan conflict. Before she led Alphonsine to the other world, she warned her that she would appear to be dead and that others would want to bury her. In the end, they could not prove the visionary and her position wrong. I invite the parents or guardians as well as the friends of the visionaries of Kibeho still alive to moderately treat the visionaries, avoiding exaltation only for them having been favoured by the approved apparitions. The Bishop of Gikongoro wrote a letter of recommendation to Cardinal Agr and, following the advice of Father Basile, Alphonsine left the Business School to join the Catechetical School, affiliated to the Catholic University of West African in Abidjan. Colleagues, neighbours, friends and even family members slaughtered one another. Today, Rwandans continue to confront on a daily basis the pain of memory, the power of reconciliation, the challenges of redemption and forgiveness and the ineradicability of loss. Augustine Misago, Bishop of Gikongoro declared the final judgement on the event of the apparitions of Kibeho on June 29th, 2001, in agreement with the members of the two commissions and with the Magisterium of the Universal Church in Rome as well as with the Episcopal Conference of Rwanda. Perhaps the most significant vision occurred on August 15, 1982, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This encouraged Nathalie to return home after two years of absence. Amen. In the case of the three visionaries named above, who are at the origin of the fame of Kibeho, nothing that they said or did during the apparitions is contrary to Christian faith and morals. Then she heard a voice calling her. Given the large number of the supposed visionaries, who had never had apparitions in a group and thus had to be investigated one by one, the commissions had to create methods of more efficiency in order to get on with their work. With the help of an Ivorian-Congolese (D.R. In 2001, after a 20-year investigation by the Vatican and seven years after the genocide the pope certified the apparitions as authentic. / My heart is full of sadness, / My child, show me the love, / You love me, / Come closer to my heart.10 The Heavenly Mother had come to ask for repentance, fasting, penance, prayer; and her children were not responding. What is more important is that Alphonsine, Nathalie and Marie Claire corresponded satisfactorily to all the criteria established by the Church in the matter of private apparitions and revelations. She was baptised on July 27th, 1977 at the age of 12 years. However, the superiors of this congregation hesitated to accept her since the question of the authenticity of the apparitions had not yet been clarified by the church authorities. Thus, almost all the land is cultivated, with the average property per household being less than two-and-a-half acres. Aprs y avoir obtenu un baccalaurat en thologie, en juin 2003, elle est entre dans un monastre des Clarisses dAbidjan. As they began their attack, Alphonsine suddenly fell to the ground and stared at the ceiling in the same way she had done on the previous day. Alphonsine Mumureke was born on March 21st, 1965 in Cyizihira, in the parish of Zaza, Diocese of Kibungo as the daughter of Thadde Gakwaya and Mary Immaculate Mukarasana. Script error: No such module "AfC topic". What is more important is that Alphonsine, Nathalie and Marie Claire corresponded satisfactorily to all the criteria established by the Church in the matter of private apparitions and revelations. Alphonsine Mumureke was born on March 21st, 1965, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kibungo, Rwanda. TheHunters: the small UN unit that tracked down Rwandas worst killers, 'Finding them is not rocket science': the hunt for the Rwandan genocide fugitives, Twenty-year search for Rwanda genocide suspect ends in Zimbabwe grave, Daughter of Hotel Rwanda dissident criticises Belgium's response to arrest, surprise winner of the best play award at the 2010 Oliviers. Nathalie's father, Laurent Ngango is still alive and stays about 10 km from Kibeho. First two years of apparitions at Kibeho . Our Lady first appeared to Alphonsine Mumureke, a student at Kibeho High School, on Nov. 28, 1981. The longest series of visions were attributed to Alphonsine Mumureke, who had received the initial vision shortly after her admittance into Kibeho High School in October 1981 after her primary education, and the last on November 28, 1989. Feminine Name French. The situation became more and more confusing and it was therefore difficult for the church authorities to find the truth. So much blood! The horror continued to unfold before her tear-filled eyes as she saw a million headless bodies piled up in a vast land, and not a single living person to help bury the dead. On November 28, 1981, an event happened that would forever change the life of Alphonsine and affect the lives of millions. Twelve years later, a bloody war broke out in Rwanda, pitting two ethnic groups against each other: the Hutu majority vs. the Tutsi minority. The most active period of these apparitions ended with the year 1983. There, they were caught off guard by the genocide of 1994. T he 16-year-old schoolgirl Alphonsine Mumureke said she was in the cafeteria of the Catholic boarding school Kibeho College, Rwanda, when she heard a voice "soft as air and sweeter than. The authentic conversions of the seers proved that the Good Mother had come to reinforce the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Fortunately, the Benebikira Sisters had just come back to Kibeho and reopened their convent, the school and the health centre. You should enable them to normally operate within their surroundings and go about their usual activities. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; Unfortunately, they did not have a child, despite their strong desire to start a family. As long as he/she is still living on this earth, he/she also remains a sinner, called to, do penance and to grow in his / her life of faith and personal sanctification. Then she saw a light in the distance. The mentioned commissions produced numerous reports which were submitted to the Bishop of the Diocese of Butare to which Kibeho still belonged at that time. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. At the time of the civil war and genocide of 1994, she remained at Kibeho, at the scene of two terrible massacres. There are more reasons to believe in the apparitions than to deny them. These two visions of Alphonsine were but the beginning of many more. The scholastic body was increasingly upset over all the commotion, but they could not prevent the news from spreading to the nearby villages. Alphonsine was struck by the deeply sorrowful countenance of Our Lady. It is 36 km from the Bishop of Gikongoros residence and 30 km from the Bishop of Butares residence. She successfully completed her secondary school education in July 1983 at Kibeho College with a diploma (level A3) which qualified her for primary school teaching. But one of the students, Alphonsine Mumureke, had a vision on November 28. But only the visions of the first three -- 17-year-old Alphonsine, 20-year-old Nathalie, and 21-year-old Marie Claire -- have received Bishop Misago's solemn approval. A partir de lanne 1995 un bienfaiteur laida trouver une bourse dtudes lEcole Suprieure de Commerce Castaing, avec inscription la section de Secrtariat Bureautique. She was baptised on August 12th, 1966 at the age of 5. Their message is in conformity with the Sacred Scripture and the living Tradition of the Church. The Hutus, as part of the lower class, were the object of discrimination, eventually leading them to rebel against the Belgian colonial power in 1959, forcing 150,000 Tutsis to flee to Burundi. The two commissions completed their investigation twenty years after their creation. Thirty astounded students had witnessed Marie-Clare in ecstasy. At the time of the apparitions she attended Grade 4 of the elementary level at Kibeho College. 2Our Lady of Kibeho, Immaculee Ilibagiza with Steve Erwin, 2009, 4th ed, Hay House, Inc., p. 35. But Mukamazimpaka, on what she says was an order from the Virgin Mary, has stayed in Kibeho, except for two years during the genocide when she was ordered to leave by the bishop. After these three apparitions, there were several more alleged appearances. For several months, she was hosted at the monastery of the Trappistines of the Abbey of Our Lady of Clarity located not far from Bukavu city. Militias set up roadblocks to slaughter the Tutsis, many with machetes. She then saw a beautiful woman, who said, "I am the Mother of the Word.". Nathalie Mukamazimpaka was born as the daughter of Laurent Ngango and Gaudence Mukabaziga in 1964 in Munini in the current district of Nyaruguru, in the parish of Muganza, Diocese of Gikongoro. Father Gbangbo seems to have played a major role in Alphonsines life as a spiritual advisor, also having influence on the Archbishop of Abidjan, Cardinal Bernard Agr, with whom Alphonsine was able to get into contact. Dans la suite, elle partit avec des connaissances vers le Zare (aujourdhui RD Congo). My advice therefore is: Guarantee these visionaries peace and encourage them to lead a fairly disciplined life.. As she was filling water glasses, the same apprehension mixed with bliss arose. She went into the hall where she was being drawn; her skin tingled, and her hand trembled.2 A soft, sweet voice called out: My daughter. Again the voice was heard: My daughter., Then, to Alphonsines amazement, the most lovely woman she had ever beheld emerged from the cloud, floating between the floor and ceiling in a pool of shimmering light. 3 . Yes, the Virgin Mary appeared at Kibeho on November 28th, 1981 and in the months that followed. In the 23-page document, the Bishops reasons were thoughtfully and systematically penned. The two commissions worked according to the "Norms for Judging Alleged Apparitions and Revelations", published by the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith on February 24th, 1978 in Rome. Various reasons justify the choice by Our Lady of these three visionaries already approved as visionaries. What is the target audience for the Independent newspaper. Rwanda, known as the land of a thousand hills, is a small country about the size of the state of Maryland, located in Central Africa, situated between Tanzania on the east, Burundi on the south, Uganda on the north and Democratic Republic of Congo on the west. In 1982, Our Lady conducted Alphonsine and Anathalie on separate journeys to heaven, hell and purgatory. They have noted that the power of Our Lady of Kibeho lies in its ability to stay true to the perspectives of Alphonsine, Anathalie and Marie Claire. She justifies this by referring to personal messages from the Blessed Virgin, whom she calls "Umubyeyi", mother. The river carried the massacred bodies into Lake Victoria, creating a serious health hazard in Uganda.12 The New York Times claimed that as many as 100 bodies per hour were being washed ashore in Uganda or onto the Islands in Lake Victoria. All Rights Reserved. In this context, Mons. Only the three initial testimonies merit being considered authentic; they were given by Alphonsine Mumureke, Nathalie Mukamazimpaka, and by Marie Claire Mukangango. However, the 1919 Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to surrender control of the region to Belgium. At the start of the 1981-82 academic year it received several dozen boarding students from all over the East African country, as it had in previous years. She saw a beautiful woman neither white nor black floating above the floor in a flowing seamless dress, with a veil that covered her hair. As long as he/she is still living on this earth, he/she also remains a sinner, called to, do penance and to grow in his / her life of faith and personal sanctification. 3 . However, as Divine Providence would arrange it, a space had unexpectedly opened up in a government-run all-girl school staffed by religious sisters. The mentioned commissions produced numerous reports which were submitted to the Bishop of the Diocese of Butare to which Kibeho still belonged at that time. The 16-year-old schoolgirl Alphonsine Mumureke said she was in the cafeteria of the Catholic boarding school Kibeho College, Rwanda, when she heard a voice soft as air and sweeter than music. The extraordinary story of these three schoolgirls inspired my friend, the American playwright Katori Hall, to write Our Lady of Kibeho. At the end of her studies at Kibeho, Alphonsine was immediately employed by the Diocese of Butare as a secretary and stenotypist at the Diocesan Service Centre for Catholic Education, at that time part of the prefecture of Gikongoro. 2 . Marie-Claire, the leading antagonist, glared at her in total disgust and disbelief. However, when Anathalie told them she spoke with Our Lady, they believed her. Our Lady floated toward her without touching the ground. When Alphonsine's story was mocked by other students, she asked Mary to appear to others, so that they might believe. She married in 1987 and obtained a teaching position. The apparitions began in November 1981 when six young girls and one boy claimed to see the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus. Marie Claire Mukangango had visions for six months, lasting from 2 March 1982 until 15 September 1982. It would be imprudent to somehow "canonize"the visionaries of Kibeho while still alive. It was not long before most of the girls believed in the apparitions, but the school authorities wondered if the devil was the instigator of all these mysterious events. Yes, the Virgin Mary appeared at Kibeho on November 28th, 1981 and in the months that followed. After she graduated Kibeho College, she worked as a secretary for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Butare from 1992 to 1994. She was baptised on August 12th, 1966 at the age of 5. In contrast, the evolution of the alleged subsequent visionaries, especially after the apparitions were over, reflects disquieting personal situations, which have reinforced the existing reservations in regard to them and discouraged ecclesiastical authorities from proposing them to the faithful as points of reference. The director asked her to apologize to the whole school for her lies, but Alphonse couldnt deny that she had seen the Mother of the Word. Then she issued a terrible warning: Rwanda was going to become a hell on Earth in a conflict that would see the picturesque rivers of Kibeho village run red with blood. var addy06979af1fb68ed1cff9c75452df96a61 = 'sanctuaire.kibeho' + '@'; When His Excellency was still an abbot, he was providentially selected as a spiritual guide in the early stages of the apparitions. Her mother, Immaculate Mukarasana, died some a few years after the genocide of 1994. \rDans la suite elle fut admise lInstitut Suprieur de catchse dAbidjan affili lUniversit Catholique dAfrique de lOuest. Kibeho College, founded in 1967 on the initiative of the parish priest of Kibeho, Father Grgoire Kamugisha, has often changed name in order to conform to the changing programs of the Ministry of National Education. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Her religious name is Alphonsine of the Glorious Cross. Alphonsine's are no longer alive. The call to expiatory sacrifice being one of the major lines of the message of Kibeho, Nathalie always tries her best to live this message. Looking down upon all this contention in a country of unparalleled beauty, rife with poverty and tension, heaven breathed forth a message of love and warning. She is one of three Vatican-approved seers of the Our Lady of Kibeho apparitions of the 1980s, which occurred in her late teen years. A bright, white, light-filled orb descended, and she heard a very sad womans voice that brought her to tears. She had just finished a geography test and was filled with inexplicable emotions: confusion, joy, dread and fear. I am concerned with and turning to the whole world. While the morale of the government deteriorated, the RPF concentrated its fight on Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. For reasons mentioned below, she was unable to complete her studies. Then, on March 1, 1982, Marie-Claire fainted while walking in the gardens. With the help of an Ivorian-Congolese (D.R. Improvements to the Shrine continue: electricity was added, a small campsite with facilities constructed, the sacristy furnished, and a pathway for processions established. Spanning eight years and three visionaries at Kibeho College in Rwanda, it all began on November 28 th, 1981, when Our Lady appeared to seventeen-year-old Alphonsine Mumureke while she was serving other children: "She could have chosen me when I was in a chapel praying the Rosary. If I am turning to the parish of Kibeho, it does not mean that I am concerned only for Kibeho, or for the Diocese of Butare, or for Rwanda, or for the whole of Africa. In April 1994, President Juvenal Habyarimana was killed when his plane was shot down. Theirs was a protest against the moral, social and political decay of their community a reminder that sometimes young people can sense tragedy ahead in a way that adults are incapable of. Various reasons justify the choice by Our Lady of these three visionaries already approved as visionaries. She was just a simple schoolgirl with no transportation. He prayed that it would be a holy place of prayer, conversion, and reparation for the world. Only the three initial testimonies merit being considered authentic; they were given by Alphonsine Mumureke, Nathalie Mukamazimpaka, and by Marie Claire Mukangango. In the end, they could not prove the visionary and her position wrong. No one goes to heaven without suffering, Our Lady told her, and as a child of Mary, you may never put down the cross you bear.7 Then, holding her rosary, the student knelt and received a blessing from the Virgin Mary before she departed. It was from there that she was urgently transferred to Nairobi for medical care. In early July 1994, Nathalie was forced to leave Kibeho at the request of the Bishop, in order to get into greater safety. - Developed by jofarsystems.com. The change was so instantaneous that some of the girls were confused and made the sign of the Cross. Approved visionaries Only the visions of the first three seers (Alphonsine Mumureke, Nathalie Mukamazimpaka, and Marie Clare Mukangango, aged 17, 20, and 21, respectively) received the solemn approval of Augustin Misago, Bishop of Gikongoro. Her mother, Immaculate Mukarasana, died some a few years after the genocide of 1994. The history of the Church is replete with examples of Our Ladys watchful and solicitous care for the welfare of her children. The others continued their verbal attack, laughing and waving their hands in front of her; but she was oblivious to her surroundings. Rwanda: The Dove's music united a nation torn by genocide. Alphonsine Mumureke was born on March 21st, 1965 in Cyizihira, in the parish of Zaza, Diocese of Kibungo as the daughter of Thadde Gakwaya and Mary Immaculate Mukarasana. This is also validfor Alphonsine who continued to attract many people up to the end of her apparitions. Father Gbangbo seems to have played a major role in Alphonsines life as a spiritual advisor, also having influence on the Archbishop of Abidjan, Cardinal Bernard Agr, with whom Alphonsine was able to get into contact. As a Latin adage says: Gratia non tollit naturam, sed perficit eam. ("Grace doesn't do away with nature, but perfects it."). Misago writes in his declaration of June 29th, 2001: A visionary, even when recognised as authentic by the church authorities, remains a human being like everyone else, with his/her personal temperament, qualities and shortcomings. After Marie Claire, the third visionary in the chronology of the apparitions of Kibeho, there were several other girls and one boy, all of them of different age and various levels of education. The Blessed Mother then asked her to join the Legion of Mary. 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