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. 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. The visionaries of Kibeho are no exception from the rule. - Developed by jofarsystems.com. 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. The two commissions continued their task as usual and were reinforced with some new members. Our Lady of Kibeho review startling story of a heavenly 'visitation', Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. When the war ended, she returned to Kibeho where she still lives today. They next traveled to Isesengurwaa place of purification where the light was dimthe inhabitants of which were at peace but also suffering. 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. What's happened to the three Rwandan girls Our Lady alleged appeared to in the 1980s? \roctobre 1981, aprs ses tudes primaires Alphonsine est admise au collge de Kibehon, tenue par la Congrgation des Surs\rBenebikira.\rLa Vierge demandait tous de se convertir, avoir la foi, et\rprier sans hypocrisie.\r\r28 novembre 1981, les apparitions de la Mre du Verbe commence lge de 16 ans, Mgr Jean Baptiste Gahamanyi, est l'vque du diocse de Butare dont Kibeho faisait partie jusquen 1992,\rALPHONSINE MUMUREKE termina ses tudes secondaires lEcole\rdes Lettres de Kibeho en juillet 1989 avec un diplme du niveau A2 en secrtariat du Groupe Scolaire Mre du Verbe de Kibeho .\r Alphonsine fut embauche par le diocse comme secrtaire dactylographe au Service diocsain de lEnseignement Catholique Gikongoro. between November 28th, 1981 and November 28th, 1982. 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. Within one hour of the presidents death, a bloody massacre unfolded which was to prove the accuracy of the prophetic visions. What Alphonsine did not tell them was that she was receiving messages for government officials, even the Hutu president. 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. He prayed that it would be a holy place of prayer, conversion, and reparation for the world. 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. Her religious name is Alphonsine of the Glorious Cross. Finally, on June 29, 2001 after careful studies by a commission of inquiry made up of scientists and theologians from other countries, the Church officially recognized the apparitions to the three schoolgirls of Kibeho. In 1981, when Alphonsine was admitted, the school was called "College de Kibeho"; later in early 1984 it was named "Ecole des lettres de Kibeho" (Humanistic School of Kibeho). In spite of this, she maintained that Alphonsine and Anathalie were the source of the trouble. Here is how she relates the first Apparition: He looked after her until his death in December 1998. At the time of the apparitions she attended Grade 4 of the elementary level at Kibeho College. Alone in their community, Alphonsine, Anathalie and Marie Claire understood the lessons that scripture offered against the growing hatred of their times. She asked Alphonsine to tell people that they needed to convert. Who are you? Alphonsine asked. Alphonsine Mumureke (Nneka Okafor) is in a trance as she believes she is seeing the Virgin Mary in Katori Hall's OUR LADY OF KIBEHO (photo 2014 by Joan Marcus) The Pershing Square Signature Center The Irene Diamond Stage 480 West 42nd St. between Tenth & Eleventh Aves. The unmistakable spiritual renewal was also manifested in a deepening of Marian devotion, numerous conversions and an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life. 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. Some of those children who survived have helped Katori in researching her play. 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. While the morale of the government deteriorated, the RPF concentrated its fight on Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. He looked after her until his death in December 1998. They resided in Gatsata compound in Kigali, at the road to Byumba. The exact date and circumstances of their death are not (yet) elicited. OUR LADY OF KIBEHO IN RWANDA THE BVM APPEARED TO THREE GIRLS, ALPHONSINE , NATHALIE AND MARY CLAIRE, WHO WERE ENROLLED IN KIBEHO HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1981 THROUGH 1989. During his visit to Rwanda in 1990, Pope John Paul II begged his listeners to heed the Virgins pleas and pray fervently for peace among political and ethnic factions: On this feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, which marks the dawn of salvation to the world, I ask the Mother of all of us to watch over her children in Rwanda and particularly you, the leaders of the country, to place your talents at the service of all your compatriots.11, Our Lady had pleaded, but the Rwandans did not listen. Moreover, chances are that some people tried to talk to these visionaries and maliciously make them their instruments. Research was carried out in her family and her native region and there are specific reports and testimonies on this subject. Since 1998 it goes by "Groupe Scolaire Mere du Verbe" (School of the Mother of the Word). They conquered the government forces on July 4, 1994, a date now commemorated as a public holiday. Ever since, she has been continuing her generous work for the Marian shrine and committing herself to praying with the pilgrims. On August 22nd, 1987, Marie Claire celebrated her church wedding to Elie Ntabadahiga, a member of Mushubi parish. 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. Alphonsine Mumureke is said to have taken, on March 20, 1982, a "mystical journey" of several hours with the Virgin in another "world" throughout "places" that she describes in symbolic language that makes one think of realities such as Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, but with a vocabulary very different from the one of the Catechism. Pray my Seven Sorrows rosary to find repentance, she said, charging Marie-Claire with the distinctive mission of propagating this chaplet.9. As work continues on the Shrine, so may Our Lady work in the hearts of all her children so that she may bring them to her Son, Jesus: Holy Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows, teach us to understand the value of the cross in our lives, so that whatever is still lacking to the sufferings of Christ we may fill up in our own bodies for His mystical Body, which is the Church. She had to leave Kibeho at the time of the genocide and, after a time in the Democratic Republic of Congo, she went to Nairobi, Kenya. As soon as she disappeared, Alphonsine collapsed on the floor and lay motionless for ten minutes. She was baptized when she was 12 years old, on July 27 1977. SUPPORT LA CROIX INTERNATIONALS COMMUNITY OF READERS. It is the most famine-prone region of one of the worlds poorest countries, but so beautiful that locals say: God comes on holiday here.. Yes, the Virgin Mary appeared at Kibeho on November 28th, 1981 and in the months that followed. Mary identified herself to Alphonsine as "the Mother of the Word.". A year later, in April 1995, tens of thousands of Hutu refugees were massacred in Kibeho by the troops of the new regime. Alphonsine Mumureke, happy to see the Mother of the Saviour Alphonsine Mumreke, the first seer of Kibeho, is 17 years old, and is in her first year at the secondary school of Kibeho. The exact date and circumstances of their death are not (yet) elicited. Marie-Claire was completely changed. The first time that the Virgin Mary appeared to Nathalie was on January 12th, 1982, the last time on December 3rd, 1983. In April 1982, two commissions were authorized to investigate the events. One of the schoolteachers, Sr. Blandine, pushed her way through the unbelieving crowd and brought Alphonsine to the school director and to the nurse. She was baptised on July 27th, 1977 at the age of 12 years. She then heard a gentle voice sweetly inviting her not to be afraid. Heaven had directed her to tell the officials to pray, to forgive, and to stop persecuting the Tutsis and sending them into exile. She was killed in the 1994 genocide along with her husband. 2023- Bayard - All rights reserved - @international.la-croix.com is a site of La Croix Network. 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. Many a time, the visionary was confronted with all kinds of questions, some of which were very personal or even offending. The Rwandan Government estimated the death toll to be 338. May it be a call for the Church of Rwanda, and beyond, to turn with confidence to Our Lady of Sorrows. Most historical accounts of the genocide focus on either society or the state, the former exploring the longstanding racism in Rwandan society and the latter documenting the complex power struggles in government and the ways in which propaganda radiated from the capital to the provinces and inspired the violence. Mumureke, now a nun in Italy, told Immaculee: "Remember the first message of Our Lady. Convert while there is still time, the Virgin Mary said to the world through Marie Claire. She recounted to her eager listeners her experience of a dark place of despair and another place full of laughter and joyous voices ringing praises to God. In turbulent times when the voices of young people are so often ignored, Katori and I hope that the UK premiere of this extraordinary play will spark a conversation on ways to heal our own political, racial and religious divides. Then a few months later -- January 12, 1982 -- there were rumors that the Virgin Mary had appeared to another Kibeho student named Nathalie Mukamazimpaka. Fortunately, the Benebikira Sisters had just come back to Kibeho and reopened their convent, the school and the health centre. Katoris background as a journalist and an actor bring a rare sensibility to her plays, which combine a reporters eye for a good story and historical detail together with an understanding of how to craft characters that only an actor can experience. Sixteen-year-old Alphonsine Mumureke was privileged to attend Kibeho High school, an opportunity many poor Rwandan girls did not have. The scholastic body was increasingly upset over all the commotion, but they could not prevent the news from spreading to the nearby villages. Divine Providence had special designs for the three seers: In June 2003, Alphonsine entered the monastery of the Poor Clares in Abidjan. Today, Kibeho is best known as a place of apparitions and pilgrimages. In early July 1994, Nathalie was forced to leave Kibeho at the request of the Bishop, in order to get into greater safety. I am the mother of the word, replied the woman, whom Alphonsine immediately recognised as the Virgin Mary. Of course we now know that, a decade after the Trinitys terrible visions, Rwanda was riven by a terrible genocide. One Saturday, November 28, 1981 seventeen year old Alphonsine Mumureke was taking her turn as server in the school lunch room. Rwanda and Burundi were once part of the German East Africa, from 1894 to 1918. 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 sent to the nurse, who in turn sent her to her room to rest. On August 22nd, 1987, Marie Claire celebrated her church wedding to Elie Ntabadahiga, a member of Mushubi parish. While there her life took a decisive turn. 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. Though Rwanda is situated only a few degrees south of the equator, the climate is fairly temperate (temperatures averaging 70 F / 21 Celsius) because of its location in a mountainous region with an average altitude of 5,000 to 6,000 feet (1,500 to 1,800 meters) above sea level. She met Father Raymond Halter (1925-1998), a French Marianist priest and promoter of a great Marian devotion at the national Marian shrine of Cte d'Ivoire. 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. She went so far as to inform the local bishop, who told her that he was already aware of the events. On a summer morning in 2003, many of those who had participated in the genocidal killings walked out of prison into the sunshine, singing hymns, their freedom granted by the president. 7 . She was shown a river of blood, of decapitated heads, of corpses piled high upon each other, of untold destruction, torture, and hatred. Unfortunately, they did not have a child, despite their strong desire to start a family. Marie Clarie's first apparition took place on March 2nd, 1982, her last on September 15th, 1982, after a period of 6 months and 15 days. Back in London, I staged the world premiere of her play The Mountaintop, about the life and death of Martin Luther King, which went on to become the surprise winner of the best play award at the 2010 Oliviers and is now one of the most produced new plays in the US. When she awoke from the nightmare, she found two friends supporting her, questioning her and advising her to return to the dormitory. Two words hover over the nations collective psychology: never again. On the contrary, the successive local ordinaries were in favour of her. Various reasons justify the choice by Our Lady of these three visionaries already approved as visionaries. More study was yet required before official approval, but pilgrims were now permitted to visit and pray at the apparition site. But one of the students, Alphonsine Mumureke, had a vision on November 28. 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. She told the girl that she wanted to be loved by people everywhere so that she could bring lost souls to her Son Jesus. by Sr. M. Faustina Olson, F.H.I. There, a great number of unarmed civilians was slaughtered. What makes Katoris play so moving is that it takes place at a time before the genocide, when there is still space for optimism in the lives of the schoolchildren it depicts. However, as Divine Providence would arrange it, a space had unexpectedly opened up in a government-run all-girl school staffed by religious sisters. A partir de lanne 1995 un bienfaiteur laida trouver une bourse dtudes lEcole Suprieure de Commerce Castaing, avec inscription la section de Secrtariat Bureautique. The world is in rebellion against God. I am concerned with and turning to the whole world. Alphonsine fut embauche par le diocse comme secrtaire dactylographe au Service diocsain de lEnseignement Catholique Gikongoro. On August 15, 1988 the local Bishop approved public devotion to Our Lady of Kibeho. Then she slowly drifted upwards and disappeared into the clouds fading light. As Alphonsine recounted the graphic vision, horrified parents left the scene, fearing that further descriptive words from the seer would traumatize their children. At that time, Father Joseph Bezel, parish priest in France and a dear friend of Father Raymond Halter, helped Alphonsine to obtain a scholarship for the Business School of Castaing in Abidjan ,where she signed up for a three-year-programme of Business Secretary Education (from 1995/96 to 1997/98). She was taken to a land of lighta place of communionwhere she saw seven angels singing indescribably beautiful hymns in praise of God. Elie was studying at the university while working as a journalist at Orinfor (Rwandan Office of Information) but was appointed to the Primer Minister's Office Services just before the genocide of 1994. 3 . "Without the effort to love God, one becomes mediocre," pope tells new cardinals, Mongolians fear for their cultural heritage, Pope Francis, Cardinal Becciu and the importance of transparency, Charities in the United States brave pandemic to provide Thanksgiving meals to poor. It was from there that she was urgently transferred to Nairobi for medical care. 341 Butare / RwandaCentral AfricaThis email address is being protected from spambots. As a Latin adage says: Gratia non tollit naturam, sed perficit eam. ("Grace doesn't do away with nature, but perfects it."). 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. Alphonsine was struck by the deeply sorrowful countenance of Our Lady. 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. The visionaries said to have seen her sometimes with joined hands, sometimes with outstretched arms. The executions spread like wildfire throughout the country. Right in front of everyone she suddenly went into ecstasy as she beheld the Blessed Virgin who introduced herself as the Mother of the Word. Rwanda became one of the African countries with the highest percentage of Catholics. Then she heard a voice calling her. Amen. The Service Centre was led by a priest. Feminine Name French. For Katori, Kibeho College symbolised the defining role the Catholic church has played in Rwandas education system and political life over the last century, including shaping its ideological divisions. Perhaps the most significant vision occurred on August 15, 1982, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The completed chapel was dedicated on May 31, 2003; and on November 28, 2003, the statue of Our Lady of Kibeho was blessed. When he died Father Basile Gbangbo, a priest of the Archdiocese of Abidjan, took over as spiritual guide. Like many imperialists, when the Germans arrived in the late 1800s, they began to foment unrest through prejudice in order to tighten their own control. 2 . 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. Support La Croix International's unique blend of international Catholic journalism by making it available to people in Asia and Africa who can't afford a subscription and often don't have credit cards to pay for it either. 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