You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Everything said or done after that date at Kibeho did not bring anything new with respect to what was already known, from the point of view of the messages and of the signs of credibility. 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. She justifies this by referring to personal messages from the Blessed Virgin, whom she calls "Umubyeyi", mother. Yes, the Virgin Mary appeared at Kibeho on November 28th, 1981 and in the months that followed. What did Australia do in the Rwandan genocide? Ses parents sappelaient Thadde GAKWAYA et Marie Immacule MUKARUSANA.\r27 juillet 1977, Alphonsine est baptise lge de 12 ans. Marie-Claire was completely changed. When Alphonsine awoke, she was overwhelmed by the love she felt. She justifies this by referring to personal messages from the Blessed Virgin, whom she calls "Umubyeyi", mother. On the contrary, the successive local ordinaries were in favour of her. This choice, however, was a working hypothesis, not a presumption of authenticity for such a large number of visionaries. Six times more she began the song, but Our Lady interrupted her every time. Discrimination and struggles between these two classes persisted through the 1990s, as the Tutsis were being excluded from public service and military jobs. She was baptized when she was 12 years old, on July 27 1977. She was baptised on August 12th, 1966 at the age of 5. It is estimated that, in just three months, almost one million were killed as the extremist Hutus targeted the minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; On August 22nd, 1987, Marie Claire celebrated her church wedding to Elie Ntabadahiga, a member of Mushubi parish. 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. Feminine Name French. Among the signs for the credibility of the apparitions, the following should be mentioned: 1. the good mental health, the human balance, the attentiveness and the sincerity of the visionaries certified in the conclusions of the medical commission, comprising the opinion of a psychiatrist; 2. the respectful and sincere climate in which the events took place; 3. the absence of sensationalism in the habit of the visionaries, which indicates that the apparitions did not occur neither automatically nor controlled by them; 4. the conformity of the visionaries' messages and behaviour; 5. the tangible character of the ecstasies, according to the examinations of the commissions free of mental disorder or hysteria; 6. the genuineness and simpleness of the dialogues in the apparitions; 7. the fact that parts of the message were expressed in a more eloquent way than the visionaries would usually be able to due to their culture and religious formation; 8. the phenomenon of the "mystical journey" first of all for Alphonsine ( on March 20th, 1982) and then for Nathalie (on October 30th, 1982); 9. the frightening visions of August 15th, 1982, which proved to be prophetic due to the human dramas in Rwanda and throughout the country of the Great Lake region in recent years; 10. the extraordinary fasting of Nathalie during Lenten season 1983, rigorously monitored by the medical commission, whose members did not consist of (practicing) Catholics only; 11. the content of the message, remaining consistent, relevant, and orthodox; 12. the spiritual fruit already borne by these events, all across the country and even abroad; (Mons. Aerial views of the picturesque country present spectacular lush landscapes, rich green vegetation, remarkable terraced crops on the hillsides, amazing volcanic mountains, and a number of shimmering lakes that reflect breathtaking sunsets. My advice therefore is: Guarantee these visionaries peace and encourage them to lead a fairly disciplined life.. Others asked her for proof to support her story. 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. The visionaries said to have seen her sometimes with joined hands, sometimes with outstretched arms. The first apparition of Alphonsine took place on November 28th, 1981, her last exactly eight years later, on November 28th, 1989. 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. Improvements to the Shrine continue: electricity was added, a small campsite with facilities constructed, the sacristy furnished, and a pathway for processions established. 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. Ever since, she has been continuing her generous work for the Marian shrine and committing herself to praying with the pilgrims. Alphonsine Mumureke was born on March 21st, 1965, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kibungo, Rwanda. Marie Claire and Elie formed a happy couple. In the early hours of the genocide, she fled Kibeho and an Ivorian-Congolese couple took her to the DR-Congo and then to the Cte d'Ivoire. 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. 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. Nathalie Mukamazimpaka stopped her studies after the apparitions and devoted herself totally to prayer. Then a few months later -- January 12, 1982 -- there were rumors that the Virgin Mary had appeared to another Kibeho student named Nathalie Mukamazimpaka. Elle y a fait sa prise dhabit religieux le 6/07/2004 ; le noviciat dbuta le 31 Juillet de la mme anne. Why did he die in a cell? Out of the darkness emerged two ominous figures, warning her that they would return with others. Thousands of citizens were brutally killed in the parish church and, a year later, on the esplanade where the apparitions had taken place. 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. 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. For reasons mentioned below, she was unable to complete her studies. Then she saw a light in the distance. In 1960, the Hutus won municipal elections, causing thousands more Tutsis to flee. She married in 1987 and obtained a teaching position. 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. They reported seeing a tree on fire, an open chasm and a monster. Public are those apparitions that take place in the presence of various testimonies, which does not necessarily mean a crowd. 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. The number of supposed visionaries listed in the file of the commissions of inquiry reached 14 on November 28th, 1982, one year after the forst apparitions; on November 28th, 1983 they were 33 already. They resided in Gatsata compound in Kigali, at the road to Byumba. Of course we now know that, a decade after the Trinitys terrible visions, Rwanda was riven by a terrible genocide. addy5b9eadd281548aea5c9407afe17843cf = addy5b9eadd281548aea5c9407afe17843cf + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com'; The exceptional long duration of the apparitions did not discourage the members of the two commissions, who worked with great zeal and the desire to examine the events impartially and without bias, investigating without rush but with patience and calm. 11www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1990/september/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19900908_stadio-nyamirambo_it.html. 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. Mary first appeared to a girl named Alphonsine Mumureke "when she was serving other kids," Ilibagiza explained. They are the ones who made Kibeho known as a place of apparitions and pilgrimage causing crowds of people to flock there. She couldnt imagine how she could bring that message to the president! The Bishop ordered that a chapel be built in honor of Our Lady of Kibeho; the Shrine was to be called the Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows. He laid the foundation stone on November 28, 1992, and asked that the Rosary and the Seven Sorrows devotions become an integral part of the spiritual practices of the Shrine. She responded: I am the Mother of the Word.. But one of the students, Alphonsine Mumureke, had a vision on November 28. In 2004, Mumureke entered a Poor Clares monastery in Abidjan, where she continues to live as a nun today.[1]. Father Halter's successor, Father Basile Mobio Gbangbo, an Ivorian diocesan priest from the Archdiocese of Abidjan, serving in the Sacred Heart Parish of Abobo. 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. Thus, these first eight "visionaries" were chosen as a sample to be investigated in a specific way, without losing sight of the other supposed visionaries. Rwanda and Burundi were ruled separately under two different Tutsi monarchs. 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. There is no love and no peace. 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. 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. She went so far as to inform the local bishop, who told her that he was already aware of the events. Alphonsine fut embauche par le diocse comme secrtaire dactylographe au Service diocsain de lEnseignement Catholique Gikongoro. The completed chapel was dedicated on May 31, 2003; and on November 28, 2003, the statue of Our Lady of Kibeho was blessed. Alphonsine often made retreats at a Poor Clare monastery in Abidjan until, finally, she joined the order and in 2003 professed temporary vows. Sign up to receive our daily newsletter. . The next day, one of the students, Marie-Claire, led a group of fellow students in a confrontation with Alphonsine. She received the habit on July 26, 2004, and made her first profession on July 15, 2006. Congo) family whom she had also met during the time of the apparitions at Kibeho, she she continued her tragical journey up to Abidjan at Ivory Coast a few weeks later and got into contact with Father Raymond Halter, a Marian priest who knew her since her last apparition on November 28th, 1989. The change was so instantaneous that some of the girls were confused and made the sign of the Cross. Alphonsine was born on March 21, 1965, in Cyizihira, in the parish of Zaza, Diocese of Kibungo. He prayed that it would be a holy place of prayer, conversion, and reparation for the world. Alphonsine Mumureke left in 1994 during the genocide and never came back. 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. She wore no shoes, just like Alphonsine and her classmates. Various reasons justify the choice by Our Lady of these three visionaries already approved as visionaries. 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. Public are those apparitions that take place in the presence of various testimonies, which does not necessarily mean a crowd. Bishop Misago affirmed that the message of Kibeho had produced flourishing prayer groups, where the Rosary and the Seven Sorrows were being prayed. There, a great number of unarmed civilians was slaughtered. You should enable them to normally operate within their surroundings and go about their usual activities. 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. Anathalie Mukamazimpaka's visions began in January 1982 and ended on 3 December 1983. 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. 3 . 13www.nytimes.com/1995/04/24/world/as-many-as-2000-are-reported-dead-in-rwanda.html. 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. Entering into ecstasy, Alphonsine began to sing her accustomed song of welcome to Our Lady, but she stopped abruptly. And everywhere there was blood, flies.13. Whether the visions that they described were real or not, the schoolgirls testimony highlighted the daily injustices that they saw around them. When she awoke from the nightmare, she found two friends supporting her, questioning her and advising her to return to the dormitory. Catholic Religious orders and the diocesan clergy opened schools, universities and banks. It was of a woman calling herself "Mother of the Word". Then, on March 1, 1982, Marie-Claire fainted while walking in the gardens. Alphonsine began the song as directed: People are not grateful, / They dont love me, / I came from heaven for nothing, / I left all the good things there for nothing. 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. The scholastic body was increasingly upset over all the commotion, but they could not prevent the news from spreading to the nearby villages. He became her spiritual director and took care of her during her stay at Ivory Coast. The fruits of the apparition are beginning to be realized in the land that witnessed so much destruction, as people turn to their Heavenly Mother. Marie-Claire, the leading antagonist, glared at her in total disgust and disbelief. The extraordinary story of these three schoolgirls inspired my friend, the American playwright Katori Hall, to write Our Lady of Kibeho. . Shortly before the apparitions she was admitted in Kibeho College in October 1981 in order to continue her studies after primary school. How to say Alphonsine Mumureke in English? Our Lady floated toward her without touching the ground. 98% of our readers don't give; they simply look the other way. When asked about her future plans at the time of the apparitions, Alphonsine used to express her wish to join the religious congregation of the Benebikira Sisters. Lateron, she was hosted in a community of the Daughters of Mary Queen of the Apostles Sisters up to May 1996. WHEN ALPHONSINE ASKED WHO SHE WAS, THE LADY REPLIED, I AM NYINA WA JAMBO WHICH MEANS THE MOTHER OF THE WORD. Most of them were Tutsis. 2Our Lady of Kibeho, Immaculee Ilibagiza with Steve Erwin, 2009, 4th ed, Hay House, Inc., p. 35. Pray my Seven Sorrows rosary to find repentance, she said, charging Marie-Claire with the distinctive mission of propagating this chaplet.9. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; The personal transformation of the seers (who passed all the criteria established by the Church), as well as many documents and investigations, were carefully examined. It is often she herself who welcomes individual pilgrims and assists them in anything they need or refers them to the chaplain if necessary. 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. She completed her secondary school studies at the Humanistic School of Kibeho in July 1989 with a secretary degree (level A2). These witnesses, historically linked, were the only ones on the scene for some months, at least up to June 1982. It was of a woman calling herself "Mother of the Word". It would be unfortunate to misuse them as a kind of good luck charm" (abapfumu). Augustin Misago, Declaration bearing the final judgement on the event of the "Apparitions of Kibeho", n 14.). It would be imprudent to somehow "canonize"the visionaries of Kibeho while still alive. The history of the Church is replete with examples of Our Ladys watchful and solicitous care for the welfare of her children. In 2001, after a 20-year investigation by the Vatican and seven years after the genocide the pope certified the apparitions as authentic. From time to time, relatives and Christians from her home parish, Muganza, come to visit her. \rDans la suite elle fut admise lInstitut Suprieur de catchse dAbidjan affili lUniversit Catholique dAfrique de lOuest. Anathalie Mukamazimpaka was the next one to have visions, which lasted from January 1982 to December 3, 1983. Script error: No such module "Draft topics". A bright, white, light-filled orb descended, and she heard a very sad womans voice that brought her to tears. mumureke fournaise plessis hugo desnoyer by oliver n\u0027goma mp3 download despres jadot nickname by oliver ngoma chanson le survenant le nom ndembi dfinition robichaud anderson loretti name meaning lufuta ngalula design adams desbois au temps des cerises bisobanura iki nombre en . May it be a call for the Church of Rwanda, and beyond, to turn with confidence to Our Lady of Sorrows. After her graduation from theology with a specialization in catechesis in June 2003, she entered the monastery Sainte Claire in Abidjan (Poor Clares). They share the same language, religions and kinship and clan systems. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one. Kibeho High School in southern Rwanda is run by the Benebikira Sisters or Daughters of the Virgin Mary. Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament was established after the genocide; and thousands of pilgrims, increasing in numbers year by year, were visiting the Shrine. At first, no one took the adolescent's claims seriously. He looked after her until his death in December 1998. Her mother, Immaculate Mukarasana, died some a few years after the genocide of 1994. 7 . Alphonsine fell to her knees and asked the Lady who she was. Its at a shrine in the Green Bay Diocese, 150 miles northeast of Necedah, where a young woman said Mary appeared to her in 1859. In spite of this, she maintained that Alphonsine and Anathalie were the source of the trouble. Anathalie remains at the Shrine, fulfilling the promise she made to Our Lady, praying and offering her suffering for souls. Marie Claire Mukangango was born in 1961 as the daughter of Basera and Vronique Nyiratuza in Rusekera, in the present district of Nyamagabe, in Mushubi parish, Diocese of Gikongoro. Whenever God called someone for a special mission in the history of salvation, He chose him / her right there, in their actual personal circumstances, and used him / her as he / she is, with his / her personality and character traits, all his / her qualities and personal shortcomings, capabilities and limitations. He summarized the main points of the message: Our Lady appealed to the world to repent, repent, repent! and convert while there is still time. She warned the world that if it did not repent, it would fall into the abyss. Fortunately, the Benebikira Sisters had just come back to Kibeho and reopened their convent, the school and the health centre. 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. The situation became more and more confusing and it was therefore difficult for the church authorities to find the truth. As she was filling water glasses, the same apprehension mixed with bliss arose. Anathalie agreed whole-heartedly to this requesta task she continues to this day. Her hands were clasped in front of her in a gesture of prayer, her slender fingers pointing toward heaven.3 The barefoot Lady was so beautiful and had such a perfect complexion that Alphonsine couldnt determine the color of her skin. 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. The river of blood seen by the visionaries materialized, as the Kagera River was used to dispose of corpses as thousands of Tutsis and Hutu political moderates were murdered on the river banks. 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. In April 1982, two commissions were authorized to investigate the events. It was 28 November 1981, and when Alphonsine reported what she had seen, her friends ridiculed her, her teachers scolded her and her village shunned her. 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 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. But she chose me, to come to me, when I was serving." 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. The Virgin appeared to them with the name "Nyina wa Jambo", that is "Mother of the Word", which is synonymous to "Umubyeyl W'iamna" that is, "Mother of God", as she herself explained. Rwanda became one of the African countries with the highest percentage of Catholics. The visions lasted for hours. What's happened to the three Rwandan girls Our Lady alleged appeared to in the 1980s? 10Our Lady of Kibeho, Immacule Ilibagiza, Hay House Inc., pg 147. In April 1994, President Juvenal Habyarimana was killed when his plane was shot down. Bodies lay crumpled, some hardly visible among the piles of burlap sacks, cooking pots and clothes: a mother whose child was still tied to her back, a young boy thrown over the torso of a man, another curled up in between the ashes of cooking fires. Alphonsine was struck by the deeply sorrowful countenance of Our Lady. The visionaries said to have seen her sometimes with joined hands, sometimes with outstretched arms. As visionary, Marie Claire is especially known for the message concerning the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary which goes hand in hand with an urgent call to repentance: Repent, repent, repent! Cest l quelle a vcu la tragdie du gnocide survenu en 1994. In this context, Mons. When asked about her future plans at the time of the apparitions, Alphonsine used to express her wish to join the religious congregation of the Benebikira Sisters. She was shown a river of blood, of decapitated heads, of corpses piled high upon each other, of untold destruction, torture, and hatred. 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. The Belgians issued ethnic identity cards in 1926, causing a deepening of prejudice between the two peoples. She was able to return to Rwanda in early December 1996. Nathalie's father, Laurent Ngango is still alive and stays about 10 km from Kibeho. She then heard a gentle voice sweetly inviting her not to be afraid. 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. As a Latin adage says: Gratia non tollit naturam, sed perficit eam. ("Grace doesn't do away with nature, but perfects it."). In Kibeho, Rwanda, in 1981, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, Alphonsine Mumureke, heard a heavenly voice calling out to her. Are there any descendants of Wyatt Earp alive today? After the creation of the Diocese of Gikongoro in 1992, everything connected with the apparitions of Kibeho was transferred to the new diocese led by Mons. Amen. On June 29, 2001, Bishop Augustin Misago of Gikongoro, Rwanda, wrote a declaration of approval in favor of the apparitions of Our Lady of Kibeho. Following her studies, Marie Claire Mukangango became a teacher. Survivors watched as those who had killed their families and friends returned to their villages, reoccupying homes that had been empty for almost a decade. 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. between November 28th, 1981 and November 28th, 1982. The exceptional long duration of the apparitions did not discourage the members of the two commissions, who worked with great zeal and the desire to examine the events impartially and without bias, investigating without rush but with patience and calm. 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. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. They resided in Gatsata compound in Kigali, at the road to Byumba. The Hutus continued to attack the Tutsis through the 1960s, killing thousands, triggering retaliation by the Tutsis. Returning to her room, she started to pray the Rosary with a few of her friends. Today, she lives in a small one-story house on the church grounds, directly across from . I first worked with Katori in New York in 2006. By Ginny Kubitz Moyer December 13, 2010. Marie-Claire became increasingly agitated in the matter and began spying on the seers more closely, peeking at their letters and diaries and inventing nastier tactics to unmask the connivers. She was sure that the devil was involved, and she was determined to uncover the conspiracy. The group concluded that she was truly with Our Lady on some mysterious expedition; they had no choice but to wait. 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