Anathalie Mukamazimpaka was the next one to have visions, which lasted from January 1982 to December 3, 1983. 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. Pronunciation of Alphonsine Mumureke with 1 audio pronunciation and more for Alphonsine Mumureke. 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. She was forced to flee Kibeho in 1994 because of the Rwandan Genocide, and lived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a few weeks before permanently moving to the Ivory Coast. Thus, almost all the land is cultivated, with the average property per household being less than two-and-a-half acres. Heaven had directed her to tell the officials to pray, to forgive, and to stop persecuting the Tutsis and sending them into exile. On another occasion, the Blessed Mother told Anathalie, When I show myself to someone and talk to them, I want to turn to the whole world. 2023- Bayard - All rights reserved - @international.la-croix.com is a site of La Croix Network. She was shown a river of blood, of decapitated heads, of corpses piled high upon each other, of untold destruction, torture, and hatred. They resided in Gatsata compound in Kigali, at the road to Byumba. It was the church that had helped implement the disastrous racial nationwide census, distinguishing Hutu from Tutsi in every neighbourhood. Cest l quelle a vcu la tragdie du gnocide survenu en 1994. Amen. Witnesses say that Marie Claire was killed in an attempt or defend or to find her husband kidnapped and lead together with other victims to an unknown destination. 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. At the same time, she was aspirant in the order of Saint Claire. Kibeho High School in southern Rwanda is run by the Benebikira Sisters or Daughters of the Virgin Mary. Under the guiding hand of Our Lady, her feisty, rude behavior ceased. 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. There, they were caught off guard by the genocide of 1994. She explained that our heavenly Mother loved her children so very muchfar more than their own mothersand that she wanted the girls to think of her as a Mother who really did love them. The exact date and circumstances of their death are not (yet) elicited. If you do not repent and convert your hearts, you will all fall into an abyss.8. 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. It would be imprudent to somehow "canonize"the visionaries of Kibeho while still alive. As a Latin adage says: Gratia non tollit naturam, sed perficit eam. ("Grace doesn't do away with nature, but perfects it."). . 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. The unfolding of the Rwandan genocidal tragedy in 1994, verifying with gruesome exactitude a prophecy given by Our Lady of Kibeho just a few years earlier, invites the reader to a sobering reflection: heavens call to repentance must not go unheeded. What is the meaning of business ecosystem? But she chose me, to come to me, when I was serving." It would be unfortunate to misuse them as a kind of good luck charm" (abapfumu). Gabrielle Brooks, Yasmin Mwanza and Pepter Lunkuse in rehearsals for Our Lady of Kibeho. She went so far as to inform the local bishop, who told her that he was already aware of the events. More study was yet required before official approval, but pilgrims were now permitted to visit and pray at the apparition site. Some of the students began to believe her, and they asked Alphonsine many questions about Our Lady: What did she say? What did she look like? When will she come again? Our Lady always told Alphonsine when her next visit would be. The last place, hell, was a most fearsome hot furnace where the only light was a shade of red that reminded Anathalie of congealed blood. Anathalie had to avert her gaze from the horrific scene of anguish and misery. Shortly before the apparitions she was admitted in Kibeho College in October 1981 in order to continue her studies after primary school. This article "Alphonsine Mumureke" is from Wikipedia. In eager anticipation, thousands of pilgrims descended upon Kibeho for the occasion of the Solemnity, many looking for miracles, cures for themselves or for family members, answers to prayers or spiritual healings. Research was carried out in her family and her native region and there are specific reports and testimonies on this subject. Most of the colleges students were murdered. 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 then heard a gentle voice sweetly inviting her not to be afraid. Kibeho, a small mountain village in southern Rwanda, is also the name of a parish founded in 1934, dedicated to Mary Mother of God. This parish was well known for its strong Catholic faith and gave a large number of priests and consecrated persons to the Church of Rwanda. . 3 . He became her spiritual director and took care of her during her stay at Ivory Coast. In this context, Mons. Most of them were Tutsis. In Kibeho, Rwanda, in 1981, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, Alphonsine Mumureke, heard a heavenly voice calling out to her. 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. Unfortunately, they did not have a child, despite their strong desire to start a family. She was taken to a land of lighta place of communionwhere she saw seven angels singing indescribably beautiful hymns in praise of God. Marie Claire and Elie formed a happy couple. 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. 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. 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. After graduation, Marie-Claire spent years spreading devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady. 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. Ses parents sappelaient Thadde GAKWAYA et Marie Immacule MUKARUSANA.\r27 juillet 1977, Alphonsine est baptise lge de 12 ans. Get the latest from La Croix International. Others asked her for proof to support her story. Pray my Seven Sorrows rosary to find repentance, she said, charging Marie-Claire with the distinctive mission of propagating this chaplet.9. 341 Butare / RwandaCentral AfricaThis email address is being protected from spambots. It is in this context that Mons. He looked after her until his death in December 1998. Fergal Keane, a BBC correspondent in Rwanda in 1994, found it difficult to capture the horror of what happened. Here, three people, Nathalie Mukamazimpaka, Alphonsine Mumureke and Claire Mukangango, received messages from Our Lady. 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 asked the seers to promote and pray the Chaplet of Seven Sorrows of Our Lady. Both the Germans and Belgians turned the relationship of the two ethnic groups, Tutsi and Hutu, into a class system which favored the minority Tutsis over the Hutus. At the conclusion of the vision, the seer sang a song to Jesus, pleading for His mercy. Nathalie Mukamazimpaka stopped her studies after the apparitions and devoted herself totally to prayer. Why did he die in a cell? 9The Blessed Virgin once told St. Bridget that very few contemplated her sorrows: I look around at all who are on earth, to see if by chance there are any who pity me, and meditate upon my Sorrows; and I find that there are very few. Mary first appeared to a girl named Alphonsine Mumureke "when she was serving other kids," Ilibagiza explained. 3 . 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. The visions lasted for hours. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; \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. Her religious name is Alphonsine of the Glorious Cross. As for Alphonsine Mumureke, the first visionary, she has had a long journey. At the time of the apparitions she attended Grade 4 of the elementary level at Kibeho College. 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. Only the three initial testimonies merit being considered authentic; they were given by Alphonsine Mumureke, Nathalie Mukamazimpaka, and by Marie Claire Mukangango. 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. But before she could finish the letter, she fainted again and was back in the gloom. 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. They come to the Shrine from all lands asking for forgiveness, for love, for healing and for strength to cope with the hardships of life. Augustin Misago, a former member of the theological commission himself. When he died Father Basile Gbangbo, a priest of the Archdiocese of Abidjan, took over as spiritual guide. 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. She received the religious habit at the beginning of her novitiate on July 26th, 2004. 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. 8www.miraclehunter.com/marian_apparitions/messages/kibeho_messages.html#marieclaire. 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. 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. Although she had only one year left in order to obtain a diploma level D5 that would qualify her as a primary school teacher, Nathalie did not complete her secondary school studies. . 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. The temporary religious profession ceremonies took place on July 15th , 2006. 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. Script error: No such module "AfC topic". 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. Two words hover over the nations collective psychology: never again. 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. She was baptised on February 2nd, 1968 at the age of 4. 7 . At 1630 hrs the RPA fired warning shots and nine more IDPs were killed in the resulting stampede. var addy_text5b9eadd281548aea5c9407afe17843cf = 'sanctuaire.kibeho' + '@' + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak5b9eadd281548aea5c9407afe17843cf').innerHTML += ''+addy_text5b9eadd281548aea5c9407afe17843cf+'<\/a>'; Copyright Sanctuaire Notre Dame de Kibeho. When Alphonsine awoke, she was overwhelmed by the love she felt. document.getElementById('cloak5b9eadd281548aea5c9407afe17843cf').innerHTML = ''; 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. After finishing school, she worked as a secretary in the Catholic education department of Butare in southern Rwanda. Marie-Claires confrontations and outright hecklings intensified; she had the effrontery to test Alphonsine during the apparitionspulling her hair, twisting her fingers, pinching her, screaming in her ears, shining a flashlight in her eyesbut the seer never flinched. At the time of the civil war and genocide of 1994, she remained at Kibeho, at the scene of two terrible massacres. What Alphonsine did not tell them was that she was receiving messages for government officials, even the Hutu president. Some claimed to have seen Virgin Mary, others wanted to have seen Jesus; still others said they saw the Virgin Mary on one day and Jesus on another day. var addy06979af1fb68ed1cff9c75452df96a61 = 'sanctuaire.kibeho' + '@'; Tens of thousands of pilgrims now travel to Kibeho each year in search of benediction. Average annual rainfall is about 40 inches (100 cm); the country is also blessed with an abundant water supply from a number of rivers and lakes. Calming down a little, she went into the dining hall to serve. Sixteen-year-old Alphonsine Mumureke was privileged to attend Kibeho High school, an opportunity many poor Rwandan girls did not have. Public are those apparitions that take place in the presence of various testimonies, which does not necessarily mean a crowd. 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. After her graduation from theology with a specialization in catechesis in June 2003, she entered the monastery Sainte Claire in Abidjan (Poor Clares). And they were causing increasing furor. Our Lady made her aware of her wrongful persecution of the other two seers. She couldnt imagine how she could bring that message to the president! Neighbors killed neighbors; Hutu husbands were forced to kill Tutsi wives. 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. 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. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Script error: No such module "Draft topics". If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Even though this apparition was shorter, it took her longer to regain full consciousness. The exact date and circumstances of their death are not (yet) elicited. Rwanda is one of the poorest countries in the world, but recently it has been counted among the most successful African countries regarding development and national economy. Dans la suite, elle partit avec des connaissances vers le Zare (aujourdhui RD Congo). The two commissions completed their investigation twenty years after their creation. 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. I love children who will play with me, because it shows me their love and trust.5. 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 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. Discrimination and struggles between these two classes persisted through the 1990s, as the Tutsis were being excluded from public service and military jobs. The world is evil and rushes towards its ruin. Then she heard a voice calling her. 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. Young and powerless, their warnings went unheeded. The two commissions continued their task as usual and were reinforced with some new members. Ever since, she has been continuing her generous work for the Marian shrine and committing herself to praying with the pilgrims. From time to time, relatives and Christians from her home parish, Muganza, come to visit her. The list of its authors can be seen in its historicaland/or the page Edithistory:Alphonsine Mumureke. 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. Alphonsine was born on March 21, 1965, in Cyizihira, in the parish of Zaza, Diocese of Kibungo. Marie-Claire was completely changed. May she accompany each one in his journey and obtain for him the gift of reconciliation and peace. A Bukavu elle fut aussitt prise en charge par certaines familles du lieu qui lavaient connue Kibeho loccasion des\rapparitions ou des plerinages.\rMais quelques trois ou quatre semaines plus tard, Alphonsine poursuivit sa route jusquen Cte dIvoire, plus exactement Abidjan. In the end, they could not prove the visionary and her position wrong. 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. Research was carried out in her family and her native region and there are specific reports and testimonies on this subject. They next traveled to Isesengurwaa place of purification where the light was dimthe inhabitants of which were at peace but also suffering. She was baptised on February 2nd, 1968 at the age of 4. 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 temporarily stayed at Bishops residence in Gikongoro. The change was so instantaneous that some of the girls were confused and made the sign of the Cross. 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. 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. 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. She had always attended Mass on Sundays and had a special devotion to Our Lady. 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