Our Lady told her to sing a song that was to portend the seriousness of this particular apparition. 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. 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. In 1900, they built (of thatch) the first Catholic ChurchThe Church of the Holy Spirit of Save. It would be imprudent to somehow "canonize"the visionaries of Kibeho while still alive. The situation became more and more confusing and it was therefore difficult for the church authorities to find the truth. Returning to her room, she started to pray the Rosary with a few of her friends. She was completely unresponsive and even too heavy to be moved by four men. Tens of thousands of pilgrims now travel to Kibeho each year in search of benediction. Script error: No such module "AfC topic". In this context, Mons. There, a great number of unarmed civilians was slaughtered. 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). She had always attended Mass on Sundays and had a special devotion to Our Lady. Her father, Thadde Gakwaya was assassinated in September 1984. The world is evil and rushes towards its ruin. 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. Editions of the Shrine of Our Lady of Kibeho, The Shrine, Our Lady of Kibeho: her actual life and perspectives for the future, Declaration of the Bishop of Gikongoro bearing the final judgement on the events of the "Apparitions of Kibeho". The Blessed Mother then asked her to join the Legion of Mary. The young professed was given the name of Alphonsine of the Glorious Cross ". There, they were caught off guard by the genocide of 1994. On August 15, 1988 the local Bishop approved public devotion to Our Lady of Kibeho. This is also validfor Alphonsine who continued to attract many people up to the end of her apparitions. I first worked with Katori in New York in 2006. Our Lady exhorted them to pray always and to teach others to pray with greater zeal and purity of heart. Of course we now know that, a decade after the Trinitys terrible visions, Rwanda was riven by a terrible genocide. Augustin Misago, a former member of the theological commission himself. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. 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. After her graduation from theology with a specialization in catechesis in June 2003, she entered the monastery Sainte Claire in Abidjan (Poor Clares). The Service Centre was led by a priest. They are the ones who made Kibeho known as a place of apparitions and pilgrimage causing crowds of people to flock there. Kibeho High School in southern Rwanda is run by the Benebikira Sisters or Daughters of the Virgin Mary. When she awoke from her stupor, she saw her classmates staring at her; when they all excitedly questioned her, she started to cry because she realized that Our Lady had departed. "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 is often she herself who welcomes individual pilgrims and assists them in anything they need or refers them to the chaplain if necessary. 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. It is often she herself who welcomes individual pilgrims and assists them in anything they need or refers them to the chaplain if necessary. 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. Now she was constantly praying and tearfully asking forgiveness of the Virgin for her previous misdeeds. 5 . 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. Their conclusions showed that from the eight supposed visionaries taken as samples for investigation, only three showed the required criteria of credibility and confidence in what concerns the apparitions of Kibeho. Marie-Claire was completely changed. A partir de lanne 1995 un bienfaiteur laida trouver une bourse dtudes lEcole Suprieure de Commerce Castaing, avec inscription la section de Secrtariat Bureautique. Unable to answer her friends questions, the distraught Marie-Claire began to pen a letter to her mother asking permission to come home. The others continued their verbal attack, laughing and waving their hands in front of her; but she was oblivious to her surroundings. Are there any descendants of Wyatt Earp alive today? Script error: No such module "Draft topics". Only the three initial testimonies merit being considered authentic; they were given by Alphonsine Mumureke, Nathalie Mukamazimpaka, and by Marie Claire Mukangango. Her mother, Gaudence Mukabaziga, died on Octobre 17th, 1998 from malaria. 21 mars 1965, Alphonsine naquit Cyizihira, dans la paroisse de Zaza (diocse de Kibungo). Alphonsine Mumureke left in 1994 during the genocide and never came back. 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. She was able to return to Rwanda in early December 1996. He prayed that it would be a holy place of prayer, conversion, and reparation for the world. As she was filling water glasses, the same apprehension mixed with bliss arose. After graduation, Marie-Claire spent years spreading devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady. Katori Halls play Our Lady of Kibeho is the story of three friends who insisted that they were visited by the Virgin Mary and told of the horror that lay ahead. 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. 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. But before she could finish the letter, she fainted again and was back in the gloom. All Rights Reserved. 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. Our Lady poured out, as it were, so much love upon Alphonsine that she felt she would be lifted to heaven. 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! 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 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. At the time of the civil war and genocide of 1994, she remained at Kibeho, at the scene of two terrible massacres. 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. 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. The student-visionaries said Our Lady also expressed her sadness at the sin in the world and invited people to recite the rosary of the seven sorrows and to be more diligent in prayer. 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. Public are those apparitions that take place in the presence of various testimonies, which does not necessarily mean a crowd. All her doubts vanished, as she understood that she was speaking with the Mother of God. 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. Divine Providence had special designs for the three seers: In June 2003, Alphonsine entered the monastery of the Poor Clares in Abidjan. Young and powerless, their warnings went unheeded. - Developed by jofarsystems.com. However, as Divine Providence would arrange it, a space had unexpectedly opened up in a government-run all-girl school staffed by religious sisters. 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. You should enable them to normally operate within their surroundings and go about their usual activities. The two commissions completed their investigation twenty years after their creation. When Belgium withdrew in 1962, Rwanda and Burundi became two independent countries. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Our Lady promised special graces to those who meditate on her sorrows. 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. And everywhere there was blood, flies.13. The young professed was given the name of Alphonsine of the Glorious Cross ". The White Fathers, an international Missionary Society of priests and brothers, arrived in the late 1800s amid all this tension. For reasons mentioned below, she was unable to complete her studies. The White Fathers were successful in their evangelization efforts, generating a fervent, faith-filled people and abundant vocations to the priesthood and religious life. There, a great number of unarmed civilians was slaughtered. In fact, in advice that seems equally applicable to us today, we are told in the film that one of Our Lady's biggest sorrows was that "[f]ew people truly listened to the . Anathalie Mukamazimpaka was the next one to have visions, which lasted from January 1982 to December 3, 1983. The dissension between the Hutus and the Tutsis was essentially a class struggle, and not a tribal conflict,1 as is often believed. When she told them that she had seen the Blessed Virgin, they started to laugh at her and mock her as they all crowded around her. She temporarily stayed at Bishops residence in Gikongoro. Her religious name is Alphonsine of the Glorious Cross. Tuesday - Sunday through December 7, $25 212-244-7529 www.signaturetheatre.org 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. Rwanda: The Dove's music united a nation torn by genocide. She asked Alphonsine, Of all things in heaven, what makes you happy?4 Alphonsine replied that she loved God and His Mother and that they made her happy. Editions of the Shrine of Our Lady of Kibeho, The Shrine, Our Lady of Kibeho: her actual life and perspectives for the future, Declaration of the Bishop of Gikongoro bearing the final judgement on the events of the "Apparitions of Kibeho". He looked after her until his death in December 1998. 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. 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. Get the latest from La Croix International. \rDans la suite elle fut admise lInstitut Suprieur de catchse dAbidjan affili lUniversit Catholique dAfrique de lOuest. Alphonsine Mumureke was born on March 21st, 1965, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kibungo, Rwanda. 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. The scholastic body was increasingly upset over all the commotion, but they could not prevent the news from spreading to the nearby villages. They are the ones who made Kibeho known as a place of apparitions and pilgrimage causing crowds of people to flock there. The Belgians issued ethnic identity cards in 1926, causing a deepening of prejudice between the two peoples. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in a most beautiful placea grassy plain filled with sparkling droplets of color. 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. Anathalie was likewise escorted on supernatural tours. Dans la suite, elle partit avec des connaissances vers le Zare (aujourdhui RD Congo). Aprs y avoir obtenu un baccalaurat en thologie, en juin 2003, elle est entre dans un monastre des Clarisses dAbidjan. She was shown a river of blood, of decapitated heads, of corpses piled high upon each other, of untold destruction, torture, and hatred. From there, she continued her escape up to Bukavu in former Zaire together with many other refugees, including priests and religious of all ethnic groups. She was taken to a land of lighta place of communionwhere she saw seven angels singing indescribably beautiful hymns in praise of God. 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. 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. Neighbors killed neighbors; Hutu husbands were forced to kill Tutsi wives. They conquered the government forces on July 4, 1994, a date now commemorated as a public holiday. She is very pious, and has always shown a great love for the Blessed Virgin. Her mother, Immaculate Mukarasana, died some a few years after the genocide of 1994. 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. After finishing school, she worked as a secretary in the Catholic education department of Butare in southern Rwanda. Marie Claire and Elie formed a happy couple. Bishop Misago affirmed that the message of Kibeho had produced flourishing prayer groups, where the Rosary and the Seven Sorrows were being prayed. 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. Survivors of the tragedy describe burning churches, streets clotted with corpses, starving livestock, mass graves, lost orphans and famine and disease everywhere the very things described by the three girls when recounting their terrible visions. She was then led to the place of the cherished of God, where she saw millions of people with white garments who were happy, but not with the same degree of rapture as the seven angels. These witnesses, historically linked, were the only ones on the scene for some months, at least up to June 1982. Various reasons justify the choice by Our Lady of these three visionaries already approved as visionaries. http://libcom.org/history/articles/Rwanda-burundi-history, www.miraclehunter.com/marian_apparitions/messages/kibeho_messages.html#marieclaire, www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1990/september/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19900908_stadio-nyamirambo_it.html, http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/africa/052194rwanda-genocide.html, www.nytimes.com/1995/04/24/world/as-many-as-2000-are-reported-dead-in-rwanda.html, Fatima: Countdown to the 100th Anniversary, Mary in the Life of the Church: Marian Consecration, The Blessed Virgin Mary: Mystery and Revelation, The Virgin Mary in the Eastern Catholic Tradition. Then she saw a light in the distance. Soon, there were many concerned officials, priests, and others in attendance as Alphonsine truly appeared dead. 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 call to expiatory sacrifice being one of the major lines of the message of Kibeho, Nathalie always tries her best to live this message. She was sent to the nurse, who in turn sent her to her room to rest. In April 1994, President Juvenal Habyarimana was killed when his plane was shot down. 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 temporary religious profession ceremonies took place on July 15th , 2006. 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. When one of the nuns went to check on her, she found Alphonsine quite motionless on the bed, like a corpse. 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. It is 36 km from the Bishop of Gikongoros residence and 30 km from the Bishop of Butares residence. Fergal Keane, a BBC correspondent in Rwanda in 1994, found it difficult to capture the horror of what happened. The most active period of these apparitions ended with the year 1983. 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. Mumureke, now a nun in Italy, told Immaculee: "Remember the first message of Our Lady. 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. 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. | Jan 16, 2017 | 2014, Marian Shrines | 0 comments. Our Lady of Kibeho is at the Royal and Derngate, Northampton, until 2 February. She justifies this by referring to personal messages from the Blessed Virgin, whom she calls "Umubyeyi", mother. During the war, between 800,000 and 1 million were killed. 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, the 1919 Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to surrender control of the region to Belgium. And they were causing increasing furor. He became her spiritual director and took care of her during her stay at Ivory Coast. Many others soon arrived: the school nurse to take her vitals and assess her medical condition; a Red Cross Official to conduct tests; a member of the Commission of Enquiry to note the facts; Abbot Augustin Misago, the spiritual guide (later the Bishop of Gikongoro, who would officially make a declaration in favor of the authenticity of the apparitions); and two seminarians, along with the entire school staff. Sanctuary Our Lady of KibehoB.P. I am concerned with and turning to the whole world. This page was last edited on 16 April 2022, at 11:32. She completed her secondary school studies at the Humanistic School of Kibeho in July 1989 with a secretary degree (level A2). 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. They ruled through the Tutsi king and brought Hutu areas under their rule. . Pray my Seven Sorrows rosary to find repentance, she said, charging Marie-Claire with the distinctive mission of propagating this chaplet.9. They even wished that her case might one day provide the basis for new perspectives. The Bishop had personally witnessed an increase in Sunday and daily Mass attendance throughout the country, and more of the faithful were returning to the Sacrament of Confession. I do wish that you may make the Sanctuary of Kibeho radiate even more of that love of Mary for all her children, especially for the poorest and the most vulnerable. They reported seeing a tree on fire, an open chasm and a monster. In the 23-page document, the Bishops reasons were thoughtfully and systematically penned. On the contrary, the successive local ordinaries were in favour of her. After her graduation from theology with a specialization in catechesis in June 2003, she entered the monastery Sainte Claire in Abidjan (Poor Clares). She witnessed acts of murder and genocide against innocent people. The apparitions began in November 1981 when six young girls and one boy claimed to see the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus. She couldnt imagine how she could bring that message to the president! 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 visionaries of Kibeho are no exception from the rule. 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