The exact date and circumstances of their death are not (yet) elicited. 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. Some. 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. 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. The Father's Quilt: Rwanda: Mary's Apparition Tune in August 30, 2022: 1pm Mary Appears In Kibeho, to Alphonsine Mumureke, Nathalie Mukamazimpaka and Marie Claire Mukangango were the 3 young women. Only the three initial testimonies merit being considered authentic; they were given by Alphonsine Mumureke, Nathalie Mukamazimpaka, and by Marie Claire Mukangango. document.getElementById('cloak5b9eadd281548aea5c9407afe17843cf').innerHTML = ''; 2 . After finishing school, she worked as a secretary in the Catholic education department of Butare in southern Rwanda. The White Fathers were successful in their evangelization efforts, generating a fervent, faith-filled people and abundant vocations to the priesthood and religious life. 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 extraordinary story of these three schoolgirls inspired my friend, the American playwright Katori Hall, to write Our Lady of Kibeho. The first time that the Virgin Mary appeared to Nathalie was on January 12th, 1982, the last time on December 3rd, 1983. It was the church that had helped implement the disastrous racial nationwide census, distinguishing Hutu from Tutsi in every neighbourhood. The message the Virgin Mary allegedly revealed to the students at Kibeho was focused on conversion and salvific suffering. Alone in their community, Alphonsine, Anathalie and Marie Claire understood the lessons that scripture offered against the growing hatred of their times. Her single mother was very poor and was not able to provide further education for her after grade school and had always planned that Alphonsine would help her in the fields thereafter. Then a few months later -- January 12, 1982 -- there were rumors that the Virgin Mary had appeared to another Kibeho student named Nathalie Mukamazimpaka. Rwanda and Burundi were once part of the German East Africa, from 1894 to 1918. \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. 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. 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. 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. The next dayMarch 2as the class processed into chapel, Marie-Claire again lost consciousness. She went so far as to inform the local bishop, who told her that he was already aware of the events. My advice therefore is: Guarantee these visionaries peace and encourage them to lead a fairly disciplined life.. Mary identified herself to Alphonsine as "the Mother of the Word.". She was baptised on August 12th, 1966 at the age of 5. Our Lady promised special graces to those who meditate on her sorrows. In this context, Mons. Only the three initial testimonies merit being considered authentic; they were given by Alphonsine Mumureke, Nathalie Mukamazimpaka, and by Marie Claire Mukangango. Mumureke, now a nun in Italy, told Immaculee: "Remember the first message of Our Lady. The completed chapel was dedicated on May 31, 2003; and on November 28, 2003, the statue of Our Lady of Kibeho was blessed. 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. Our Lady made her aware of her wrongful persecution of the other two seers. 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. Our Lady exhorted them to pray always and to teach others to pray with greater zeal and purity of heart. The exact date and circumstances of their death are not (yet) elicited. var addy_text06979af1fb68ed1cff9c75452df96a61 = 'sanctuaire.kibeho' + '@' + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak06979af1fb68ed1cff9c75452df96a61').innerHTML += ''+addy_text06979af1fb68ed1cff9c75452df96a61+'<\/a>'; Copyright Sanctuaire Notre Dame de Kibeho. 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. Many a time, the visionary was confronted with all kinds of questions, some of which were very personal or even offending. 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. 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. A bright, white, light-filled orb descended, and she heard a very sad womans voice that brought her to tears. "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. 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. She was able to return to Rwanda in early December 1996. Elle y a fait sa prise dhabit religieux le 6/07/2004 ; le noviciat dbuta le 31 Juillet de la mme anne. It is about to fall in its abyss. Rwanda became one of the African countries with the highest percentage of Catholics. One woman was shot in the hip and ten people, mostly children, were trampled to death [The soldiers] torched many of the huts so that the IDPs would not return home. Script error: No such module "Draft topics". he 16-year-old schoolgirl Alphonsine Mumureke said she was in the cafeteria of the Catholic boarding school Kibeho College. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one. Finally, the RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front), comprised mostly of Tutsi refugees from Uganda and refugees from Burundi, battled its way through the government-led conflict and slowly gained ground. 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! But Mukamazimpaka, on what she says was an order from the Virgin Mary, has stayed in Kibeho, except for two years. The visions lasted for hours. 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. 98% of our readers don't give; they simply look the other way. 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. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 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. It is often she herself who welcomes individual pilgrims and assists them in anything they need or refers them to the chaplain if necessary. 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. However, when Anathalie told them she spoke with Our Lady, they believed her. When she awoke from the nightmare, she found two friends supporting her, questioning her and advising her to return to the dormitory. 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. She promotes the message of Our Lady of Kibeho and helps the pilgrims in any way she can. He looked after her until his death in December 1998. Before she led Alphonsine to the other world, she warned her that she would appear to be dead and that others would want to bury her. The world is evil and rushes towards its ruin. 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. She wore a flowing, seamless, white dress with a white veil that covered her hair. 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. From time to time, relatives and Christians from her home parish, Muganza, come to visit her. When one of the nuns went to check on her, she found Alphonsine quite motionless on the bed, like a corpse. After these three apparitions, there were several more alleged appearances. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; Since 1998 it goes by "Groupe Scolaire Mere du Verbe" (School of the Mother of the Word). 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. 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. On August 22nd, 1987, Marie Claire celebrated her church wedding to Elie Ntabadahiga, a member of Mushubi parish. What did Australia do in the Rwandan genocide? But one of the students, Alphonsine Mumureke, had a vision on November 28. Her mother, Immaculate Mukarasana, died some a few years after the genocide of 1994. Unable to answer her friends questions, the distraught Marie-Claire began to pen a letter to her mother asking permission to come home. var addy_text5b9eadd281548aea5c9407afe17843cf = 'sanctuaire.kibeho' + '@' + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com';document.getElementById('cloak5b9eadd281548aea5c9407afe17843cf').innerHTML += ''+addy_text5b9eadd281548aea5c9407afe17843cf+'<\/a>'; Copyright Sanctuaire Notre Dame de Kibeho. Nathalie's father, Laurent Ngango is still alive and stays about 10 km from Kibeho. The 16-year-old schoolgirl Alphonsine Mumureke said she was in the cafeteria of the Catholic boarding school Kibeho College, Rwanda . Most of them were Tutsis. 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 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. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; addy06979af1fb68ed1cff9c75452df96a61 = addy06979af1fb68ed1cff9c75452df96a61 + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com'; 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. The group concluded that she was truly with Our Lady on some mysterious expedition; they had no choice but to wait. 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. On August 15, 1988 the local Bishop approved public devotion to Our Lady of Kibeho. Others asked her for proof to support her story. 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. Alphonsine fell to her knees and asked the Lady who she was. The change was so instantaneous that some of the girls were confused and made the sign of the Cross. It is estimated that, in just three months, almost one million were killed as the extremist Hutus targeted the minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Our Lady was pleased with her answer, telling her that she desired her schoolmates to have her same strong faith. In spite of this, she maintained that Alphonsine and Anathalie were the source of the trouble. In 1905, they reconstructed it with brick. She was just a simple schoolgirl with no transportation. If you donate . They conquered the government forces on July 4, 1994, a date now commemorated as a public holiday. - Developed by jofarsystems.com. 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. Alphonsine Mumureke (16) was away at a boarding school, helping out in the cafeteria, when she heard somebody in a strong but lovely voice "soft as air and sweeter than music" say, "My child " Going out into a hallway, she immediately saw a brilliant, luminous, white cloud, materializing in mid-air a few feet in front of her. Here is how she relates the first Apparition: 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. 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. 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. And everywhere there was blood, flies.13. 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. At first, no one took the adolescent's claims seriously. Ses parents sappelaient Thadde GAKWAYA et Marie Immacule MUKARUSANA.\r27 juillet 1977, Alphonsine est baptise lge de 12 ans. Who are you? Alphonsine asked. In the end, they could not prove the visionary and her position wrong. 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. 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. 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 had just finished a geography test and was filled with inexplicable emotions: confusion, joy, dread and fear. During the war, between 800,000 and 1 million were killed. 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. She asked Alphonsine to tell people that they needed to convert. 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 executions spread like wildfire throughout the country. Various reasons justify the choice by Our Lady of these three visionaries already approved as visionaries. Many a time, the visionary was confronted with all kinds of questions, some of which were very personal or even offending. Alphonsine often made retreats at a Poor Clare monastery in Abidjan until, finally, she joined the order and in 2003 professed temporary vows. Son nom de religion est Alphonsine de la Croix Glorieuse. Her mother, Gaudence Mukabaziga, died on Octobre 17th, 1998 from malaria. 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. When the war ended, she returned to Kibeho where she still lives today. 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. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; Of course we now know that, a decade after the Trinitys terrible visions, Rwanda was riven by a terrible genocide. She completed her secondary school studies at the Humanistic School of Kibeho in July 1989 with a secretary degree (level A2). She couldnt imagine how she could bring that message to the president! She was baptised on July 27th, 1977 at the age of 12 years. He became her spiritual director and took care of her during her stay at Ivory Coast. addy5b9eadd281548aea5c9407afe17843cf = addy5b9eadd281548aea5c9407afe17843cf + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com'; / My heart is full of sadness, / My child, show me the love, / You love me, / Come closer to my heart.10 The Heavenly Mother had come to ask for repentance, fasting, penance, prayer; and her children were not responding. 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. This encouraged Nathalie to return home after two years of absence. Their message is in conformity with the Sacred Scripture and the living Tradition of the Church. Our Lady first appeared to Alphonsine Mumureke, a student at Kibeho High School, on Nov. 28, 1981. Are there any descendants of Wyatt Earp alive today? The two commissions started their work immediately after their creation. After she graduated Kibeho College, she worked as a secretary for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Butare from 1992 to 1994. At the time of the apparitions she attended Grade 4 of the elementary level at Kibeho College. 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. 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. At the time of the civil war and genocide of 1994, she remained at Kibeho, at the scene of two terrible massacres. In writing about Rwanda, I am conscious that my words will always be unequal to the task What I encountered was evil in a form that rendered me inarticulate.. It would be imprudent to somehow "canonize"the visionaries of Kibeho while still alive. Yes, the Virgin Mary appeared at Kibeho on November 28th, 1981 and in the months that followed. 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. At the conclusion of the vision, the seer sang a song to Jesus, pleading for His mercy. Unfortunately, they did not have a child, despite their strong desire to start a family. Marie Claire Mukangango had visions for six months, lasting from 2 March 1982 until 15 September 1982. 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. The authentic conversions of the seers proved that the Good Mother had come to reinforce the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 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 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. Research was carried out in her family and her native region and there are specific reports and testimonies on this subject. Alphonsine Mumureke left in 1994 during the genocide and never came back. She also likes to attend Holy Mass. 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. They reported seeing a tree on fire, an open chasm and a monster. 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). The Virgin was silent for some minutes, and then she began to weep. All her doubts vanished, as she understood that she was speaking with the Mother of God. Six times more she began the song, but Our Lady interrupted her every time. 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. In 1982, Our Lady conducted Alphonsine and Anathalie on separate journeys to heaven, hell and purgatory. Young and powerless, their warnings went unheeded. She told Anathalie on May 15, 1982, A child of Mary does not reject suffering. Like the children of Fatima, the Kibeho seers were asked to accept suffering and mortifications for the salvation of souls. It would be imprudent to somehow "canonize"the visionaries of Kibeho while still alive. 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. Sign up to receive our daily newsletter. Kibeho itself suffered two massacres. 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". Civilians who had taken refuge in the parish church there in April 1994 were killed. This encouraged Nathalie to return home after two years of absence. 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