Our Lady first appeared to Alphonsine Mumureke, a student at Kibeho High School, on Nov. 28, 1981. Only the three initial testimonies merit being considered authentic; they were given by Alphonsine Mumureke, Nathalie Mukamazimpaka, and by Marie Claire Mukangango. 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. 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. It is 36 km from the Bishop of Gikongoros residence and 30 km from the Bishop of Butares residence. She went into the hall where she was being drawn; her skin tingled, and her hand trembled.2 A soft, sweet voice called out: My daughter. Again the voice was heard: My daughter., Then, to Alphonsines amazement, the most lovely woman she had ever beheld emerged from the cloud, floating between the floor and ceiling in a pool of shimmering light. 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. \rDans la suite elle fut admise lInstitut Suprieur de catchse dAbidjan affili lUniversit Catholique dAfrique de lOuest. When one of the nuns went to check on her, she found Alphonsine quite motionless on the bed, like a corpse. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . The three visionaries then claimed that on August 15, 1982 the Virgin showed them images of rivers of blood and dismembered bodies. Alphonsine fut embauche par le diocse comme secrtaire dactylographe au Service diocsain de lEnseignement Catholique Gikongoro. In the evaluation of the facts and the messages, only the public apparitions are taken into consideration. | Jan 16, 2017 | 2014, Marian Shrines | 0 comments. Only the three initial testimonies merit being considered authentic; they were given by Alphonsine Mumureke, Nathalie Mukamazimpaka, and by Marie Claire Mukangango. On August 22nd, 1987, Marie Claire celebrated her church wedding to Elie Ntabadahiga, a member of Mushubi parish. They ruled through the Tutsi king and brought Hutu areas under their rule. 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. All Rights Reserved. They resided in Gatsata compound in Kigali, at the road to Byumba. This encouraged Nathalie to return home after two years of absence. Script error: No such module "Draft topics". Improvements to the Shrine continue: electricity was added, a small campsite with facilities constructed, the sacristy furnished, and a pathway for processions established. 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. The others continued their verbal attack, laughing and waving their hands in front of her; but she was oblivious to her surroundings. by Sr. M. Faustina Olson, F.H.I. This situation was subject of controversial public discussion, led by the investigation commissions as well as by temporary observers. 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 visions lasted for hours. The situation became more and more confusing and it was therefore difficult for the church authorities to find the truth. Alphonsine Mumureke was born on March 21st, 1965, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kibungo, Rwanda. Kibeho High School in southern Rwanda is run by the Benebikira Sisters or Daughters of the Virgin Mary. 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. Sixteen-year-old Alphonsine Mumureke was privileged to attend Kibeho High school, an opportunity many poor Rwandan girls did not have. All her doubts vanished, as she understood that she was speaking with the Mother of God. In its discernment, the Church installed two commissions in 1982, one medical and one theological, which should investigate the events of Kibeho using scientifically valid methods. She was baptised on July 27th, 1977 at the age of 12 years. But Mukamazimpaka, on what she says was an order from the Virgin Mary, has stayed in Kibeho, except for two years during the genocide when she was ordered to leave by the bishop. A bright, white, light-filled orb descended, and she heard a very sad womans voice that brought her to tears. He prayed that it would be a holy place of prayer, conversion, and reparation for the world. While Katoris play touches on the political, economic and social, it is more interested in how religion can influence the personal and political behaviour of a nation. A few days later, Alphonsine did not appear for dinner. Learning of the opportunity, Alphonsines parish priest intervened, and she was accepted into the school. In the evaluation of the facts and the messages, only the public apparitions are taken into consideration. The history of the Church is replete with examples of Our Ladys watchful and solicitous care for the welfare of her children. Eighteen hours later, they were astonished to behold a suddenly wide-awake Alphonsine, smiling and serene. As soon as she disappeared, Alphonsine collapsed on the floor and lay motionless for ten minutes. Thousands of citizens were brutally killed in the parish church and, a year later, on the esplanade where the apparitions had taken place. Discrimination and struggles between these two classes persisted through the 1990s, as the Tutsis were being excluded from public service and military jobs. The two commissions started their work immediately after their creation. The message Nathalie received was special due to it's content on expiatory suffering and incessant prayer for a world which hastens to its ruin and is at risk of falling into the abyss. The 16-year-old schoolgirl Alphonsine Mumureke said she was in the cafeteria of the Catholic boarding school Kibeho College, Rwanda, when she heard a voice soft as air and sweeter than music. 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. Various reasons justify the choice by Our Lady of these three visionaries already approved as visionaries. Heaven had directed her to tell the officials to pray, to forgive, and to stop persecuting the Tutsis and sending them into exile. 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. He looked after her until his death in December 1998. She married Rwandan journalist, Elie Ntabadahiga, and was living in Kigali at the time of the genocide. Anathalie remains at the Shrine, fulfilling the promise she made to Our Lady, praying and offering her suffering for souls. 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. 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.. Her mother, Immaculate Mukarasana, died some a few years after the genocide of 1994. 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. Colleagues, neighbours, friends and even family members slaughtered one another. When His Excellency was still an abbot, he was providentially selected as a spiritual guide in the early stages of the apparitions. Returning to her room, she started to pray the Rosary with a few of her friends. It is estimated that, in just three months, almost one million were killed as the extremist Hutus targeted the minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus. In Kibeho, Rwanda, in 1981, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, Alphonsine Mumureke, heard a heavenly voice calling out to her. 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. At the same time, she was aspirant in the order of Saint Claire. A striking recent example, confirmed by the local Bishop, is given us by the events surrounding the Blessed Virgins appearance to three schoolgirls at Kibeho, Rwanda, beginning in 1982. Entering into ecstasy, Alphonsine began to sing her accustomed song of welcome to Our Lady, but she stopped abruptly. When the war ended, she returned to Kibeho where she still lives today. She married in 1987 and obtained a teaching position. A partir de lanne 1995 un bienfaiteur laida trouver une bourse dtudes lEcole Suprieure de Commerce Castaing, avec inscription la section de Secrtariat Bureautique. Rwanda and Burundi were ruled separately under two different Tutsi monarchs. She received the religious habit at the beginning of her novitiate on July 26th, 2004. 10Our Lady of Kibeho, Immacule Ilibagiza, Hay House Inc., pg 147. However, when Anathalie told them she spoke with Our Lady, they believed her. She was killed in the 1994 genocide along with her husband. Thus, they gave priority to the first eight supposed visionaries: Those of the first year of the apparitions at Kibeho, i.e. 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. Whether the visions that they described were real or not, the schoolgirls testimony highlighted the daily injustices that they saw around them. Soon, the local faithful began to gather at the school grounds, hoping to hear the messages and to see the visionary. She was just a simple schoolgirl with no transportation. Today, she lives in a small one-story house on the church grounds, directly across from . Father Halter became Alphonsine's spiritual director. Amen. 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. 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. Pronunciation of Alphonsine Mumureke with 1 audio pronunciation and more for Alphonsine Mumureke. 341 Butare / RwandaCentral AfricaThis email address is being protected from spambots. Our Lady of Kibeho is at the Royal and Derngate, Northampton, until 2 February. 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. document.getElementById('cloak06979af1fb68ed1cff9c75452df96a61').innerHTML = ''; 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. 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. In early July 1994, Nathalie was forced to leave Kibeho at the request of the Bishop, in order to get into greater safety. 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. With the help of an Ivorian-Congolese (D.R. 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. She had just finished a geography test and was filled with inexplicable emotions: confusion, joy, dread and fear. 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At the time of the apparitions she attended Grade 4 of the elementary level at Kibeho College. Others asked her for proof to support her story. They resided in Gatsata compound in Kigali, at the road to Byumba. The executions spread like wildfire throughout the country. Katoris background as a journalist and an actor bring a rare sensibility to her plays, which combine a reporters eye for a good story and historical detail together with an understanding of how to craft characters that only an actor can experience. 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. Public are those apparitions that take place in the presence of various testimonies, which does not necessarily mean a crowd. This is also valid for Alphonsine who continued to attract many people up to the end of her apparitions. Our Lady exhorted them to pray always and to teach others to pray with greater zeal and purity of heart. 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. She was sent to the nurse, who in turn sent her to her room to rest. Today, Kibeho is best known as a place of apparitions and pilgrimages. 2Our Lady of Kibeho, Immaculee Ilibagiza with Steve Erwin, 2009, 4th ed, Hay House, Inc., p. 35. She promotes the message of Our Lady of Kibeho and helps the pilgrims in any way she can. She was completely unresponsive and even too heavy to be moved by four men. It was of a woman calling herself "Mother of the Word". The first time that the Virgin Mary appeared to Nathalie was on January 12th, 1982, the last time on December 3rd, 1983. They have noted that the power of Our Lady of Kibeho lies in its ability to stay true to the perspectives of Alphonsine, Anathalie and Marie Claire. Rwanda and Burundi were once part of the German East Africa, from 1894 to 1918. Convert while there is still time, the Virgin Mary said to the world through Marie Claire. document.getElementById('cloak5b9eadd281548aea5c9407afe17843cf').innerHTML = ''; Of course we now know that, a decade after the Trinitys terrible visions, Rwanda was riven by a terrible genocide. The sins of her children caused the heavenly Mother such deep sorrow that she cried bitterly as she pleaded for her children to pray and to love one another. Anathalie Mukamazimpaka's visions began in January 1982 and ended on 3 December 1983. 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. By that time, news of the apparitions had already spread far and wide. She was baptized when she was 12 years old, on July 27 1977. This is also validfor Alphonsine who continued to attract many people up to the end of her apparitions. The next day, one of the students, Marie-Claire, led a group of fellow students in a confrontation with Alphonsine. She asked Alphonsine to tell people that they needed to convert. It is the most famine-prone region of one of the worlds poorest countries, but so beautiful that locals say: God comes on holiday here.. Tens of thousands of pilgrims now travel to Kibeho each year in search of benediction. 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. 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. 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. The next dayMarch 2as the class processed into chapel, Marie-Claire again lost consciousness. Unfortunately, they did not have a child, despite their strong desire to start a family. On January 12, 1982, she appeared to Anathalie Mukamazimpaka, another devout seventeen-year-old student. When Anathalie awoke, she was surrounded by friends and a few nuns who informed her that she had been in the same kind of trance Alphonsine had experienced. Out of the darkness emerged two ominous figures, warning her that they would return with others. At that time, Father Joseph Bezel, parish priest in France and a dear friend of Father Raymond Halter, helped Alphonsine to obtain a scholarship for the Business School of Castaing in Abidjan ,where she signed up for a three-year-programme of Business Secretary Education (from 1995/96 to 1997/98). She 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. 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. var addy5b9eadd281548aea5c9407afe17843cf = 'sanctuaire.kibeho' + '@'; It was from there that she was urgently transferred to Nairobi for medical care. The natives harvest bananas, sweet potatoes, and cassava for their own use throughout the year. 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. article "Alphonsine Mumureke" is from Wikipedia, https://en.everybodywiki.com/index.php?title=Alphonsine_Mumureke&oldid=2464770. Alphonsine's are no longer alive. 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 . The visionaries said to have seen her sometimes with joined hands, sometimes with outstretched arms. 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. Here is how she relates the first Apparition: 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. 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. 3 . 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. 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. This choice, however, was a working hypothesis, not a presumption of authenticity for such a large number of visionaries. 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. What is the meaning of business ecosystem? The situation became more and more confusing and it was therefore difficult for the church authorities to find the truth. 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 world is evil and rushes towards its ruin. In its discernment, the Church installed two commissions in 1982, one medical and one theological, which should investigate the events of Kibeho using scientifically valid methods. In this context, Mons. At the time of the apparitions she attended Grade 4 of the elementary level at Kibeho College. In 1960, the Hutus won municipal elections, causing thousands more Tutsis to flee. So, ever since July 1982, Nathalie has been permanently staying close to the site of the apparitions at Kibeho. Anathalie was likewise escorted on supernatural tours. No one goes to heaven without suffering, Our Lady told her, and as a child of Mary, you may never put down the cross you bear.7 Then, holding her rosary, the student knelt and received a blessing from the Virgin Mary before she departed. It would be imprudent to somehow "canonize"the visionaries of Kibeho while still alive. 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 change was so instantaneous that some of the girls were confused and made the sign of the Cross. But Mukamazimpaka, on what she says was an order from the Virgin Mary, has stayed in Kibeho, except for two years during the genocide when she was ordered to leave by the bishop. Our Lady told her to sing a song that was to portend the seriousness of this particular apparition. You should enable them to normally operate within their surroundings and go about their usual activities. 13www.nytimes.com/1995/04/24/world/as-many-as-2000-are-reported-dead-in-rwanda.html. After she graduated Kibeho College, she worked as a secretary for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Butare from 1992 to 1994. And everywhere there was blood, flies.13. Shortly before the apparitions she was admitted in Kibeho College in October 1981 in order to continue her studies after primary school. Thirty astounded students had witnessed Marie-Clare in ecstasy. 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. She temporarily stayed at Bishops residence in Gikongoro. She was baptised on August 12th, 1966 at the age of 5. Yes, the Virgin Mary appeared at Kibeho on November 28th, 1981 and in the months that followed. Elle y a fait sa prise dhabit religieux le 6/07/2004 ; le noviciat dbuta le 31 Juillet de la mme anne. 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. 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. The exact date and circumstances of their death are not (yet) elicited. Bishop Misago affirmed that the message of Kibeho had produced flourishing prayer groups, where the Rosary and the Seven Sorrows were being prayed. 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. 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. 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. Some. 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. She then saw a beautiful woman, who said, "I am the Mother of the Word.". This encouraged Nathalie to return home after two years of absence. Her mother, Immaculate Mukarasana, died some a few years after the genocide of 1994. On the contrary, the successive local ordinaries were in favour of her. Script error: No such module "AfC topic". For reasons mentioned below, she was unable to complete her studies. The Virgin was silent for some minutes, and then she began to weep. 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. May it be a call for the Church of Rwanda, and beyond, to turn with confidence to Our Lady of Sorrows. 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