Out of the darkness emerged two ominous figures, warning her that they would return with others. After her graduation from theology with a specialization in catechesis in June 2003, she entered the monastery Sainte Claire in Abidjan (Poor Clares). - Developed by jofarsystems.com. WHEN ALPHONSINE ASKED WHO SHE WAS, THE LADY REPLIED, I AM NYINA WA JAMBO WHICH MEANS THE MOTHER OF THE WORD. Alphonsine Mumureke. 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. Pour sa scurit, elle dut se rfugier au presbytre de la paroisse de Gikongoro. Marie Claire and Elie formed a happy couple. Moreover, chances are that some people tried to talk to these visionaries and maliciously make them their instruments. 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. All Rights Reserved. Calming down a little, she went into the dining hall to serve. The Blessed Mother wanted Alphonsine to be like a little child to her: Play with me! 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 in this context that Mons. 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. Fortunately, the Benebikira Sisters had just come back to Kibeho and reopened their convent, the school and the health centre. 2 . 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. It would be unfortunate to misuse them as a kind of good luck charm" (abapfumu). 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. But one of the students, Alphonsine Mumureke, had a vision on November 28. She married in 1987 and obtained a teaching position. In 1905, they reconstructed it with brick. Elle y a fait sa prise dhabit religieux le 6/07/2004 ; le noviciat dbuta le 31 Juillet de la mme anne. The other two visionaries, Anathalie and Marie-Claire, experienced the same dreadful vision on this day: mass murder, the river of blood, piles of corpses. Kibeho itself suffered two massacres. Sign up to receive our daily newsletter. Our Lady promised special graces to those who meditate on her sorrows. 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 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. She received the religious habit at the beginning of her novitiate on July 26th, 2004. Then she heard a voice calling her. She temporarily stayed at Bishops residence in Gikongoro. On August 22nd, 1987, Marie Claire celebrated her church wedding to Elie Ntabadahiga, a member of Mushubi parish. 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. Her mother, Immaculate Mukarasana, died some a few years after the genocide of 1994. 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. Some of her fellow students, teachers and nuns thought she was just trying to get attention or that she had lost her mind. Hence, starting from September 1983, she first taught in her home parish Mushubi and thereafter in Kigali from September 1987. SUPPORT LA CROIX INTERNATIONALS COMMUNITY OF READERS. 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. Extremist Hutus blamed it on the Tutsis. The White Fathers, an international Missionary Society of priests and brothers, arrived in the late 1800s amid all this tension. Anathalie Mukamazimpaka's visions began in January 1982 and ended on 3 December 1983. For reasons mentioned below, she was unable to complete her studies. 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. They are the ones who made Kibeho known as a place of apparitions and pilgrimage causing crowds of people to flock there. This encouraged Nathalie to return home after two years of absence. 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. She promotes the message of Our Lady of Kibeho and helps the pilgrims in any way she can. Bishop Misago affirmed that the message of Kibeho had produced flourishing prayer groups, where the Rosary and the Seven Sorrows were being prayed. The message the Virgin Mary allegedly revealed to the students at Kibeho was focused on conversion and salvific suffering. Divine Providence had special designs for the three seers: In June 2003, Alphonsine entered the monastery of the Poor Clares in Abidjan. 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. But she sought a more secluded life completely devoted to prayers. 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. Civilians who had taken refuge in the parish church there in April 1994 were killed. The White Fathers were successful in their evangelization efforts, generating a fervent, faith-filled people and abundant vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Heaven had directed her to tell the officials to pray, to forgive, and to stop persecuting the Tutsis and sending them into exile. A partir de lanne 1995 un bienfaiteur laida trouver une bourse dtudes lEcole Suprieure de Commerce Castaing, avec inscription la section de Secrtariat Bureautique. Some. When she awoke, she once again found herself on the floor of the school chapel. Today, Kibeho is best known as a place of apparitions and pilgrimages. The group concluded that she was truly with Our Lady on some mysterious expedition; they had no choice but to wait. In the evaluation of the facts and the messages, only the public apparitions are taken into consideration. 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. Various reasons justify the choice by Our Lady of these three visionaries already approved as visionaries. May she accompany each one in his journey and obtain for him the gift of reconciliation and peace. 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. 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! Alone in their community, Alphonsine, Anathalie and Marie Claire understood the lessons that scripture offered against the growing hatred of their times. On June 24th, 1982, the Blessed Virgin asked Nathalie to remain at Kibeho and, until further notice, fully engage herself in prayer life and mortifications for the salvation of the world. As for Alphonsine Mumureke, the first visionary, she has had a long journey. On the contrary, the successive local ordinaries were in favour of her. She asked Alphonsine to tell people that they needed to convert. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; 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. The extraordinary story of these three schoolgirls inspired my friend, the American playwright Katori Hall, to write Our Lady of Kibeho. 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. Our Lady poured out, as it were, so much love upon Alphonsine that she felt she would be lifted to heaven. 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. Six times more she began the song, but Our Lady interrupted her every time. With the help of an Ivorian-Congolese (D.R. Rwanda and Burundi were once part of the German East Africa, from 1894 to 1918. Young and powerless, their warnings went unheeded. There is no love and no peace. 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. At the same time, she was aspirant in the order of Saint Claire. Increasingly distressed by the unrelenting attacks, Alphonsine begged Our Lady to appear to other girls in order that they would believe her. After her graduation from theology with a specialization in catechesis in June 2003, she entered the monastery Sainte Claire in Abidjan (Poor Clares). It is in this context that Mons. . She received the religious habit at the beginning of her novitiate on July 26th, 2004. After she graduated Kibeho College, she worked as a secretary for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Butare from 1992 to 1994. It would be imprudent to somehow "canonize"the visionaries of Kibeho while still alive. There, a great number of unarmed civilians was slaughtered. After graduation, Marie-Claire spent years spreading devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady. - Developed by jofarsystems.com. It would be unfortunate to misuse them as a kind of good luck charm" (abapfumu). 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. between November 28th, 1981 and November 28th, 1982. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Nathalie Mukamazimpaka stopped her studies after the apparitions and devoted herself totally to prayer. 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). Colleagues, neighbours, friends and even family members slaughtered one another. First two years of apparitions at Kibeho . Ses parents sappelaient Thadde GAKWAYA et Marie Immacule MUKARUSANA.\r27 juillet 1977, Alphonsine est baptise lge de 12 ans. 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. Many a time, the visionary was confronted with all kinds of questions, some of which were very personal or even offending. \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. between November 28th, 1981 and November 28th, 1982. Kibeho is also the name given to one of the parishes of the diocese of Gikongoro, founded in 1934 and dedicated to Mary, Mother of God. 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. This situation was subject of controversial public discussion, led by the investigation commissions as well as by temporary observers. She had always attended Mass on Sundays and had a special devotion to Our Lady. document.getElementById('cloak5b9eadd281548aea5c9407afe17843cf').innerHTML = ''; Alphonsine fut embauche par le diocse comme secrtaire dactylographe au Service diocsain de lEnseignement Catholique Gikongoro. Kibeho is a small parish nestled in Mubuga, the land of the seven hills in eastern Rwanda. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. The personal transformation of the seers (who passed all the criteria established by the Church), as well as many documents and investigations, were carefully examined. In April 1994, President Juvenal Habyarimana was killed when his plane was shot down. 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. When Alphonsine awoke, she was overwhelmed by the love she felt. Their message is in conformity with the Sacred Scripture and the living Tradition of the Church. 21 mars 1965, Alphonsine naquit Cyizihira, dans la paroisse de Zaza (diocse de Kibungo). This article "Alphonsine Mumureke" is from Wikipedia. Dans la suite, elle partit avec des connaissances vers le Zare (aujourdhui RD Congo). The world is in rebellion against God. Here is how she relates the first Apparition: Holy Mary answered her prayers. However, as Divine Providence would arrange it, a space had unexpectedly opened up in a government-run all-girl school staffed by religious sisters. It is about to fall in its abyss. She was baptised on February 2nd, 1968 at the age of 4. Aprs y avoir obtenu un baccalaurat en thologie, en juin 2003, elle est entre dans un monastre des Clarisses dAbidjan. Alphonsine Mumureke left in 1994 during the genocide and never came back. 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. 3 . She was baptised on August 12th, 1966 at the age of 5. After these three apparitions, there were several more alleged appearances. The first apparition of Mary was on November 28, 1981, when Alphonsine Mumureke, a young student of the Kibeho High School . She wore no shoes, just like Alphonsine and her classmates. Of course we now know that, a decade after the Trinitys terrible visions, Rwanda was riven by a terrible genocide. She was baptised on July 27th, 1977 at the age of 12 years. Support La Croix International's unique blend of international Catholic journalism by making it available to people in Asia and Africa who can't afford a subscription and often don't have credit cards to pay for it either. 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. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. She responded: I am the Mother of the Word.. At the time of the apparitions she attended Grade 4 of the elementary level at Kibeho College. She witnessed acts of murder and genocide against innocent people. 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. In 1981, at a high school in Kibeho, Rwanda, a teenager named Alphonsine Mumureke had a vision of the Virgin Mary. However, when Anathalie told them she spoke with Our Lady, they believed her. 13www.nytimes.com/1995/04/24/world/as-many-as-2000-are-reported-dead-in-rwanda.html. She temporarily stayed at Bishops residence in Gikongoro. When he died Father Basile Gbangbo, a priest of the Archdiocese of Abidjan, took over as spiritual guide. document.getElementById('cloak06979af1fb68ed1cff9c75452df96a61').innerHTML = ''; But she chose me, to come to me, when I was serving." 98% of our readers don't give; they simply look the other way. The visionaries said to have seen her sometimes with joined hands, sometimes with outstretched arms. 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. He prayed that it would be a holy place of prayer, conversion, and reparation for the world. 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. What's happened to the three Rwandan girls Our Lady alleged appeared to in the 1980s? 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. Gabrielle Brooks, Yasmin Mwanza and Pepter Lunkuse in rehearsals for Our Lady of Kibeho. There, they were caught off guard by the genocide of 1994. article "Alphonsine Mumureke" is from Wikipedia, https://en.everybodywiki.com/index.php?title=Alphonsine_Mumureke&oldid=2464770. As a Latin adage says: Gratia non tollit naturam, sed perficit eam. ("Grace doesn't do away with nature, but perfects it."). The list of its authors can be seen in its historicaland/or the page Edithistory:Alphonsine Mumureke. In 2001, after a 20-year investigation by the Vatican and seven years after the genocide the pope certified the apparitions as authentic. In the 23-page document, the Bishops reasons were thoughtfully and systematically penned. All her doubts vanished, as she understood that she was speaking with the Mother of God. Why did he die in a cell? Following her studies, Marie Claire Mukangango became a teacher. Marie-Claire, the leading antagonist, glared at her in total disgust and disbelief. They conquered the government forces on July 4, 1994, a date now commemorated as a public holiday. 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 Mother of Jesus wished to manifest herself in your country to some children, reminding them of the effectiveness of fasting and prayer, especially the prayer of the Rosary. They share the same language, religions and kinship and clan systems. Thus, they gave priority to the first eight supposed visionaries: Those of the first year of the apparitions at Kibeho, i.e. There are more reasons to believe in the apparitions than to deny them. Mumureke, now a nun in Italy, told Immaculee: "Remember the first message of Our Lady. She was just a simple schoolgirl with no transportation. And they were causing increasing furor. The two commissions completed their investigation twenty years after their creation. Our Lady exhorted them to pray always and to teach others to pray with greater zeal and purity of heart. At the conclusion of the vision, the seer sang a song to Jesus, pleading for His mercy. Two words hover over the nations collective psychology: never again. 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. For reasons mentioned below, she was unable to complete her studies. This email address is being protected from spambots. This is also validfor Alphonsine who continued to attract many people up to the end of her apparitions. 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 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. However, the superiors of this congregation hesitated to accept her since the question of the authenticity of the apparitions had not yet been clarified by the church authorities. "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. Lateron, she was hosted in a community of the Daughters of Mary Queen of the Apostles Sisters up to May 1996. 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). 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. 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. . The first apparition of Alphonsine took place on November 28th, 1981, her last exactly eight years later, on November 28th, 1989. 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. 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. It was of a woman calling herself "Mother of the Word". 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. 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. The Tutsis ruled Rwanda in the early part of the century and were considered the upper class. Though the school was very poor and had no running water or electricity; Alphonsine was, nevertheless, grateful to be there. On August 22nd, 1987, Marie Claire celebrated her church wedding to Elie Ntabadahiga, a member of Mushubi parish. At the time of the civil war and genocide of 1994, she remained at Kibeho, at the scene of two terrible massacres. 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. 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. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Sixteen-year-old Alphonsine Mumureke was privileged to attend Kibeho High school, an opportunity many poor Rwandan girls did not have. The Guardian reports that it all started when 16-year-old schoolgirl Alphonsine Mumureke who was in the cafeteria of the Catholic boarding school Kibeho College, Rwanda, said she heard a voice "soft as air and sweeter than music".. Alphonsine said she saw a beautiful woman "neither white nor black" floating above the floor in a flowing seamless dress, with a veil that covered her hair. 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