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. Neighbors killed neighbors; Hutu husbands were forced to kill Tutsi wives. Most probably this caused he to reread the message of the apparitions (and particularly that of August 15th, 1982) with great pain, trying to establish a link between what the Virgin Mary had said and the tragedy which descended upon Rwanda and her neighbouring countries. In November 1981, 16-year-old Alphonsine Mumureke reported a vision she described as the Virgin Mary, warning of a bloody, apocalyptic, hate-filled conflict to come. But one of the students, Alphonsine Mumureke, had a vision on November 28. When His Excellency was still an abbot, he was providentially selected as a spiritual guide in the early stages of the apparitions. Spanning eight years and three visionaries at Kibeho College in Rwanda, it all began on November 28 th, 1981, when Our Lady appeared to seventeen-year-old Alphonsine Mumureke while she was serving other children: "She could have chosen me when I was in a chapel praying the Rosary. 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. Alphonsine. Marie Claire had been among those who had dismissed Alphonsine's claims, arguing that her fellow student just wanted attention. Sanctuary Our Lady of KibehoB.P. Cest l quelle a vcu la tragdie du gnocide survenu en 1994.. It was of a woman calling herself "Mother of the Word". More study was yet required before official approval, but pilgrims were now permitted to visit and pray at the apparition site. Alphonsine Mumureke left in 1994 during the genocide and never came back. 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. In 1905, they reconstructed it with brick. Ses parents sappelaient Thadde GAKWAYA et Marie Immacule MUKARUSANA.\r27 juillet 1977, Alphonsine est baptise lge de 12 ans. 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. Therefore, my daughter, though I am forgotten by many, at least do you not forget me; consider my anguish, and imitate, as far as you can, my grief. (The Glories of Mary, St. Alphonsus de Liguori, p. 478). Congo, where she sought refuge at the house of befriended families, who knew her from Kibeho. Young and powerless, their warnings went unheeded. T he 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. 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. She is one of three Vatican-approved seers of the Our Lady of Kibeho apparitions of the 1980s, which occurred in her late teen years. Increasingly distressed by the unrelenting attacks, Alphonsine begged Our Lady to appear to other girls in order that they would believe her. These witnesses, historically linked, were the only ones on the scene for some months, at least up to June 1982. He looked after her until his death in December 1998. Many a time, the visionary was confronted with all kinds of questions, some of which were very personal or even offending. 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! Learning of the opportunity, Alphonsines parish priest intervened, and she was accepted into the school. Augustin Misago, Declaration bearing the final judgement on the event of the "Apparitions of Kibeho", n 14.). Then, on March 1, 1982, Marie-Claire fainted while walking in the gardens. She witnessed acts of murder and genocide against innocent people. Holy Mary answered her prayers. Her mother, Immaculate Mukarasana, died some a few years after the genocide of 1994. Kibeho College, founded in 1967 on the initiative of the parish priest of Kibeho, Father Grgoire Kamugisha, has often changed name in order to conform to the changing programs of the Ministry of National Education. This page was last edited on 16 April 2022, at 11:32. 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. 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 river carried the massacred bodies into Lake Victoria, creating a serious health hazard in Uganda.12 The New York Times claimed that as many as 100 bodies per hour were being washed ashore in Uganda or onto the Islands in Lake Victoria. With the help of an Ivorian-Congolese (D.R. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one. Thousands of citizens were brutally killed in the parish church and, a year later, on the esplanade where the apparitions had taken place. During the war, between 800,000 and 1 million were killed. Our Lady promised special graces to those who meditate on her sorrows. Our Lady first appeared to Alphonsine Mumureke, a student at Kibeho High School, on Nov. 28, 1981. Elle y a fait sa prise dhabit religieux le 6/07/2004 ; le noviciat dbuta le 31 Juillet de la mme anne. 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. It would be unfortunate to misuse them as a kind of good luck charm" (abapfumu). 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. 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. The authentic conversions of the seers proved that the Good Mother had come to reinforce the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She found herself standing in a vast meadow filled with a variety of colorful flowers and hovering red bubbles that dissolved into mist. He became her spiritual director and took care of her during her stay at Ivory Coast. A few days later, Alphonsine did not appear for dinner. The two commissions worked according to the "Norms for Judging Alleged Apparitions and Revelations", published by the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith on February 24th, 1978 in Rome. In April 1982, two commissions were authorized to investigate the events. On the contrary, the successive local ordinaries were in favour of her. 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. The Tutsis ruled Rwanda in the early part of the century and were considered the upper class. It is in this context that Mons. 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. One of the schoolteachers, Sr. Blandine, pushed her way through the unbelieving crowd and brought Alphonsine to the school director and to the nurse. 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. 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. When the war ended, she returned to Kibeho where she still lives today. At the time of the civil war and genocide of 1994, she remained at Kibeho, at the scene of two terrible massacres. How to say Alphonsine Mumureke in English? var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; 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. 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. 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. There, they were caught off guard by the genocide of 1994. Moreover, chances are that some people tried to talk to these visionaries and maliciously make them their instruments. There, they were caught off guard by the genocide of 1994. These two visions of Alphonsine were but the beginning of many more. 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. I am concerned with and turning to the whole world. Heaven had directed her to tell the officials to pray, to forgive, and to stop persecuting the Tutsis and sending them into exile. Mary first appeared to a girl named Alphonsine Mumureke "when she was serving other kids," Ilibagiza explained. TheHunters: the small UN unit that tracked down Rwandas worst killers, 'Finding them is not rocket science': the hunt for the Rwandan genocide fugitives, Twenty-year search for Rwanda genocide suspect ends in Zimbabwe grave, Daughter of Hotel Rwanda dissident criticises Belgium's response to arrest, surprise winner of the best play award at the 2010 Oliviers. 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. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; If I am turning to the parish of Kibeho, it does not mean that I am concerned only for Kibeho, or for the Diocese of Butare, or for Rwanda, or for the whole of Africa. 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. 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 is one of three Vatican-approved seers of the Our Lady of Kibeho apparitions of the 1980s, which occurred in her late teen years. addy06979af1fb68ed1cff9c75452df96a61 = addy06979af1fb68ed1cff9c75452df96a61 + 'gmail' + '.' + 'com'; 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. The Virgin was silent for some minutes, and then she began to weep. First two years of apparitions at Kibeho . 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. This situation was subject of controversial public discussion, led by the investigation commissions as well as by temporary observers. If you donate . She was sent to the nurse, who in turn sent her to her room to rest. Alphonsine's are no longer alive. The visionaries of Kibeho are no exception from the rule. 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. This encouraged Nathalie to return home after two years of absence. The Service Centre was led by a priest. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . The young professed was given the name of Alphonsine of the Glorious Cross ". The two commissions completed their investigation twenty years after their creation. 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. She wore a flowing, seamless, white dress with a white veil that covered her hair. The two commissions started their work immediately after their creation. In this context, Mons. Thousands of people were slaughtered in their churches, their decapitated bodies dumped into rivers. 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. Feminine Name French. Under the guiding hand of Our Lady, her feisty, rude behavior ceased. Most probably this caused he to reread the message of the apparitions (and particularly that of August 15th, 1982) with great pain, trying to establish a link between what the Virgin Mary had said and the tragedy which descended upon Rwanda and her neighbouring countries. Her hands were clasped in front of her in a gesture of prayer, her slender fingers pointing toward heaven.3 The barefoot Lady was so beautiful and had such a perfect complexion that Alphonsine couldnt determine the color of her skin. Marie Claire Mukangango had visions for six months, lasting from 2 March 1982 until 15 September 1982. This situation was subject of controversial public discussion, led by the investigation commissions as well as by temporary observers. But only the visions of the first three -- 17-year-old Alphonsine, 20-year-old Nathalie, and 21-year-old Marie Claire -- have received Bishop Misago's solemn approval. 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. It is about to fall in its abyss. 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. , arguing that her fellow student just wanted attention vision on November 28 he looked after her His! 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