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Our Lady of Kibeho
Our Lady of Kibeho (Kinyarwanda: Bikira Mariya w'Ikibeho, French: Notre-Dame de Kibeho), also known as Our Lady of Sorrows of Kibeho, is a Catholic title of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, based on the Marian apparitions reported in the 1980s by several adolescents in Kibeho, south-western Rwanda. The young approved visionaries were Alphonsine Mumureke, Nathalie Mukamazimpaka and Marie Claire Mukangango.
The Kibeho apparitions apparently communicated various messages to the schoolgirls, including an apocalyptic vision of Rwanda descending into violence and hatred, possibly foretelling the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
In 2001, the local bishop of the Catholic Church officially recognised the visions of three schoolgirls as authentic. The Holy See also released the declaration of Bishop Augustin Misago of Gikongoro approving the apparitions.
Kibeho is a small village located in southwestern Rwanda. The reported apparitions began on November 28, 1981, at a time of increasing tension between the Tutsi and Hutu groups. They occurred at a Catholic boarding school, the Kibeho College, a secondary school for girls. The first visionary was Alphonsine Mumureke who claimed to see a beautiful Lady who identified herself as Nyina wa Jambo (Kinyarwanda for “Mother of the Word”), which was synonymous with Umubyeyi W'Imana ("Mother of God").
Her testimony was first received with mixed opinions and much skepticism. Some time later, two new visionaries started claiming to see the Virgin Mary at the College in alignment with Alphonsine: Nathalie Mukamazimpaka on January 12, 1982, and Marie Claire Mukangango on March 2, 1982.
The longest series of visions were attributed to Alphonsine Mumureke, who had received the initial vision shortly after her admittance into Kibeho College in October 1981. On March 20, 1982, Alphonsine Mumureke reported experiencing a "mystical journey" with the Virgin Mary during several hours, through symbolic representations of spiritual realities such as hell, purgatory, and heaven. A similar experience was later reported by Nathalie Mukamazimpaka on October 30, 1982. The last apparition to her took place eight years after the first one, on November 28, 1989.
Nathalie Mukamazimpaka was the next one to have visions, which lasted from January 1982 to December 3, 1983. Her visions emphasised endless prayer and expiation, with the Virgin even instructing Mukamazimpaka to perform penances through mortification of the flesh.
Marie Claire Mukangango, who had initially bullied Mumureke at school because of the visions, was the third one to experience an apparition on March 2, 1982. On March 6, 1982, according to her, the Virgin Mary taught her the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows and entrusted her with the mission to spread it throughout the world. On May 31, 1982, Marie Claire reported that the Virgin Mary gave her revelations about the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows and explained to her the graces associated with it. The Virgin Mary reportedly promised that anyone who recites this Rosary while meditating would find "the strength to repent" and obtain the favor of repentance, along with other graces. The last public apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Marie Claire was on September 15 1982, day of Our Lady of Sorrows.
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Our Lady of Kibeho
Our Lady of Kibeho (Kinyarwanda: Bikira Mariya w'Ikibeho, French: Notre-Dame de Kibeho), also known as Our Lady of Sorrows of Kibeho, is a Catholic title of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, based on the Marian apparitions reported in the 1980s by several adolescents in Kibeho, south-western Rwanda. The young approved visionaries were Alphonsine Mumureke, Nathalie Mukamazimpaka and Marie Claire Mukangango.
The Kibeho apparitions apparently communicated various messages to the schoolgirls, including an apocalyptic vision of Rwanda descending into violence and hatred, possibly foretelling the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
In 2001, the local bishop of the Catholic Church officially recognised the visions of three schoolgirls as authentic. The Holy See also released the declaration of Bishop Augustin Misago of Gikongoro approving the apparitions.
Kibeho is a small village located in southwestern Rwanda. The reported apparitions began on November 28, 1981, at a time of increasing tension between the Tutsi and Hutu groups. They occurred at a Catholic boarding school, the Kibeho College, a secondary school for girls. The first visionary was Alphonsine Mumureke who claimed to see a beautiful Lady who identified herself as Nyina wa Jambo (Kinyarwanda for “Mother of the Word”), which was synonymous with Umubyeyi W'Imana ("Mother of God").
Her testimony was first received with mixed opinions and much skepticism. Some time later, two new visionaries started claiming to see the Virgin Mary at the College in alignment with Alphonsine: Nathalie Mukamazimpaka on January 12, 1982, and Marie Claire Mukangango on March 2, 1982.
The longest series of visions were attributed to Alphonsine Mumureke, who had received the initial vision shortly after her admittance into Kibeho College in October 1981. On March 20, 1982, Alphonsine Mumureke reported experiencing a "mystical journey" with the Virgin Mary during several hours, through symbolic representations of spiritual realities such as hell, purgatory, and heaven. A similar experience was later reported by Nathalie Mukamazimpaka on October 30, 1982. The last apparition to her took place eight years after the first one, on November 28, 1989.
Nathalie Mukamazimpaka was the next one to have visions, which lasted from January 1982 to December 3, 1983. Her visions emphasised endless prayer and expiation, with the Virgin even instructing Mukamazimpaka to perform penances through mortification of the flesh.
Marie Claire Mukangango, who had initially bullied Mumureke at school because of the visions, was the third one to experience an apparition on March 2, 1982. On March 6, 1982, according to her, the Virgin Mary taught her the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows and entrusted her with the mission to spread it throughout the world. On May 31, 1982, Marie Claire reported that the Virgin Mary gave her revelations about the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows and explained to her the graces associated with it. The Virgin Mary reportedly promised that anyone who recites this Rosary while meditating would find "the strength to repent" and obtain the favor of repentance, along with other graces. The last public apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Marie Claire was on September 15 1982, day of Our Lady of Sorrows.
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