Following is her report, which, in the spirit of Renew, includes reflection questions and action responses for small faith-sharing groups in our diocese to ponder in Lent. No matter where we reside, each day we welcome the same sun and the same moon. This presence of God puts us in solidarity, even with everyone around the globe. There were massive killings of Hutus and Tutsis. The Rwandan government has mandated that a genocide site be preserved in each region of the country as a gruesome memorial to the inhumanity of one human to another.
Visitors can see the grenade holes in the church.
Inside the church are the bones of men, women and children, along with blankets and cooking pots and toys. The Tutsis believed they would be safe in the sanctuary of the church. Actually, it was more efficient to massacre many in confined quarters. These bones are preserved in crypts in the rear of the church. In 100 days of slaughter 800,000 people were killed.