Our Lady of Kibeho
Subtitle: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa
By: Immaculee Ilibagiza with Steve Erwin.
Contributors: Erwin, Steve.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hay House
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Carlsbad, Calif
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781401923785
Subjects: Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Apparitions and miracles -- Rwanda -- Kibeho; Catholic Church -- Rwanda; Kibeho (Rwanda) -- Religious life and customs
Description: Thirteen years before the bloody 1994 genocide that swept across Rwanda and left more than a million people dead, the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ appeared to eight young people in the remote village of Kibeho. Through these visionaries, Mary and Jesus warned of the looming holocaust, which (they assured) could be averted if Rwandans opened their hearts to God and embraced His love. Mary also sent messages to government and church leaders to instruct them how to end the ethnic hatred simmering in their country. She warned them that Rwanda would become a river of blood and land of unspeakable carnage if the hatred of the people was not quickly quelled by love. Some leaders listened, but very few believed. The prophetic and apocalyptic warnings tragically came true during 100 horrifying days of savage bloodletting and mass murder. Much like what happened at similar sites such as Fatima and Lourdes, the messengers of Kibeho were at first mocked and disbelieved. But as miracle after miracle occurred in the tiny village, tens of thousands of Rwandans journeyed to Kibeho to behold the apparitions. After the genocide, and two decades of rigorous investigation, Our Lady of Kibeho became the first and only Vatican-approved Marian (related to the Virgin Mary) site in all of Africa. But the story still remained largely unknown. Now, however, Immaculee Ilibagiza has changed all that. She has made many pilgrimages to Kibeho, both before and after the holocaust, has personally witnessed true miracles, and has spoken with a number of the visionaries themselves. What she has discovered will deeply touch your heart!
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Show Us a Miracle
label: Introduction:; title: My faith was Born in Fátima
label: Chapter 1:; title: Mary Arrives in Rwanda
label: Chapter 2:; title: Mary is Accepted
label: Chapter 3:; title: The First Visionary : Alphonsine
label: Chapter 4:; title: The Second Visionary : Anathalie
label: Chapter 5:; title: And Then There Were Three : Marie-Claire
label: Chapter 6:; title: My Father's Pilgrimage
label: Chapter 7:; title: Dad Sees the Visionaries
label: Chapter 8:; title: Joy in the Land, and Mary's Seven Sorrows
label: Chapter 9:; title: Jesus' Odd Choice of Visionaries
label: Chapter 10:; title: Three More Visionaries
label: Chapter 11:; title: Miracles in the Sky
label: Chapter 12:; title: The Mystical Journeys
label: Chapter 13:; title: Mary's Tears in a River of Blood
label: Chapter 14:; title: Mary, above Kibeho and Throughout History
label: Chapter 15:; title: Mary, through Happiness, Heartache, and Horror
label: Chapter 16:; title: The New Jerusalem
label: Epilogue:; title: The Rosary of the Seven Sorrows; title: Acknowledgements; title: About the Authors