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Our Lady of Kibeho Thirteen years before the bloody 1994 genocide swept across Rwanda leaving a million people dead, the Virgin Mary appeared to several young schoolgirls in the remote Rwandan village of Kibeho. Through the young visionaries Mary warned of the looming genocide, which she said could be averted if Rwandan’s opened their hearts to God and embraced His love. As at other Marian sites, such as Fatima and Lourdes, the visionaries were at first mocked and disbelieved. But as miracle after miracle occurred in the tiny village, tens of thousands of Rwandans and pilgrims from across Africa and Europe journeyed to Kibeho to behold the apparitions. For years, countless onlookers listened as the Holy Mother spoke through the young African visionaries of God’s love, messages Mary insisted meant not only for Rwandans, but for the entire world to hear. While some discounted the apparitions as a hoax, doctors, psychologists, and scientist agreed that what happened in Kibeho could not be explained by modern science. After a decade of rigorous investigation, the Vatican authenticated the visions in 2001. Our Lady of Kibeho became the first and only Marian site in all of Africa. But the story of Kibeho remains largely unknown. Immaculée Ilibagiza plans to change that with Our Lady of Kibeho. Immaculée made many pilgrimages to Kibeho both before and after the genocide, personally witnessed true miracles, and spoke with the visionaries themselves. Her deeply personal and moving story is certain to touch the hearts of thousands and bring the Holy Mother’s messages of love, hope, and peace to the world — a world desperately in need of Divine inspiration.
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Led by Faith For three months in the spring of 1994, the African nation of Rwanda descended into one of the most vicious and bloody genocides the world has ever seen. Immaculée Ilibagiza, a young university student, miraculously survived the savage killing spree that left most of her family, friends, and a million of her fellow citizens dead. Immaculée’s remarkable story of survival was documented in her first book, Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust. In Led By Faith, Immaculée takes us with her as her remarkable journey continues. Through her simple and eloquent voice, we experience her hardships and heartache as she struggles to survive and to find meaning and purpose in the aftermath of the holocaust. It is the story of a naïve and vulnerable young woman, orphaned and alone, navigating through a bleak and dangerously hostile world with only an abiding faith in God to guide and protect her. Immaculée fends off sinister new predators, seeks out and comforts scores of children orphaned by the genocide, and searches for love and companionship in a land where hatred still flourishes. Then, fearing again for her safety as Rwanda’s war-crime trials begin, Immaculée flees to America to begin a new chapter of her life as a refugee and immigrant — a stranger in a strange land. With the same courage and faith in God that led her through the darkness of genocide, Immaculée discovers a new life that was beyond her wildest dreams as a small girl in a tiny village in one of Africa’s poorest countries. It is in the United States, her adopted country, where Immaculée can finally look back at all that has happened to her and truly understand why God spared her life . . . so that she would be left to tell her story to the world.
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Left to Tell Immaculée Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculée’s family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans. Incredibly, Immaculée survived the slaughter. For 91 days, she and seven other women huddled silently together in the cramped bathroom of a local pastor while hundreds of machete-wielding killers hunted for them. It was during those endless hours of unspeakable terror that Immaculée discovered the power of prayer, eventually shedding her fear of death and forging a profound and lasting relationship with God. She emerged from her bathroom hideout having discovered the meaning of truly unconditional love — a love so strong she was able seek out and forgive her family’s killers. The triumphant story of this remarkable young woman’s journey through the darkness of genocide will inspire anyone whose life has been touched by fear, suffering, and loss. This is Immaculée’s first book. |
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