Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa »

Immaculée Ilibagiza lost most of her family during the 1994 genocide. Four years later, she emigrated to the United States and soon began working at the United Nations in New York City. In 2007 she established the Left to Tell Charitable Fund, which helps support Rwandan orphans, and was awarded the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Reconciliation and Peace.

        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”—a 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 Fátima 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, Immaculée 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!

Foreword Jim Caviezel xi

Introduction: Show Us a Miracle xiii

Chapter 1 My Faith Was Born in Fátima 1

Chapter 2 Mary Arrives in Rwanda 13

Chapter 3 Mary Is Accepted 23

Chapter 4 The First Visionary: Alphonsine 31

Chapter 5 The Second Visionary: Anathalie 47

Chapter 6 And Then There Were Three: Marie-Claire 55

Chapter 7 My Father's Pilgrimage 69

Chapter 8 Dad Sees the Visionaries 77

Chapter 9 Joy in the Land, and Mary's Seven Sorrows 93

Chapter 10 Jesus's Odd Choice of Visionaries 103

Chapter 11 Three More Visionaries 115

Chapter 12 Miracles in the Sky 125

Chapter 13 The Mystical Journeys 131

Chapter 14 Mary's Tears in a River of Blood 145

Chapter 15 Mary, above Kibeho and Throughout History 153

Chapter 16 Mary, Through Happiness, Heartache, and Horror 165

Epilogue: The New Jerusalem 181

The Rosary of the Seven Sorrows 187

Acknowledgments 199

About the Authors 209