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Kibeho is a small site located in the southern part of Rwanda, in the administrative district of Nyaruguru.  It is 36 km from the Bishop of Gikongoro’s residence and 30 km from the Bishop of Butare’s residence. Kibeho is also the name given to one of the parishes of the diocese of Gikongoro, founded in 1934 and dedicated to Mary, Mother of God. Today, Kibeho is best known as a place of apparitions and pilgrimages. The first apparition of Mary was

Today, March 19, 2025, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Kibeho, we have received pilgrims from the USA and Uganda who came on a pilgrimage.

On this 8th Sunday of the year C, especially on the 2nd of March every year we celebrate the feast of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to Marie Claire MUKANGANGO. March 2, 1982 was the first time Our Lady appeared to MUKANGANGO Marie Claire in particular is known to have been given the mission to teach the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary which is accompanied by asking people to repent, repent, and return to

KIBEHO: Today, on February 23, 2025, the seventh Sunday of ordinary time during the Eucharistic celebration, we were together with the Christians from Poland, the group of flowers of Mother Mary, and other Christians who came on a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Kibeho. Pictures

His excellency Celestin HAKIZIMANA, the Bishop of Gikongoro diocese in his homily insist on main reasons is calling all Christians to convert their heart and pray without hypocrisy said that: Dear Brothers and Sisters the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared here in Kibeho today in 1981 (43 years ago) and told the Visionaries she is the mother of the word. In our faith as we profess it in Credo the Son of God became man and was born of the Virgin

Since Saturday November 9, 2024, the Steering Committee for the Development of Tourism in the Nyaruguru District (COPIL) has been participating in the tourism exhibition taking place in Colmar in the city of Strasbourg, France. It is under the invitation of Tourism Without Borders. This exhibition takes place every year, but it is the first time that Tourism Without Borders invites the District of Nyaruguru to promote Rwanda, Nyaruguru and Kibeho in order to interest pilgrims in religious tourism there. According

KIBEHO: During the Holy Mass, on the 29th week, we joined together with Christians from different dioceses of Rwanda🇷🇼, Burundi🇧🇮, Tanzania🇹🇿 who came on a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Kibeho. The mass led by Father François HARELIMANA, SAC,Lector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Kibeho. PICTURES      

  Anniversary of the first apparition to Nathalie MUKAMAZIMPAKA (12.01.1981) Anniversary of the first apparition to Marie Claire MUKANGANGO (02.03.1982) Inauguration of our Lady of Kibeho Sanctuary (31.05.2003) Assumption day (15,August/yearly) Our Lady of sorrows (15, September/Yearly) Our Lady of the Rosary (7, October/yearly) Anniversary of the first apparition to Alphonsine MUMUREKE (28.11.1981)

1°. An urgent appeal to the repentance and conversion of hearts: “Repent, repent, repent!" "Convert while there is still time." 2 °. An assessment of the moral state of the world: "The world conducts itself very badly". "The world hastens to its ruin, it will fall into the abyss”, in other words, “it is plunged into innumerable and unrelenting disasters". "The world is rebellious against God, it commits too many sins, it has neither love nor peace". "If you do not

Ash Wednesday is one of the most popular and important holy days in the liturgical calendar. Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of fasting and prayer. Ash Wednesday takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday, and is chiefly observed by Catholics, although many other Christians observe it too. Ash Wednesday comes from the ancient Jewish tradition of penance and fasting. The practice includes the wearing of ashes on the head. The ashes symbolize the dust from which God made us. As the