NEW IBERIA, La. --- Immaculée Ilibagiza, a Rwandan genocide survivor and New York Times best-selling author of Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Genocide, is scheduled to visit New Iberia for a speaking engagement and retreat.
The presentation will be at West End Park Gymnasium located at 1200 Field St. in New Iberia at 7 p.m. on Dec. 9, 2021. This is a free event and registration is not required. She will speak about faith, hope, love and forgiveness.
The retreat will be at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in New Iberia on Dec. 10-11, 2021. There is an admission fee.
In 1994, members of the Hutu tribe in Rwanda took up arms against the Tutsi tribe. In only 100 days, they slaughtered over 800,000 Tutsis using only spears, clubs and machetes. Anger and resentments were eating Ilibagiza alive while she hid from the murderers in a 3-by-4-foot bathroom for 91 days with seven other women. Instead of succumbing to the rage she felt, she instead turned to prayer.
For more information and to register for the retreat, visit
Immaculee.com or contact Ellen Mullen at (337) 519-9233 or
docmullen@me.com. Priests, deacons and sisters are welcome to come as Ilibagiza’s guests but please call and register.
