Rugamba cyprien biography of william hill
Rugamba cyprien biography of william hill
Cyprien and Daphrose Rugamba, Servants of God • Holier Matrimony.
Reflection: Rwandan martyrs Cyprien and Daphrose Rugamba modeled pacifism, prayer
“The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church.”
These words of Tertullian, an early Church Father, still ring true today in the witness of Servants of God Cyprien and Daphrose Rugamba and six of their ten children.
The night before they were killed, on the first of the 100 days of the Rwandan Genocide, the family had spent the night in adoration in their home, where they had special permission to have the Blessed Sacrament reserved in the tabernacle of their home chapel.
One of their sons present that terrible morning survived, having played dead during the attack, and his family’s bodies were discovered with Eucharistic Hosts scattered all over them and the tabernacle shot into by the assailants.
A devoted family prayer life was not always the reality of the family.
After his time in seminary during the 50s, Cyprien was a staunch atheist—even after he married Daphrose, who was known to be a dev