FATHER UBALD

Father Ubald's Story
A look into Father Ubald's life and all he accomplished over the years.

Healing Stories
Testimonies of healings, miracles and answered prayers though his intercession.

Documentary
Through his own examples of forgiveness and spreading The Word, Father Ubald guides a country from conflict to resolution.

Gallery
A collection of images and videos of Father Ubald and his teachings.
THE MESSAGE
“Forgiveness makes you free”

____ FATHER UBALD RUGIRANGOGA

Our Movement & Vision
Promoting forgiveness and reconciliation as the secret to peace and healing

History
The Center for Secret of Peace Ministries was started as a 501(c)(3) to support the vision and mission of Fr.Ubald Rugirangoga

Staff & Board
Located in both Rwanda and USA
THE CENTER
Fr. Ubald saw the Center becoming a source of spiritual inspiration and education for international visitors.
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About the Center
Fr. Ubald, with the generous donations from his friends in Austria and the USA, purchased a beautiful piece of property overlooking Lake Kivu to build the Center.

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The Center sits on a beautiful piece of property overlooking Lake Kivu.

Building Project
We anticipate the Center’s master site plan being built out over the next 5 years.

Images and Videos of the life and teaching of Father Ubald Rugirangoga

“Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.”

— ST PAUL TO THE ROMANS (Romans 12:21)

Images and Videos of the life and teaching of Father Ubald Rugirangoga

“Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.”

— ST PAUL TO THE ROMANS (Romans 12:21)

Father Ubald survived the 1994 Rwandan genocide of the Tutsi people where one million people were killed in 90 days. He lost 80 members of his own family and 45,000 of his congregation. He is renowned for bringing healing, forgiveness, peace, and reconciliation to all people in Rwanda, Burundi, Congo and beyond.

Father Ubald survived the 1994 Rwandan genocide of the Tutsi people where one million people were killed in 90 days. He lost 80 members of his own family and 45,000 of his congregation. He is renowned for bringing healing, forgiveness, peace, and reconciliation to all people in Rwanda, Burundi, Congo and beyond.

Live Messages from Father Ubald

From 2020 to 2021, before his passing, Father Ubald hosted over 200 Facebook lives. All of these can be viewed on Father Ubald's Facebook page via the link below.

Fr. Ubald reading from the bible

Fr. ubald wearing a brown sweatshirt talking to the camera

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Images and video from Father Ubald’s Ministry

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Secret of Peace 8 Minute Short

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Fr. Ubald in Jackson Hole

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Church Dedication Aug 12 2019

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Last Healing Services in Rwanda Before Fr. Ubald’s Death

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Bishop standing with speakers

Rwanda 2022 Trip

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Gala 2023

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Fr. Ubald Statue Dedication January 2024

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Articles

During his life Fr. Ubald led countless retreats, created programs on forgiveness and reconciliation, and preached all around the world on forgiveness, reconciliation, healing, peace, and the love of Jesus Christ. He spoke and wrote in multiple languages (Kinyrwanda, French, English, and German). Below are links to a small sampling of some of his writings, teachings, and personal testimony.

ENGLISH
KINYARWANDA
FRENCH

The Mushaka Peace Program

Conference to the Brotherhood Community In Congress

Extreme Horror Requires Extreme Forgiveness February 2013

11 Steps to Forgiveness

Uburyo abakristu bababariranye

tanga imbabazi

Nta ntama zikura mu bwone

paroisse-kibilizi-corriger

Synthèse sur la pastorale de pardon et réconciliation en vue de l’unité.

Je vais aller le guerir (Isaie 57,18-19)

Information sur la Pastorale de pardon et réconciliation dans la Paroisse MUSHAKA

DOCUMENTARY

Forgiveness: The Secret of Peace

Forgiveness: The Secret of Peace is a documentary film on the life and work of Fr. Ubald Rugirangoga, a 57-year-old Catholic priest in Rwanda.

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DOCUMENTARY

Forgiveness: The Secret of Peace

Forgiveness: The Secret of Peace is a documentary film on the life and work of Fr. Ubald Rugirangoga, a 57-year-old Catholic priest in Rwanda.

WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY

BOOK

Forgiveness Makes You Free

A dramatic story of Healing and reconciliation from the Heart of Rwanda.

Forgiveness makes you free book

BOOK

Forgiveness Makes You Free

A dramatic story of Healing and reconciliation from the Heart of Rwanda.

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In his own words…..

Father Ubald's Vision for the Center for the Secret of Peace

Dear friends:

On August 5/016 Excellence Bishop Jean Damascene Bimenyimana, Bishop of Cyangugu Diocese in Rwanda has blessed statues of Our Lady of Kibeho, Merciful Jesus, Our Lady Queen of Love and Saint Josephine Bakhita at the Secret of peace Center. He blessed also Rosary way stations, the way of cross stations and the seven sorrows rosary stations at the same center.

The Secret of Peace Center becomes pilgrimage center, very attractive; people come from everywhere to come and pray at that center and get peace.

This is the daily schedule at the Secret of Peace Center.

Monday at 9:30 AM it is Rosary prayer through rosary way stations; at the end there is mass, adoration after the mass and at 3PM the Divine Mercy chapelet.

Tuesday at 9:30 AM it is seven sorrows rosary through the seven sorrows rosary stations; at the end the pilgrims have mass and after the mass it adoration. At 3PM it is Divine Mercy chapelet.

Wednesday like Monday.

Thursday it is pilgrimage of people with Holy Spirit devotion.

Friday it is the prayer through the way of cross stations with the mass at the end, adoration and the divine chapelet at 3PM.

Saturday like Monday and Wednesday.

Every 13th of month, it is Fatima day, people come from every where to pray God through Virgin Mary. At the end of the mass it is healing prayer.

At the last Sunday of the month, there is mass with healing prayer at the Secret of Peace Center.

The Idea to found the Secret of Peace Center came to me after genocide against people from tutsi ethny. I remembered Virgin Mary when appearing to visionaries at Kibeho, I was seminarian at Nyakibanda Major Seminary; she wept because of the calamity which had to happen in Rwanda if people are not converted and love sincerely each other. Her message has not been understood. And the calamity occurred in Rwanda, it has been genocide against people from Tutsi ethny. What horror! More than one million people from Tutsi ethny in Rwanda have been killed in 3 monthes. From babies to old people, they have been killed without any mercy. We understood why Virgin Mary wept during apparitions at Kibeho. I survived miraculously genocide against people from Tutsi ethny. I witnessed evil spirit of hatred at work during genocide time. Evil spirit of revenge was spying right time to go on destroying Rwandese society after genocide against people from tutsi ethny. We had to fight it. There was nothing else to do instead of preaching forgiveness and reconciliation. I began such experience at Mushaka parish where I have been pastor after genocide against people from Tutsi ethny. That experience bore a lot of fruits. People have forgiven one another and begged pardon after Genocide against people from Tutsi ethny. I had to go forward and found a congregation of people who had to work for peace after genocide against people from Tutsi ethny. When thinking at about how to begin with it I learnt that there is a sister, Sr .Donata who has had the same vision and had already begun with the community “Missionaries of Peace of Christ the King”. I went and met her, after the meeting I promised her that instead of creating an other congregation with the same objective as hers better was to come and help her, thus I became co-founder of Missionaries of Peace of Christ the King. That congregation is working actively in peace making, helping in forgiveness and reconciliation after genocide against people from tutsi ethny, listening to people with inner wounds after genocide against people from Tutsi ethny. I bought the land next to the lake Kivu with intention to create a center, the “Secret of Peace Center ” that name I had it from God when praying. The money to buy that land has been for me a gift from God. I can’t explain how I have got that money.The Secret of Peace Center stays a secret and has really a secret of peace.

Last August 5, 2016 after blessing the statues and stations of different spiritual ways told above the Bishop of Cyangugu Diocese declared that the Secret of Peace Center was a gift of Merciful Year, thus people have to come and make their pilgrimage and pray for peace.

Pray so that the vision on the Secret of Peace Center be realized, so generous people can help and sustain it.

Fr. Ubald Rugirangoga

Founder of the Secret of Peace Center.

(See pictures taken at August/5/2016 in the gallery)

In his own words…..

Father Ubald's Vision for the Center for the Secret of Peace

Dear friends:

On August 5/016 Excellence Bishop Jean Damascene Bimenyimana, Bishop of Cyangugu Diocese in Rwanda has blessed statues of Our Lady of Kibeho, Merciful Jesus, Our Lady Queen of Love and Saint Josephine Bakhita at the Secret of peace Center. He blessed also Rosary way stations, the way of cross stations and the seven sorrows rosary stations at the same center.

The Secret of Peace Center becomes pilgrimage center, very attractive; people come from everywhere to come and pray at that center and get peace.

This is the daily schedule at the Secret of Peace Center.

Monday at 9:30 AM it is Rosary prayer through rosary way stations; at the end there is mass, adoration after the mass and at 3PM the Divine Mercy chapelet.

Tuesday at 9:30 AM it is seven sorrows rosary through the seven sorrows rosary stations; at the end the pilgrims have mass and after the mass it adoration. At 3PM it is Divine Mercy chapelet.

Wednesday like Monday.

Thursday it is pilgrimage of people with Holy Spirit devotion.

Friday it is the prayer through the way of cross stations with the mass at the end, adoration and the divine chapelet at 3PM.

Saturday like Monday and Wednesday.

Every 13th of month, it is Fatima day, people come from every where to pray God through Virgin Mary. At the end of the mass it is healing prayer.

At the last Sunday of the month, there is mass with healing prayer at the Secret of Peace Center.

The Idea to found the Secret of Peace Center came to me after genocide against people from tutsi ethny. I remembered Virgin Mary when appearing to visionaries at Kibeho, I was seminarian at Nyakibanda Major Seminary; she wept because of the calamity which had to happen in Rwanda if people are not converted and love sincerely each other. Her message has not been understood. And the calamity occurred in Rwanda, it has been genocide against people from Tutsi ethny. What horror! More than one million people from Tutsi ethny in Rwanda have been killed in 3 monthes. From babies to old people, they have been killed without any mercy. We understood why Virgin Mary wept during apparitions at Kibeho. I survived miraculously genocide against people from Tutsi ethny. I witnessed evil spirit of hatred at work during genocide time. Evil spirit of revenge was spying right time to go on destroying Rwandese society after genocide against people from tutsi ethny. We had to fight it. There was nothing else to do instead of preaching forgiveness and reconciliation. I began such experience at Mushaka parish where I have been pastor after genocide against people from Tutsi ethny. That experience bore a lot of fruits. People have forgiven one another and begged pardon after Genocide against people from Tutsi ethny. I had to go forward and found a congregation of people who had to work for peace after genocide against people from Tutsi ethny. When thinking at about how to begin with it I learnt that there is a sister, Sr .Donata who has had the same vision and had already begun with the community “Missionaries of Peace of Christ the King”. I went and met her, after the meeting I promised her that instead of creating an other congregation with the same objective as hers better was to come and help her, thus I became co-founder of Missionaries of Peace of Christ the King. That congregation is working actively in peace making, helping in forgiveness and reconciliation after genocide against people from tutsi ethny, listening to people with inner wounds after genocide against people from Tutsi ethny. I bought the land next to the lake Kivu with intention to create a center, the “Secret of Peace Center ” that name I had it from God when praying. The money to buy that land has been for me a gift from God. I can’t explain how I have got that money.The Secret of Peace Center stays a secret and has really a secret of peace.

Last August 5, 2016 after blessing the statues and stations of different spiritual ways told above the Bishop of Cyangugu Diocese declared that the Secret of Peace Center was a gift of Merciful Year, thus people have to come and make their pilgrimage and pray for peace.

Pray so that the vision on the Secret of Peace Center be realized, so generous people can help and sustain it.

Fr. Ubald Rugirangoga

Founder of the Secret of Peace Center.

(See pictures taken at August/5/2016 in the gallery)