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 Annie  Karto at conference in Merced, CA sang the song that she wrote for Immaculee.

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Annie Karto-singer-songwriter,inspirational speaker
website:  www.anniekarto.com 

 Every saint has a past, and every sinner a future" Russian proverb
 

 

 

By Brian K Kravec

 

One thousand pilgrims journeyed from throughout California, Utah, Washington and Nevada to St. Patrick’s Parish in Merced on Saturday, February 27. They watched, listened and occasionally laughed with the woman who spoke of her life during and after the Rwanda genocide of 1994. Immaculee Ilibagiza, Catholic author of Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust, recalled the horrific and miraculous events that have resulted in this New York Times bestseller being translated into fifteen languages establishing her as one of the world’s leading speakers on the subjects of faith, forgiveness and peace. Immaculee sat in attendance after her presentation and many wept openly as Catholic recording artist, Annie Karto, performed Song For Immaculee  (copyright 2010 Windswept Records: “Refuge” CD) which Annie was inspired to write and record after reading Left To Tell. Annie dedicated this song to Immaculee and all the victims of the Rwandan genocide. The long embrace between Annie and Immaculee expressed more than words can convey.

The lyrics of Song For Immaculee were a beautiful summary and conclusion of an extraordinary event: “Stripped of everything I held so dear, hatred and anger were my fear. Then His Mercy, washed over me, only through forgiveness, would I be free. Left to tell…left to know, God is real, He loves you so…Left to love, left to see, by His Mercy, we are free…Our life here is a gift of love for all the world to see…how we share, what we have received, His Mercy, so others might be free.”