This year marks the 30^th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, a human rights atrocity that left approximately one million Tutsi dead over the course of about 100 days. Marcel Uwineza, a Jesuit priest and Boston College graduate, was a young teen in Rwanda in 1994. He “illustrates the profound and enduring dynamics between the goodness and mercy of God on one hand, and the proclivity of sinful human nature to rebel against the divine call to Love God and neighbor on the other” in his memoir, Risen from the Ashes: Theology as Autobiography in Post-Genocide Rwanda (Paulines Publications Africa). During the genocide, he was beaten and his home and all his family’s belongings were burned. His two brothers and a sister were killed. In Risen from the Ashes, Fr. Uwineza reviews the history that led to the genocide against the Tutsi and recounts the painful experience of being a witness to the horrors. He also writes of his journey to the priesthood and the liberating power of forgiveness—specifically, the moment when he forgave the man who killed his siblings. Fr. Uwineza is also co-editor of Reinventing Theology in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Challenges and Hopes (Georgetown University Press, 2023), a scholarly examination of the Catholic Church’s role in the genocide against the Tutsi and its attempts at reconciliation that was drawn from a conference Fr. Uwineza co-organized in Rwanda. Fr. Uwineza graduated from Boston College with a licentiate in systematic theology, master’s in theology, and Ph.D. in systematic theology. He currently serves as principal (president) of Hekima University College in Kenya. Read more in BC News.