Salesians of Don Bosco Providing Care to Minors Abandoned Behind Bars in Madagascar Read the article All these are aspects that had been omitted in previous Swahili translations of the Liturgical book. Nafula explained that Misale ya Kila Siku comes with various new features pertaining to the Order of Mass, including the proper translations of the Roman Missal that adhere to the Latin edition, daily readings, and the calendar of African saints.

Newly published Liturgical books in Swahili language. Praxides Nafula said that several Dioceses in Kenya had already made orders for Misale ya Kiroma, a guide for Priests and Misale ya Kila Siku (Daily Missal), a liturgical book that provides daily readings, which was published alongside the Priests’ guide. In a Wednesday, August 18 interview with ACI Africa, the Directress of Paulines Publications, Sr. Its use will be obligatory from the First Sunday of Advent, 28 November 2021,” KCCB members direct. “The new Misale ya Kiroma may be used upon publication. They add, “Therefore, in accord with the norms established by the Holy See, this edition of the Misale ya Kiroma is declared to be the definitive approved Swahili translation of the Roman Missal, and it is, the ‘typical edition’ for the celebration of the Eucharist in the Dioceses of Kenya.” “This new translation was approved by the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops and has received the needed confirmation of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacrament on 28 December 2020,” Catholic Bishops in Kenya say in a letter attached to the book that was received by the Paulines Publications Africa on August 14.

In a letter signed by former chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB), Archbishop Philip Anyolo, Catholic Bishops in Kenya permit the use of Misale ya Kiroma “upon publication” but say that Priests will be required to use the new liturgical book as from the First Sunday of Advent this year.Īccording to KCCB members, the newly translated Liturgical book has been approved by the Vatican and is therefore “the typical edition” for the celebration of the Eucharist in the East African country.īishop Joseph Obanyi of Kenya's Kakamega Diocese holding the newly published Swahili Missal, Misale ya Kiroma (Roman Missal) during the display of the new Liturgical Books to the Permanent Council of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) on 17 August 2021 at Donum Dei, Karen, Nairobi/ Credit: Sr. The newly released Misale ya Kiroma (Roman Missal) is set to become “obligatory” in celebrating Holy Mass towards the end of this year, phasing out the old one, Catholic Bishops Kenya have said in a preliminary page of the new Swahili Missal.

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