Project No. 21/2025
Reprinting of Amapepo Ya Icita Ca Missa
Roman Missal and Lectionary in Bemba
The Conventual Franciscan Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs in Zambia has proposed Pastoral Project No. 21/2025, dedicated to reprinting Amapepo Ya Icita Ca Missa [Prayers of the Order of the Mass], the Roman Missal and Lectionary adapted into the Bemba language, intended for the Catholic community of Ndola and the surrounding dioceses.
Mission Press is based in Ndola, the capital of the Copperbelt Province in Zambia. Ndola has an estimated population of 624,579 inhabitants. More than 60% of the city’s residents identify as Christian, with Catholics forming the majority. The Catholic community of Ndola is devoted and actively supports the Church through participation in public activities and financial contributions. There is also a significant demand for liturgical books, which are mainly supplied through the Mission Press bookshop.
Mission Press is an apostolate of the Conventual Franciscan Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs, located in the Archdiocese of Ndola, Zambia. Mission Press was officially founded by Conventual Franciscan missionary friars in 1970 as a non-profit Catholic organization. Since its foundation, Mission Press has published Christian magazines such as Icengelo, The Workers Challenge, Speak Out, and Challenge. It has also produced liturgical books, including Amapepo Ya Icita Ca Missa, the Bemba-language adapted version of the Roman Missal and Lectionary.
Amapepo Ya Icita Ca Missa is a liturgical book that includes the main Eucharistic prayers of the Roman Missal, Sunday readings, prayers for Advent, Lent, Holy Week, and those for solemnities and feasts of the Lord and the saints. It was originally printed by Tipografia Vaticana [Vatican Press] in Rome and published by Mission Press in 1998. The publication was officially commissioned on December 25, 1997, by the Most Reverend Dennis Harold DE JONG, Bishop of Ndola, Zambia (now deceased). This book is widely used in Ndola and in other dioceses of Zambia due to its adaptation to the local dialect, Bemba, the completeness of its collection of liturgical prayers, and its affordable price.
The last batch of books was published in 1998, and since then there has been a shortage of these copies in Zambia. One of the main difficulties in reprinting is the high production cost, as the book requires a special format, paper, and cover. Production costs are further increased by economic challenges, particularly frequent power outages that can last up to eight hours a day. The objective of the project is to produce 2,000 copies of the book.
Project Information
- Conventual Franciscan Jurisdiction: Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs in Zambia
- Country: Zambia
- Location: Ndola
- Type of Project: Pastoral project
- Date of Proposal: 2025
- Direct Project Coordinator:
- Friar Kapambwe Anthony SALANGETA
- Email: sales@missionpress.org
- Total Project Cost: € 29,500.00
- Local Contributions (from the local community):
- €6,000.00
- Requested Contribution:
- €23,500.00
How to Support the Project
You can support Project No. 21/ by making a financial contribution, indicating the project number and title in the payment description.
- Account Holder: CURIA GENERALIZIA DEI FRATI MINORI CONVENTUALI
- Bank: UniCredit S.p.A.
- IBAN: IT66B0200805074000005259514
- BIC / SWIFT: UNCRITM1Y82
- Payment Description: Project No. 21/2025 – Reprinting of Amapepo Ya Icita Ca Missa (Ndola, Zambia)
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