{"id":92759,"date":"2026-01-21T14:20:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T13:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/messale-e-lezionario-romano-in-lingua-bemba\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T13:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:40:13","slug":"messale-e-lezionario-romano-in-lingua-bemba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/messale-e-lezionario-romano-in-lingua-bemba\/","title":{"rendered":"Project No. 21\/2025 \u2013 Reprinting of Amapepo Ya Icita Ca Missa<\/i> \u2013 Roman Missal and Lectionary in Bemba"},"content":{"rendered":"

Project No. 21\/2025
\nReprinting of Amapepo Ya Icita Ca Missa<\/em>
\nRoman Missal and Lectionary in Bemba<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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<\/em> [Prayers of the Order of the Mass<\/em>], the Roman Missal and Lectionary adapted into the Bemba language, intended for the Catholic community of Ndola and the surrounding dioceses.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mission Press<\/em> 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\u2019s 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<\/em> bookshop.
\nMission Press<\/em> is an apostolate of the Conventual Franciscan Province of the Franciscan Protomartyrs, located in the Archdiocese of Ndola, Zambia. Mission Press<\/em> was officially founded by Conventual Franciscan missionary friars in 1970 as a non-profit Catholic organization. Since its foundation, Mission Press<\/em> has published Christian magazines such as Icengelo<\/em>, The Workers Challenge<\/em>, Speak Out<\/em>, and Challenge<\/em>. It has also produced liturgical books, including Amapepo Ya Icita Ca Missa<\/em>, the Bemba-language adapted version of the Roman Missal and Lectionary.
\nAmapepo Ya Icita Ca Missa<\/em> 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<\/em> [Vatican Press] in Rome and published by Mission Press<\/em> 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.
\nThe 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.<\/p>\n

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Project Information<\/strong><\/p>\n