Elizabeth Muturi, center, dances during an Aug. 11, 2019, Swahili Mass at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Edmonton, Alberta. Muturi, who grew up attending Mass in Kenya, said the sights and sounds of ...

Each Sunday evening, Swahili hymns echo inside the downstairs chapel of First Baptist Church downtown. Women and girls sing and sway in bright patterned dresses of reds, oranges and pinks. Some of the ...

When Father Deogratias Rwegasira was a young teacher in a Catholic school in Kigoma, Tanzania, a priest asked him if he wanted to be married. “No,” Rwegasira said, “I want to be like you.” The words ...

The Rev. Deogratias Rwegasira, a hospital chaplain who was born in Tanzania, leads mass in Swahili at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Lancaster. He recently celebrated his Silver Jubilee of his ...

As the sound of drums, tambourines and Swahili hymns reverberated through St. Andrew's Church, Elizabeth Muturi and fellow parishioners swayed their arms and hips, dancing down the aisle with the Book ...