Nairobi, 16 October, 2020 / 7:05 pm (ACI Africa).
The rite of the Holy Mass has been translated into a sign language that can be used across Kenya, an official involved in the translation has said.
“We have been able to standardize the system of the Rite of the Mass in Kenyan sign language that can be used across the country,” the Chaplain to the Deaf in Kenya’s Archdiocese of Nairobi, Fr. Jose Martinez has been quoted as saying.
The initiative that has taken some six years of “serious work” will enable members of the Deaf Community in Kenya to participate in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist with ease.
“Six years ago, we started a more serious work of translating the Rite of the Mass that can be properly expressed in Kenya sign Language without losing the theological meaning of the concepts,” Fr. Jose Martinez said.
He added, “The Rite of the Mass is very technical as we hear it, there has never been a translation because we could not get the right and accurate terminologies expressing the rite of the Mass.”
