St. Ann Catholic Church celebrates Mass in the Swahili language.

St. Ann's Catholic Church celebrates Mass in the Swahili language on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. St. Ann's offers the Swahili Mass on the first Sunday of every month. Kenyan priest, the Rev. Patrick Baraza, said a second Mass is being considered.

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Tue., Nov. 16, 2021

The Rev. Patrick Baraza and congregants sway with the music before he conducts a Catholic Mass in the Swahili language at St. Ann's Parish in Spokane on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021.

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The Rev. Patrick Baraza presides over Mass in the Swahili language at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Spokane on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. The Swahili Mass is held once a month.

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The choir of singers and musicians provide music during the Swahili language Mass at St. Ann's Catholic Church on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. Traditional songs are accompanied with percussion instruments.

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Anna Irungu shakes a percussion instrument called a Kayamba along with the music before Catholic Mass in the Swahili language at St. Ann’s Parish in Spokane on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. Behind Irungu are Anna Gitau, left, and Ann Kamau. The Swahili Mass is held once a month, accompanied by musicians and singers. Irungu lives in Seattle and travels once a month to assist in the Swahili Mass.

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The Rev. Patrick Baraza presides over a Mass in the Swahili language at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Spokane on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. The Swahili Mass is held once a month.

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Anna Gitau reads from the lectern during a Catholic Mass in the Swahili language at St. Ann’s Church in Spokane on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. The Swahili Mass is held once a month.

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