
Parishioners reclaim Ojibwe language through hymn translation
Holding a wooden flute, Larry Martin stood during a recent Mass and welcomed the congregation to join the responsorial psalm. He began: “Aw ge-chi-twaaa-wen-daa-go-zid, Gi-gi-zhe-ma-ni-doo-mi-nann.” The language was Ojibwe, and the words translated to “Our God is one who is glorious,” taken from Psalm 19.