Members of the Choir Notre Dame de la Paix sing during Mass Oct. 15 at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Dancile Nshimirimana directs the Choir Notre Dame de la Paix during Mass Oct. 15 at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Parishioners chat before the start of African Mass Oct. 15 at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Dancile Nshimirimana, the outreach coordinator with Prince of Peace Parish in Lewiston, helped create the Mass to help ease the path for immigrants trying to establish themselves in a new world. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Children glance over the pew during African Mass Oct. 15 at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Clovis Ihahore and his wife, Josiane Kaneza, attend African Mass with their three children Roxy, second from left, Ronia and Roy at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Ihahore and Kaneza moved to Maine five years ago. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Carelle Ninganza waits for the start of African Mass Oct. 15 at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Ninganza is a junior at Lewiston High School. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Emma Nbabitunzentyo prays during African Mass Oct. 15 at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Nbabitunzentyo, of Portland, wanted to come to Mass at the Basilica to help celebrate her 65th birthday, which fell the next day. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Father Felix Barutwanayo prepares to conduct Mass Oct. 15 at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal