05/24/2026
Today is Pentecost Sunday! Happy birthday to our Catholic Church!
According to catholicculture.org, “Pentecost, the birth of the Church, is also among the celebrations of May. Though sprung from the side of Christ on the Cross, the Church marks as her birthday the descent of the Holy Spirit on Mary and the Apostles. At the 'birth' of the world, the Holy Spirit - the Breath of God - was the "mighty wind [that] swept over the waters" (Gen 1:2); at the birth of the Church He is present again "like the rush of a mighty wind" to recreate the world in the image of Christ through His Church (Acts 2:2).”
PENTECOST marks the end of the Easter season in the Christian calendar. A Holy Day of Obligation, we celebrate the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Upper Room - the beginning of the early Church. We hope you are wearing something RED to signify the fire of the Holy Spirit and the liturgical color of this Feast!
Next Sunday is also another special day as we acknowledge who is most important in our faith, the Triune God, Trinity Sunday.
