Vigil Mass marks the Feast of Pentecost

PATERSON  Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney was main celebrant of the vigil Mass to mark the Feast of Pentecost with the Neocate­chumenal Way community at St. Michael Church here May 22.

Pentecost is the feast of the universal Church that commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, 50 days after the Resurrection of Christ, on the ancient Jewish festival called the “feast of weeks” or Pentecost. Pentecost is often referred to as the “Birthday of the Church.”