The Great Vigil of Pentecost — Saturday, May 18 at 7 pm

Please mark your calendars for Saturday, May 18th, as we will offer a rare opportunity for Catholics to attend
an extended Great Vigil of Pentecost that evening at 7 pm. This extended Great Vigil of Pentecost comes with a few more readings and reflects the solemnity of this holy feast that closes out Paschal tide. Just as our Lady, the Apostles, and other disciples were assembled in the Upper Room of the Cenacle 2000 years ago, we will assemble for prayers and readings to mark the anniversary of the coming of the promised Holy Spirit. This extraordinary liturgy, rarely done anywhere, will eclipse our routinely scheduled ordinary 5 pm Saturday Mass that weekend. In ages past, the Great Vigil of Pentecost would have been a time for baptisms and confirmations, commemorating St. Peter’s baptism of 3000 souls in Jerusalem at that first Pentecost.