Pentecost - Happy Birthday to Our Catholic Church

This Sunday marks 50 days after the Resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday. It is the day on which the Apostles received the Holy Spirit, filling them with the power to go out into the world to teach all nations about our faith. It is the birthday of our Catholic Church - the one, true church to which you and I are blessed to belong.

Here is a clip from The Easter Story that I had posted earlier in the year. It will start with the Apostles huddled in a room having just witnessed Jesus ascending into Heaven and promising that He would soon send a special present. 

You will hear what took place on that marvelous day in our church history when the Holy Spirit turned 12 fearful men - the first priests - into brave Soldiers of Christ who began building the Catholic Church. It has since grown to over 1 billion members around the world.