Faithful throughout the five-county Archdiocese of Philadelphia are encouraged to virtually participate in the Extended Form of the Vigil Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost to implore an end to the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday, May 30, 2020.
Reverend G. Dennis Gill, Rector of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, will be the principal celebrant and homilist. Beginning at 8:00 p.m., the Mass will be streamed live from the Cathedral. The Mass will also be livestreamed to a national audience on EWTN, the global Catholic television network.
Links to the livestream sites can be found below.
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Editor’s Note: The Solemnity of Pentecost celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples after the Ascension of the Lord. It is observed on the 50th day after Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord. Although this is normally a Holy Day of Obligation, the faithful throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are dispensed from that obligation this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.