San Diego’s new bishop to lead ‘Pentecost Mass for All Peoples’ Saturday
The multicultural mass to celebrate Pentecost in Photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego Around people are expected to join newly appointed San Diego Bishop Michael Pham Saturday to celebrate the San Diego Diocese s eighth annual Pentecost Mass for All Peoples Last month Pope Leo XVI made his first U S appointment by naming Bishop Pham as the head of the San Diego diocese marking the first time a Vietnamese-American has led a U S diocese Saturday s free event at Cathedral Catholic High School near Pacific Highlands Ranch will bring together more than two dozen cultural Catholic communities from the Americas and around the world A a m parade of more than cultures in traditional attire will precede the a m mass in the gym A multicultural festival with food and live entertainment will follow from to p m Cultures to be represented include Africans Blacks Chinese Filipinos Germans Indians Indonesians Irish Italian Korean Laotian Latinos Mexican Native American Samoan Tongan Ukrainian and Vietnamese Pentecost considered the beginning of the Christian church holds special significance in the Catholic tradition as it commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles who then set off to make disciples across the world
