Pentecost takes place 50 days after Easter. It celebrates the outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on the community after Jesus ascended into heaven. The story from the Acts of the Apostles describes this ...

“It is evident from its celebration that the effect of the sacrament of Confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit as once granted to the apostles on the day of Pentecost ...

In this way, by overcoming pride, fear and isolation, the Holy Spirit unites us, makes us one of heart and mind," he said. "On this Pentecost Sunday, we pray for a renewed outpouring of the Holy ...

94 On several occasions Christ promised this outpouring of the Spirit, 95 a promise which he fulfilled first on Easter Sunday and then more strikingly at Pentecost. 96 Filled with the Holy Spirit ...

An illustration of Pentecost and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit Pentecost was an important Jewish festival which marked the harvest. Often Jews would travel to Jerusalem to celebrate it there.