About 2,000 people are expected to participate in the newly appointed San Diego -Bishop Michael Pham on Saturday for the San Diego DioceseThe eighth annual Pentecost mass for all peoples.
Last month Pope Leo XVI made his first American appointment by appointing Bishop Pham as head of the diocese of San Diego, the first time that a Vietnamese-American has led an American diocese.
The free event of Saturday, at Cathedral Catholic High School near Pacific Highlands Ranch, will bring together more than two dozen cultural Catholic communities from North and South America and all over the world.
A parade of 10:45 am of more than 20 cultures in traditional clothing will precede the mass of 11 am in the gym.
A multicultural festival with food and live entertainment follows from 12.30 to 2 p.m.
To represent cultures are Africans, blacks, Chinese, Filipinos, Germans, Indians, Indonesians, Irish, Italian, Korean, Laotian, Latinos, Mexican, Indian, Samoan, Tongan, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
Pentecost, considered the beginning of the Christian Church, has a special meaning in the Catholic tradition while it commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles, which are then on its way to make disciples around the world.
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