For the fourth year running people of varying denominations, countries and ages were warmly invited to English Martyrs Church, Strood, Kent, on Saturday May 22 to celebrate the feast of Pentecost - the gift of the God's Holy Spirit to the Church.
Fr Bill Keogh, parish priest, welcomed everybody to Mass and explained how Pentecost marked the beginning of the Catholic Church, a Church that is inclusive, not exclusive.
He also said he welcomed the opportunity to share the altar with his assistant priests, organiser Fr Victor Darlington from Nigeria, and Fr Antony Vijayan from India, as well as deacons Tony Canavina from Italy and John Letley from Strood. Fr Keogh thanked Fr Darlington for leading the preparations to make a joyous occasion.
