![]() ![]() ![]() In the U.S., each ecclesiastical province, or the metropolitan archdiocese and its suffragan dioceses, was permitted to decide whether to transfer the Ascension or not. With the approval of the Holy See, the episcopal conference (the body of bishops in a country) can transfer solemnities and change some of the holy days of obligation (Canon 1246). Other parts of the world have also transferred this solemnity to Sunday including Australia, Canada, and some countries in Europe. Doing so allows greater exposure and more solemn celebration of the holy day among the faithful.įor the Ascension in the United States, this trend started on the West Coast in the late 1990s, and eventually spread. Transferring the Ascension to Sunday is actually not that new, and part of a larger trend to transfer holy days of obligation and other solemnities to the following Sunday. Tomorrow is Ascension Thursday, the day the Church marks 40 days since Jesus’ resurrection and the day he ascended into heaven (see Acts 1:111).But depending on where you live, you may or may. I always thought it was “Ascension Thursday.” What Changed? | The Solemnity of the Ascension is a Holy Day of Obligation, occurring on the Thursday that coincides with the 40-day mark following Easter, and is celebrated as such in many regions of the country, while other regions transfer the celebration to the following Sunday. These windows were donated to the parish in 1904 by the Knights of Columbus and dedicated “to the greater honor and glory of God.” Soon He would leave them again, this time to sit at His Father’s Right Hand.ĭid you know? | We see His Ascension depicted in the triptych of windows along the south side of the church, adjacent to the choir area, with His disciples losing sight of Him among the clouds as He was lifted. They were filled with the theological virtue of faith, indicating that with God all things are possible. In the days following His resurrection until the Ascension, Jesus appeared to His apostles in several different ways to affirm for them that He had been raised from the dead and truly lives. will celebrate the feast on Sunday, and are not required to attend Mass on Thursday. On May 29, 2022, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. Catholics in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and New York will celebrate on Thursday the solemnity of the Ascension a holy day of obligation while Catholics in the rest of the U.S. ![]()
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