Sunday, May 24, 2009
Jesus ascended to heaven 40 days after his resurrection. In the meantime, he appeared to the apostles, several close female disciples and hundreds of other people.
June 2, 2011. June 2 is Ascension day but as this is a Thursday it is also celebrated on Sunday the 5th of June.
When is Ascension celebrated in the Catholic church.
May 21, 2009
Ascension is the fortieth day after Easter and Pentecost the fiftieth. In the liturgical year, they are usually celebrated on the following Sunday.
No, the sixth sunday of easter is the last sunday before Ascension Thursday and the second-to-last sunday before Pentecost Sunday.
For the Catholic Church and many other 'daughter' churches, the holy day 40 days after their Easter Sunday is called Ascension Thursday.
Ascension Day actually falls 40 days after Easter, but it is celebrated on the Sunday 6 weeks after Easter.
Ascension Thursday (in most dioceses of the world), All Saints' Day, and Christmas are three of the Holy Days of Obligation which usually do not fall on a Sunday but one is required to attend Mass just like a Sunday.
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The Solemnity of the Ascension is on Thursday, forty days after Easter, it celebrates Our Blessed Lord's ascension into heaven, and is followed ten days later by Pentecost when He sends the Holy Spirit down on His Church. The Ascension may be transferred to the Sunday before Pentecost in some dioceses.
Ascension Thursday (in most dioceses of the world), All Saints' Day, and Christmas are three of the Holy Days of Obligation which usually do not fall on a Sunday but one is required to attend Mass just like a Sunday.