When is Ascension celebrated in the Catholic church.
Ascension is a noun. We drank hot cocoa to ward off the morning's chill while we awaited the ascension of Venus.
Right ascension: 8 h Declination: +5°
Right ascension: 11 h Declination: +15°
The right ascension of Leo is 11 h
Right ascension: 21 h Declination: −20°
The Day of Lady Ascension celebrated mainly through Eucharist and procession. Eucharist is what is commonly referred to as holy communion or the Lord's table.
Ascension Day actually falls 40 days after Easter, but it is celebrated on the Sunday 6 weeks after Easter.
It would depend on whose ascension you are referring to. Several people are said to have 'ascended' in various religions.
June 2, 2011. June 2 is Ascension day but as this is a Thursday it is also celebrated on Sunday the 5th of June.
There is no such thing as the Ascension of Mary, only God, Himself, in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ, ever ascended into heaven. Our Blessed Lady is only a creature, and incapable of such a thing. The Assumption of Mary is on the 15 of August each year. Ascension and Assumption are very different things.
Ascension is the fortieth day after Easter and Pentecost the fiftieth. In the liturgical year, they are usually celebrated on the following Sunday.
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The strictly observant Catholics are going to Mass. All of the other people enjoy the day off.
Ascension Day is traditionally celebrated on a Thursday, the fortieth day of Easter (following the count given in Acts 1:3), although some Roman Catholic provinces have moved the observance to the following Sunday.
The Ascension of Jesus is traditionally believed to have occurred 40 days after His resurrection, which is celebrated on Easter Sunday. This event is described in the New Testament, particularly in the Book of Acts (1:9-11), where it is stated that Jesus was taken up into heaven in the presence of His disciples. The specific date of the Ascension varies each year, as it is linked to the date of Easter, but it is generally observed on a Thursday, known as Ascension Day.
Six weeks after Easter Sunday.Catholic AnswerChrist ascended to heaven on Thursday, forty days after Easter, and the Ascension has been celebrated on that Thursday ever since, except in dioceses where the Bishop moves the holy day obligation to the following Sunday.
In the Catholic church we just celebrated it yesterday, 5/17/12. It is a holy day of obligation, meaning we must celebrate the mass.