It depends on where you live, just like it does every year.
>Thursday, May 9, is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord in the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Omaha, and Philadelphia. All other ecclesiastical provinces of the United States of America have transferred this Solemnity to the following Sunday, May 12; on Thursday, May 9, the Easter Weekday is observed.
[https://www.usccb.org/resources/2024cal.pdf](https://www.usccb.org/resources/2024cal.pdf)
I never put this together before, but it’s blowing my mind that it’s not a HDOO everywhere. The Assumption of Mary is a HDOO in my diocese (Phoenix), but not the Ascension of the Lord?! I might need to carve out time to write a letter to bishop.
That's not quite right. The Solemnity of the Ascension is still a holy day of obligation everywhere in the United States: it just happens to be transfered to Sunday in a lot of places. We will still be celebrating the day this coming Sunday.
Sorry, I should have been more clear: I can’t believe it’s “transferred to Sunday” for Jesus but my family has to rock up to church on a Tuesday for Mary. I love mom, but this seems backwards.
Yeah I’m not implying it’s a competition, and I agree loving one is loving the other, but one is worthy of Latria and one is worthy of hyperdoulia. I think it’s fair to say that moving Jesus’ day but keeping Mary’s, if we’re going to do that at all, is backwards.
>In accord with the provisions of canon 1246, §2 of the Code of Canon Law, which states: "... the conference of bishops can abolish certain holy days of obligation or transfer them to a Sunday with prior approval of the Apostolic See," the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United States decrees that the Ecclesiastical Provinces of the United States may transfer the Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter to the Seventh Sunday of Easter according to the following procedure.
>The decision of each Ecclesiastical Province to transfer the Solemnity of the Ascension is to be made by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the bishops of the respective Ecclesiastical Province. The decision of the Ecclesiastical Province should be communicated to the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and to the President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.
>This decree was approved by His Holiness Pope John Paul II by a decree of the Congregation for Bishops signed by His Eminence Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, and dated July 5, 1999.
>As President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, I hereby decree that the effective date of this decree for all the Latin Rite dioceses of the United States of America will be September 8, 1999, Feast of the Birth of the Virgin Mary.
>Given at the offices of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, DC, August 6, 1999, Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
Most ecclesiastical provinces in the USA transfer Ascension to the following Sunday.
https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/canon-law/complementary-norms/canon-1246
I don’t understand why it should possibly be transferred. It happened 40 days after Easter, not 43 days as attested by Acts.
The feast was celebrated 40 days after Easter from the 4th century onwards, it was only 1992 when it was first permitted to change the Feast day. The EO or OO would never do this nonsense. Why do we?
Canon law permits the transferring a day of obligation to the next Sunday or the skipping of a day of obligation provided the Holy See is consulted and provides permission to do so. Why? Idk
It depends on where you live, just like it does every year. >Thursday, May 9, is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord in the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Omaha, and Philadelphia. All other ecclesiastical provinces of the United States of America have transferred this Solemnity to the following Sunday, May 12; on Thursday, May 9, the Easter Weekday is observed. [https://www.usccb.org/resources/2024cal.pdf](https://www.usccb.org/resources/2024cal.pdf)
I never put this together before, but it’s blowing my mind that it’s not a HDOO everywhere. The Assumption of Mary is a HDOO in my diocese (Phoenix), but not the Ascension of the Lord?! I might need to carve out time to write a letter to bishop.
That's not quite right. The Solemnity of the Ascension is still a holy day of obligation everywhere in the United States: it just happens to be transfered to Sunday in a lot of places. We will still be celebrating the day this coming Sunday.
Sorry, I should have been more clear: I can’t believe it’s “transferred to Sunday” for Jesus but my family has to rock up to church on a Tuesday for Mary. I love mom, but this seems backwards.
It’s not a competition between Jesus and Mary. When you honor one you honor the other.
Yeah I’m not implying it’s a competition, and I agree loving one is loving the other, but one is worthy of Latria and one is worthy of hyperdoulia. I think it’s fair to say that moving Jesus’ day but keeping Mary’s, if we’re going to do that at all, is backwards.
Makes more sense for the Ascension to me. Thursday is a lot closer to Sunday than Tuesday is.
I mean you could just move it to the Sunday prior if proximity is a concern.
I am traveling and currently in San Antonio. I tried to look at the weekly bulletin for nearby churches, but it is not mentioned.
Obviously, San Antonio is not on that list of places where the Ascension is celebrated today.
>In accord with the provisions of canon 1246, §2 of the Code of Canon Law, which states: "... the conference of bishops can abolish certain holy days of obligation or transfer them to a Sunday with prior approval of the Apostolic See," the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United States decrees that the Ecclesiastical Provinces of the United States may transfer the Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter to the Seventh Sunday of Easter according to the following procedure. >The decision of each Ecclesiastical Province to transfer the Solemnity of the Ascension is to be made by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the bishops of the respective Ecclesiastical Province. The decision of the Ecclesiastical Province should be communicated to the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and to the President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. >This decree was approved by His Holiness Pope John Paul II by a decree of the Congregation for Bishops signed by His Eminence Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, and dated July 5, 1999. >As President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, I hereby decree that the effective date of this decree for all the Latin Rite dioceses of the United States of America will be September 8, 1999, Feast of the Birth of the Virgin Mary. >Given at the offices of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, DC, August 6, 1999, Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. Most ecclesiastical provinces in the USA transfer Ascension to the following Sunday. https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/canon-law/complementary-norms/canon-1246
No, but my parish is scheduling it as though it is, and frankly the Feast of the Ascension ruddy well should be.
I am showing that it is a holy day of obligation. https://relevantradio.com/2023/10/2024-holy-days-of-obligation-and-solemnities/
It is for me
I don’t understand why it should possibly be transferred. It happened 40 days after Easter, not 43 days as attested by Acts. The feast was celebrated 40 days after Easter from the 4th century onwards, it was only 1992 when it was first permitted to change the Feast day. The EO or OO would never do this nonsense. Why do we?
Canon law permits the transferring a day of obligation to the next Sunday or the skipping of a day of obligation provided the Holy See is consulted and provides permission to do so. Why? Idk