"And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight" (Acts 1:9). Today, 40 days after Easter, is known as the "Feast of the Ascension ...

The feast of the Ascension has been celebrated by many Catholic ... feast are found in the Gregorian Chantbook of Jerusalem with songs from the 5th Century. At the moment of the Resurrection ...

One year ago, on the feast of the Ascension, we attended Mass in a hotel basement. One of our older kids was in a weekend tournament, and a priest from one of the Catholic school teams offered to ...

Father Jeffrey Kirby argues that the Church needs to recover the importance of the Feast of the Ascension. (Credit: Stock image.) Listen In the growing secularism of contemporary Western culture ...

The nine days between the Feast of the Ascension and Pentecost is often considered to be the first novena. Pentecost is considered the birthday of the church, the day when that first community of ...

May 30 is the colloquial name for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord or The Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ. The day commemorates the moment Jesus ascended into heaven 40 days after ...