Holy Day of Obligation Mass Schedule for The Ascension of the Lord:
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 (Vigil Mass)
- 4:00 pm — St. Aloysius, Springville
- 5:00 pm — St. Mary, Arcade
Thursday, May 29, 2025
- 7:30 am — St. Aloysius, Springville
- 12:00 Noon — St. Mary, Arcade
- 6:30 pm — St. Joseph, Holland
The Catholic Church will celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of Jesus on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
This solemnity occurs just forty days after Easter Sunday, and thus is the culmination of Jesus’ time on earth with his disciples (Acts 1:1-10-11).
The Feast of the Ascension, also known as Ascension Thursday, commemorates the moment when the Lord lifted up into heaven, as his disciples witnessed forty days after his Resurrection.
Luke 24 and Acts 1 provide the clearest accounts of this event.
Scripture tells us that, after appearing to his followers over forty days, Jesus raised his hands and blessed them.
Then, “while he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy” (Luke 24:50–52).
Based on the bulletin of May 25, 2025.
