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Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord

Posted on May 19, 2020 in: News, Events

Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord

"By His Ascension, Jesus draws our gaze to Heaven
to show us that the end of our journey is the Father."
Pope Francis

 

The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord will be celebrated by two live-stream events from the Cathedral of Saint Patrick. The first wiill  take place at 9 a.m. The second will take place at 6 p.m. Both can be viewed on the Masses page or the Facebook page 

The Mass for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
will be live-streamed from
The Cathedral of Saint Patrick
Thursday May 21st
9 a.m.

Click Here to be taken to the Masses Page.

or the Diocesan 
Facebook page

The second event takes place at 6 p.m.

Vespers for The Ascension of The Lord

Join us for a sung Vespers May 21 @ 6PM. Vespers is evening prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours. It's an opportunity for us to pray together as a community on this Solemnity.

Click Here for the live-stream.
 

May we band together in prayer, and may God heal our land.

Presider, Bishop Michael Cote
Assistant, Father Peter Langevin
Director of Music and Organist, Michael Steven Lianos
Cantor, Carroll Mailhot
Cantor, Mary Beth Lee
Cantor, Patricia Johnson

 

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