Feast of the Ascension: Difference between revisions

</ref> before 1998 [[Roman Catholicism in Canada|in Canada]] and parts of the western United States;<ref name="stcloud">[http://www.stclouddiocese.org/worship/transfer.htm Ascension Day is Moving] Michael Kwatera, OSB. Office of Worship, Diocese of Saint Cloud.</ref> in many other parts [[Roman Catholicism in the United States|in the United States]] from 1999;<ref name="stcloud"/> and in [[Roman Catholicism in England and Wales|England and Wales]] from 2007.<ref>[http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/the-week/658911/part_2/the-spectators-notes.thtml The Spectator's Notes: Charles Moore's reflections on the week], Charles Moore ''The Spectator'', Wednesday, 7th May 2008</ref> The U.S. ecclesiastical provinces which retain Thursday observance in 2009 are [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston|Boston]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford|Hartford]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York|New York]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark|Newark]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha|Omaha]], and [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia|Philadelphia]].<ref>[http://catholicism.about.com/od/holydaysandholidays/f/Ascension_Holy.htm Is Ascension a Holy Day of Obligation?] Scott P. Richert, About.com</ref> When celebrated on Sunday, the earliest possible date is May 3, and the latest is June 6.