Two Ascensions? Do I celebrate 'Ascension Thursday' or 'Ascension Sunday'?

Is the Ascension on Thursday, or on Sunday? The answer is 'Yes'

This explainer was initially published in 2023. It has been updated in May 2024, for your edification.

Catholics in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and New York will celebrate on Thursday the solemnity of the Ascension — a “holy day of obligation” — while Catholics in the rest of the U.S. will celebrate the feast on Sunday, and are no…