Events at Ascension
On Sunday, June 9, our Summer Mass schedule begins: one combined Sunday Mass at 9 A.M. Please join us! Summer Mass at Ascension is a Rite I Said Mass with Hymns.
During our 10am Mass on May 12, we’ll pause before the close of worship to offer a special prayer and blessing over our graduates, and to give thanks for their place in our Parish and for their accomplishments. Please come celebrate with us!
The Ascension Choir leads us in a service of worship for Maundy Thursday with motets by Gabriel Fauré.
On January 27, we will meet for a special combined Said Mass with Hymns at 9:00 A.M. We will also attend to the business of our Parish at our Annual Meeting. Please be sure to attend this important gathering!
A family-friendly early Christmas Eve service in which our Parish children participate.
The Ascension Choir and Soloists offer a service of Lesson and Carols for Advent.
On Sunday, September 2, our Summer Schedule ceases, and we return to our regular schedule of Sunday worship. At the beginning of the 10:00 A.M. service we will offer a special prayer over our students returning to school - our annual "Blessing of the Backpacks."
8:00 A.M.: Said Mass
10:00 A.M.: Sung Mass with Hymns
Summer schedule Masses at 9:00 A.M. begin on Memorial Day Weekend.
Join us for a joyful and solemn Mass on the evening of Maundy Thursday. The Ascension Choir will sing Fauré's Messe basse pour voix de femmes, and motets by Rene Clausen and Maurice Duruflé, as well as leading us in hymns of the Passion.
On Palm Sunday, we will worship together in one combined Mass at 9:00 A.M., beginning with the Liturgy of the Palms in our Parlor, and a procession into the sanctuary. Soloists from the Ascension Choir will offer anthems during worship. Join us for this special time of worship as a parish family!
Ascension Parish's Annual Meeting will take place at 9:00 A.M. on Sunday, February 4. We will meet for worship at this time as well as attend to the care of our parish. There will be no separate 8:00 A.M. or 10:00 A.M. masses on February 4.
Join us as we meet to celebrate the Lord's Nativity on Christmas Day with Scripture, carols, a homily and the Eucharist.
Join us for a Festival of Lessons and Carols led by our Ascension Parish Choir.
A family-friendly early Christmas Eve service in which our Parish children participate.
On Advent IV, December 24, Ascension will hold one combined morning Said Mass at 10:00am. There will be no 8:00am service on Dec. 24.
Join us as the Rt. Rev. Michael Hanley, Bishop of the Diocese of Portland, joins us for worship at Ascension Parish.
A said Mass with hymns for Thanksgiving Day. Join us as we give thanks to God as a parish family!
Please join us for a Mass with choral selections on the Sunday after Ascension Day. Our Ascension Choir will offer an anthem by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and we will also celebrate a baptism.
Join us on Easter Sunday at 8:00am and at 10:00am to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord.
Join us for a solemn noontime service on Good Friday.
Join us on Maundy Thursday for a solemn sung Mass with motets and hymns. The Ascension Choir will offer motets by Richard Shephard, Herbert Howells and Anton Bruckner.
Join us on Palm Sunday for the Liturgy of the Palms, the Liturgy of the Word and the Holy Eucharist. During the service, the Ascension Chapel Choir will offer motets from Franz Schubert's Antiphons for Palm Sunday, D 696.
