Ascension Catholic Church 

Blessed palms will be available in the church entrance Sunday, April 5 at 9:00 a.m. and throughout Holy Week for anyone who would like to take one home. The church will remain unlocked from 7:30am to 6:00pm daily.
In this weekend’s bulletin, April 5, we will include ways you can celebrate Holy Week and Easter at home.

There will be NO Holy Week or Easter Sunday services in response to the COVID-19 virus.

Ascension Church will be unlocked every day and available for prayer as follows:

• Monday to Friday:  7:30 am to 6:00 pm
• Saturday and Sunday:  7:30 am to 6:00 pm

• Tuesday to Friday:  7:30 am to 7:50 am
• Saturday:  3:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Ascension's Parish Office hours have been temporarily modified to be open Monday to Thursday, 8:30 am to 2:00 pm. ​

All priests have been asked to continue to offer a daily private Mass.  Msgr. Jim will attach a dedicated Mass intention to each of his private Masses.

Parishioners are encouraged to view live streaming of daily and Sunday Masses on either Cathedral of the Holy Spirit (https://cathedralparish.com/) or St. Mary's Parish (https://www.stmarysbismarck.org/) websites.

Families are encouraged to make Sundays a Holy Day in your own homes through live streaming Mass, reading the Scripture Readings of the day, praying the rosary, watching www.Formed.org, utilizing our parish app (myparishapp) and making a spiritual communion. 

• All parish Masses, daily and weekend, have been cancelled until further notice.

• All Faith Formation classes (grades 1-9) have been cancelled for the remainder of the year.

• Stations of the Cross have been cancelled.

• Communion Services and Eucharistic Exposition on Mondays have been cancelled untill further notice.

•  First Holy Communion for our 2nd grade students has been rescheduled for June 13 at the 5PM Mass.

• Confirmation for our 9th grade students has been rescheduled for September 18th at 7PM.

• All parish committee and auxiliary meetings (i.e. Knights of Columbus) have been cancelled until further notice.

• The Parish Spring Dinner, set for April 26th, has been cancelled.

• Vacation BIble School has been cancelled for this summer.

For those unable to attend Mass and receive the Eucharist, the Church encourages us to make an act of “spiritual communion,” where we unite ourselves to God through prayer. It is a beautiful way to express to God our desire to be united with him when we are unable to complete that union in the reception of Holy Communion.

An Act of Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, 
I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. 
I love You above all things, 
and I desire to receive You into my soul. 
Since I cannot at this moment
receive You sacramentally, 
come at least spiritually into my heart.
I embrace You as if You were already there
and unite myself wholly to You.
Never permit me to be separated from You.
Amen.