Ascension
What it commemorates
The Ascension commemorates Christ's ascent into heaven.
Place in the liturgical year
It is kept on the fortieth day after Easter Sunday.
In the 1962 Latin Mass Calendar
In the 1962 calendar it is kept as a day of the first class: In Ascensione Domini.
Modern Roman Calendar
The Modern Roman Calendar ranks it as a celebration with precedence over solemnities; its ranks differ from the four classes of 1962.