The Bishops of New Jersey have decided to permanently transfer the observance of the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord to the Seventh Sunday of Easter. The Ascension will be celebrated this year next Sunday, May 29, replacing the Seventh Sunday of Easter. This Thursday, May 26 is therefore not a holy day of obligation, and will be observed in the churches of the Raritan Oratory as the Solemnity of our Holy Father St. Philip Neri, founder of the Oratory.