Next Sunday, October 6, we will celebrate the Feast of St. Francis – the saint who preached to the birds and called a wolf his brother – with the blessing of the animals following the 11 a.m. service. The blessing will be around 12:30, giving those who live nearby a chance to go and get their animals; however, you are also welcome to bring
This Sunday, September 30, 2018, the choir and Sunday School return in their fullness, and we hope that you will be here too! Please join with the whole Ascension community to celebrate the new season and our life together. Also, this is the final Sunday to bring Backpacks for Uganda. We are again collecting backpacks and school supplies for the school children in Uganda.
We have all heard the news of the flooding in the South Indian state of Kerala, caused by the extraordinary rains that came in this year’s monsoon season. This is the most serious flood India has experienced in a century, and is a disaster of historic proportions. The Diocese of New York has long-standing and strong ties to the Church of South India, and
Thanks to cooler weather, this Sunday, August 26, 2018, the 11am service will take place in the church, along with the other Sunday services at 9am and 7pm. During the summer months on warmer Sundays the 11am service will take place in the Parish Hall. Watch here or in the weekly email for updates.
If you missed a Sunday and the sermon, most of the sermons can be heard online the following week at the right sidebar below on this page in the section “From our Pulpit”. You can hear recent sermons such as Father Ed Chinery’s sermon on August 19 all the way back to the first audio sermon posted May 3, 2015, the Fifth Sunday of
This Sunday, August 19, 2018, the 11am service will take place in the air-conditioned Parish Hall. During the summer months on warmer Sundays the 11am service will take place there. Watch here or in the weekly email for updates. On those days you may enter through the front door of the church on Fifth Avenue or the Parish Hall door at 12 West 11th
Dear Ascension parishioners and friends, Many of you have asked what we can do in response to the immigration crisis of families separated at the border, and now perhaps held in indefinite detention. There are many lists of good options available on the internet, but here are some suggestions based on the research I have done. Continue to call your elected representatives. Urge them
“Be still and know that I am God.” A still summer morning can be a perfect time to gather in silence and enter into the centrality of God’s presence. Please join us in the Chapel on Wednesday mornings from 7:30 to 8:15 for Centering Prayer. All are welcome! Join us as you are able. Enter through the Chapel doors to the right of the
Resistance Cinema and Ascension Outreach, Inc. present SHADOW WORLD on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 7 pm in the Parish Hall, 12 West 11th Street, NYC. Directed by Johan Grimonprez, the film reveals how the international trade in weapons fosters corruption, promotes global militarism, determines economic and foreign policies, undermines democracy and creates widespread suffering. SHADOW WORLD reveals the real costs of war and
Calling all knitters, crocheters, embroiderers, and quilters! This fall we will be starting a Needle-Craft Guild at Ascension. Mtr. Posey, who started a group at Christ Church in Riverdale that is still going strong, will be our mentor and guide. All skills at all levels welcome. Please let us know if are interested, or if you have any questions please email Joan Castagnone: jcastagnone@mac.com.