By Currents News
Bishop Robert Brennan celebrated Mass with the Church of the Ascension in Elmhurst, Queens on Sunday May 17.
The pews were packed for the liturgy on the Feast of the Ascension, commemorating when Christ’s body ascended into heaven 40 days after Easter.
It was just one of many ways the Queens parish celebrated its 100th anniversary.
The faithful also took part in a nightly novena from May 8 to May 16 and a candlelight procession through the streets of Elmhurst on that Friday, May 16.
Bishop Brennan noted that the strong show of faith demonstrates how the Church of the Ascension has brought the light of Christ to the people of the Queens neighborhood all these years.
The first and temporary Church of the Ascension was established in January of 1926 to serve the fast-growing community. The current building was constructed some time later.