The Latin-rite Diocesan Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Newark met on March 18 to consider the proposal to permanently transfer the observance of the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Jesus from Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter to the following Sunday. After a lengthy discussion, the bishops decided to permanently transfer the observance of the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Jesus to the Seventh Sunday of Easter, effective this current year. This Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Jesus will be celebrated in all the Latin-rite dioceses of New Jersey on Sunday, May 29, 2022, replacing the liturgical celebration and readings of the Seventh Sunday of Easter. Thursday, May 26, 2022 will be Thursday of the Sixth week of Easter (as well as the memorial of St. Philip Neri).