{"id":4519,"date":"2018-05-09T22:36:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T02:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=4519"},"modified":"2018-05-09T22:36:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T02:36:00","slug":"batavia-ascension-parish-celebrates-10-year-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/05\/09\/batavia-ascension-parish-celebrates-10-year-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Ascension Parish celebrates 10 year Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4521\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/05\/09\/batavia-ascension-parish-celebrates-10-year-anniversary\/20180509_173923\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180509_173923.jpg?fit=4032%2C1960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,1960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G950U&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1525887563&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000614250614251&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20180509_173923\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180509_173923.jpg?fit=900%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4521\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180509_173923.jpg?resize=300%2C146&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180509_173923.jpg?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180509_173923.jpg?resize=768%2C373&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180509_173923.jpg?resize=1024%2C498&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180509_173923.jpg?resize=150%2C73&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180509_173923.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180509_173923.jpg?w=2700&amp;ssl=1 2700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4520\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/05\/09\/batavia-ascension-parish-celebrates-10-year-anniversary\/ascension-still-bishop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ascension-still-bishop.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ascension still bishop\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ascension-still-bishop.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4520\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ascension-still-bishop.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ascension-still-bishop.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ascension-still-bishop.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ascension-still-bishop.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bishop Richard Malone celebrated Ascension Parish&#8217;s 10 Anniversary Mass along with a celebration of Confirmation and First Holy Communion at Ascension Parish Church on Sumner street on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4523\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/05\/09\/batavia-ascension-parish-celebrates-10-year-anniversary\/20180509_211758-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180509_211758-1.jpg?fit=3173%2C1960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3173,1960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G950U&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1525887078&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20180509_211758\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180509_211758-1.jpg?fit=900%2C556&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4523\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180509_211758-1.jpg?resize=300%2C185&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180509_211758-1.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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In January of 2013, St. Anthony&#8217;s closed it&#8217;s doors because of the financial difficulties in operating both churches.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday evening it was a full house at Ascension Parish.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n1O0gcJiC-o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There were 10 children celebrating their First Holy Communion and 6 teens celebrating their Confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ascension Parish came to be not without great sacrifice and suffering. Along with vision, joy and inspiration, we grow in faith, hope and love,&#8221; says Father Dave Glassmire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bishop Richard Malone celebrated Ascension Parish&#8217;s 10 Anniversary Mass along with a celebration of Confirmation and First Holy Communion at Ascension Parish Church on Sumner street on Wednesday evening. In 2008, St. Anthony&#8217;s Church was merged with Sacred Heart Church to become Ascension Parish, this was part of the Buffalo \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/05\/09\/batavia-ascension-parish-celebrates-10-year-anniversary\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[982],"class_list":["post-4519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-ascension-parish-10th-anniversary"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-1aT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58494,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/31\/batavia-parishioners-at-ascension-parish-mailed-their-appeal-to-the-bishop-requesting-that-their-church-remain-open\/","url_meta":{"origin":4519,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/Parishioners at Ascension Parish mailed their appeal to the Bishop requesting that their church remain open","author":"aka","date":"October 31, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release Parishioners of Ascension Parish mailed their appeal to the Bishop on October 28, 2024, requesting that he keep our parish open. 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