Annual German Christmas Mass to Be Celebrated at Canisius University

November 17, 2014

BUFFALO, NY Canisius University will host its 47th Annual German Christmas Mass at the college’s Christ the King Chapel on Sunday, December 7 at 10 a.m.  The public is welcome.  An Advent breakfast reception will be held in the Grupp Fireside Lounge and Regis Room of the Richard E. Winter ’42 Student Center following the Mass at approximately 11 a.m.

  Rev. Daniel P. Jamros, S.J., professor of religious studies and theology at Canisius, will serve as the principal celebrant for the Mass, which will be spoken entirely in German.  The German American Musicians will perform a concert of Christmas music at 9:30 a.m., before the Mass. 

For more information on the German Mass, call the Canisius University Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at (716) 888-2835.

Canisius is one of 28 Jesuit universities in the nation, and the premier private university in Western New York.