49th Annual German Christmas Mass to be Celebrated at Canisius University

BUFFALO, NY – Canisius University will host its 49^th Annual German Christmas Mass at the college’s Christ the King Chapel on Sunday, December 11 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, SJ, professor of religious studies and theology at Canisius, will be the principal celebrant for the Mass, which will be spoken entirely in German.  The German American Musicians will perform a concert of German Christmas music at 9:30 a.m., before the Mass, in the Chapel.  

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

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

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