Fordham Notes: Mass and Celebration Kick Off Advent

Monday, December 9, 2013

Mass and Celebration Kick Off Advent

The Mass of Gaudete Sunday will be celebrated at both the Rose Hill and Lincoln Center campuses on Sunday, Dec. 15. The Mass will include a service of light and song.

The Lincoln Center Mass will take place at 7:30 p.m. at The Church of St. Paul the Apostle, West 60th Street and Ninth Avenue. John Shea, S.J., director of Campus Ministry at the Lincoln Center campus, will preach and preside.

The Rose Hill Mass will take place at 8 p.m. at the University Church. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham, will preach and preside. The Fordham Jesuit community will join him in the sanctuary.

There will be a procession to the church lawn for the blessing and lighting of the United Student Government (USG) Christmas tree after the Rose Hill Mass. Following the tree lighting, there will be a holiday reception complete with refreshments and caroling in the McGinley Center Ballroom, sponsored by USG.


For more information, contact the Office of Campus Ministry at (718) 817-4500 or cm@fordham.edu.

-Jenny Hirsch

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