Join Collegium Institute and the Durandus Institute for Sacred Liturgy & Music for a Gold Mass for Catholic Scientists at St. Agatha-St. James Church on Saturday, November 14. All Catholics involved in the sciences in any capacity are welcome and encouraged to attend, but all are welcome.

Gold Masses are celebrated for Catholics who are or have been involved with the sciences. The patron of this mass is St. Albert the Great, a 13th century Dominican friar and teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas—and the patron saint of scientists.

Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Christian Wagner, SJ. Fr. Wagner grew up in Germany and holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Basel in Switzerland. After a career in pharmaceuticals and teaching biology at Loyola University Chicago, he entered the Society of Jesus in 2006. He is a biotechnology professor at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

Date: Saturday, November 15, 9:00 - 10:00 AM (reception to follow)

Location: St. Agatha-St. James Catholic Church (3728 Chestnut St, University City Philadelphia)

To RSVP, click the button below. Questions? Please contact Quinn Moore (qmoore@collegiuminstitute.org).