The Reverend Jennifer Adams-Massmann installed as Canon Steward and Archdeacon
Wednesday, 8th April 2026
The Reverend Jennifer Adams-Massmann was installed as a Canon of Westminster during Evensong at Westminster Abbey on Easter Day, Sunday 5th April.
Before the service she made and signed declarations of faith and of allegiance to the Sovereign in the presence of the Dean, Canons and Chapter Clerk.
At the Installation during the service, the Chapter Clerk, Paul Baumann, presented and read The King's Grant and Mandamus, following which the Canon-designate made a further declaration in Latin before being installed in her stall in the quire of the Abbey Church by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle.
In his sermon, the Dean said:
[Jennifer] joins this College on Easter Day. She comes to open doors and to speak the good news of the gospel. At Easter Christ breaks into the midst of speechlessness and grief and speaks, 'Peace be with you.' He breaks out of the tomb, and no locks will ever hold it shut again. Fear is sent packing; the doors are opened and will not shut. Peace is proclaimed. Not a question, ‘Are you feeling peaceful?’ Not an observation, ‘There is peace around’. This is a command ‘Peace be with you’. What a day to join the Abbey, what a vocation to inhabit, to hold open the door and to speak the peace that abides, here, with Jennifer may we proclaim life in the face of death, forgiveness in the face of betrayal, and speak peace.
Following the service, Canon Massmann-Adams was installed as a member of Chapter in the Jerusalem Chamber.
