Preacher: The Rev’d Jennifer Adams-Massmann, Assistant Chaplain & Welfare Officer, Peterhouse
The Rev’d Jennifer Adams-Massmann was appointed Assistant Chaplain and Welfare Officer at Peterhouse in 2019. Originally from the U.S., Jennifer received a B.A. degree in English & American Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) and a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University before moving overseas in 2002, first to Germany and then England. She has been a priest since 2007, serving in parish ministry, hospital chaplaincy, and college chaplaincy in Cambridge and Princeton. She is currently writing a Ph.D. on Protestant women missionaries in 18th century America based at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, where she formerly taught American religion to undergraduates. She is married and has one son and a fluffy Siberian forest cat named Rory who even has his own Instagram account @rory.siberian for College cat lovers! When not spending time with family, in her free time Jennifer likes running along the Backs, reading, watching documentaries & musicals, dressmaking, singing sea shanties, or playing with her kitty, of course.
