Father Hengell was the son of Nicholas Hengell and Hubertina Catherine Adams Hengell
In 1905, Fr. Hengell conducted a census of the University's 2,632 students and discovered 300 Catholics. With these statistics in hand, he petitioned Archbishop Messmer to authorize "the organization of a Catholic Student's Association, the appointment of a Chaplain, and the eventual erection of a suitable chapel." The drive to erect a Chapel was actually already underway. In 1904, a young Catholic attorney and earlier Melvin club member, L.B. Murphy, wrote articles of incorporation and spearheaded a drive to erect a chapel. Together L.B. Murphy and Fr. Hengell crisscrossed the country raising funds from alumni and friends for the Chapel. When, in 1909, St. Paul's celebrated its first Mass, it became the first Catholic chapel at a secular university in the United States and gave birth to what would become the worldwide Newman movement. Today the chapel serves the University's roughly 12,000 Catholic students, staff and faculty.
In 1905, Fr. Hengell conducted a census of the University's 2,632 students and discovered 300 Catholics. With these statistics in hand, he petitioned Archbishop Messmer to authorize "the organization of a Catholic Student's Association, the appointment of a Chaplain, and the eventual erection of a suitable chapel." The drive to erect a Chapel was actually already underway. In 1904, a young Catholic attorney and earlier Melvin club member, L.B. Murphy, wrote articles of incorporation and spearheaded a drive to erect a chapel. Together L.B. Murphy and Fr. Hengell crisscrossed the country raising funds from alumni and friends for the Chapel. When, in 1909, St. Paul's celebrated its first Mass, it became the first Catholic chapel at a secular university in the United States and gave birth to what would become the worldwide Newman movement. Today the chapel serves the University's roughly 12,000 Catholic students, staff and faculty.
Father Hengell was the son of Nicholas Hengell and Hubertina Catherine Adams Hengell
In 1905, Fr. Hengell conducted a census of the University's 2,632 students and discovered 300 Catholics. With these statistics in hand, he petitioned Archbishop Messmer to authorize "the organization of a Catholic Student's Association, the appointment of a Chaplain, and the eventual erection of a suitable chapel." The drive to erect a Chapel was actually already underway. In 1904, a young Catholic attorney and earlier Melvin club member, L.B. Murphy, wrote articles of incorporation and spearheaded a drive to erect a chapel. Together L.B. Murphy and Fr. Hengell crisscrossed the country raising funds from alumni and friends for the Chapel. When, in 1909, St. Paul's celebrated its first Mass, it became the first Catholic chapel at a secular university in the United States and gave birth to what would become the worldwide Newman movement. Today the chapel serves the University's roughly 12,000 Catholic students, staff and faculty.
In 1905, Fr. Hengell conducted a census of the University's 2,632 students and discovered 300 Catholics. With these statistics in hand, he petitioned Archbishop Messmer to authorize "the organization of a Catholic Student's Association, the appointment of a Chaplain, and the eventual erection of a suitable chapel." The drive to erect a Chapel was actually already underway. In 1904, a young Catholic attorney and earlier Melvin club member, L.B. Murphy, wrote articles of incorporation and spearheaded a drive to erect a chapel. Together L.B. Murphy and Fr. Hengell crisscrossed the country raising funds from alumni and friends for the Chapel. When, in 1909, St. Paul's celebrated its first Mass, it became the first Catholic chapel at a secular university in the United States and gave birth to what would become the worldwide Newman movement. Today the chapel serves the University's roughly 12,000 Catholic students, staff and faculty.
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