St. Edward's Hall (University of Notre Dame)

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St. Edward's Hall


Established	1882
Type	Residence Hall
Rector	Rev. Ralph Haag, CSC
Location	Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
Campus	God-Quad
Undergraduate residents	177
Colors	Green/Gold
Mascot	Gentlemen/Stedsmen
Website	[1]

St. Edward's Hall is one of the 27 Residence Halls on the campus of the University of Notre Dame and one of 14 male dorms. St. Ed's is located directly east of Main Building and is directly adjacent to Zahm Hall on the west. St. Ed's houses 177 undergraduate students.

1 History
2 Distinguishing Features
3 Former Rector
4 Current Rector
5 Notable Residents
6 External links

[edit] History

St. Ed's was originally built in 1882 as a boarding school. In 1925 Knute Rockne received his First Holy Communion in the chapel which is named after St. Edward the Confessor. Because of this, St. Ed's is the only dorm on campus that is listed in the National Registry of Historic Places. In 1929 it was converted into a residence hall and has since housed undergraduate males. In 1981, the third and fourth floors of the building caught fire, but have since been rebuilt. In RecSports, St. Ed's main rival is Zahm Hall, which is famous for believing it is a frat when it in fact is not.

St. Ed's signature event each year is Founder's Day and Founder's Week (open only to St. Ed's residents), celebrated on the week of October 13 it includes a 2-on-2 basketball tournament, historical lectures, and a dorm mass. There is also an annual Spring excursion to Chicago in which the Gentlemen take part in a dance aboard a chartered yacht.

[edit] Distinguishing Features

The Chapel of St. Edward the Confessor contains eight stained glass windows depicting various saints, Saint Edward among them, which date to the early 1900s. The same French company also completed a large stained glass portrait of the University's founder Father Edward Sorin, which is found in the central stairwell. In addition, St. Edward's second floor also boasts a mural by the famous Vatican muralist Luigi Gregori, whose work also adorns the Main Building, and the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. The mural depicts a meeting between Father Sorin and the local Native Americans at the founding of the University in 1842. The residence hall is the oldest building on campus currently in use as an undergraduate dormitory, and its original wing is constructed of the signature yellow bricks dredged by Holy Cross religious from the marl found in the University's two lakes.

[edit] Former Rector

Rev. Tom Eckert, CSC

Fr. Tom Eckert, C.S.C., is the youngest of 14 children born and raised in Huntington, Indiana. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1995 with a B.A. in Spanish and Economics. Fr. Tom entered Moreau Seminary in the fall of 1995 and received his Master of Divinity degree from Notre Dame in 2002. He was ordained a Holy Cross priest in April of 2003. During his time at Notre Dame, Fr. Tom was an RA in Stanford Hall and was actively involved in Campus Ministry and the Center for Social Concerns. He spent a year studying in Mexico City, Mexico, as an undergraduate; he also spent two years living in Lima, Perú, and Santiago, Chile, during his time in the seminary. Most recently, Fr. Tom served as a deacon at St. John Vianney Parish, in Goodyear, AZ, where he ministered in a variety of areas. Fr. Tom served as the rector of St. Edward's Hall from 2003 to 2006.

[edit] Current Rector

Rev. Ralph Haag, CSC

Fr. Ralph Haag comes to the University after three years of service as the associate pastor of St. Gregory the Great Parish in Phoenix, Arizona. During his time in Phoenix, Fr. Ralph worked with the junior high and high school youth groups, directed the high school religious education program, and created programs for adult faith education. Fr. Ralph earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Creighton University in 1998 and an M.Div. from the University of Notre Dame in 2003. He was ordained a Holy Cross priest in 2004.