Fr. Andrew Vogel

Hello. I’m Father Andrew Vogel, the new chaplain of the St. Thomas More Newman Center. I’m a one-eared Korean with a German last name. I grew up in the foreign country of Iowa and attended Iowa State University, where I got a degree in Computer Engineering. Since I grew up in Ames and went to Iowa State, I’m a diehard Iowa State Cyclone’s fan. I’m coming around on the Twins and the Vikings but I can’t quite get into the Timberwolves and Wild. Maybe one of you can convert me.

More importantly, college was a time of radical change in my relationship with Christ and the Catholic Church. I barely remember being Confirmed in 10th grade. In college I fell in with a Baptist campus ministry and started allowing my relationship with Christ to affect my everyday decisions. I also started reading the Bible every day. After a couple of years, I almost became Baptist. Instead, I started reading Scott Hahn, Jeff Cavins, and other modern Catholic apologists. After reading a lot in a few months, I became convinced that the Catholic Church had the fullness of Truth. To make a long story short, I became more involved in the Newman Center at Iowa State and began my seven year discernment of entering the seminary. 

I’m looking forward to working with the staff at the St. Thomas More Newman Center to provide a place where Christ can radically change the lives of the students at Minnesota State University Mankato.