Fr. Eugene Hensell, OSB
Faculty
Department: Scripture
Title: Associate Professor of Scripture
Education History
- PhD (St. Louis University, 1975)
- MA (St. Louis University, 1971)
- MDiv (Saint Meinrad School of Theology, 1969)
- BA (Saint Meinrad College, 1965)
Biography
Father Eugene Hensell, OSB, is a Benedictine monk of Saint
Meinrad Archabbey. In addition to parish work, campus ministry and
college teaching, Father Eugene also served from 1982 until 1996 as
vice rector of Saint Meinrad College and then president-rector of
both the College and the School of Theology.
Since 1997, Fr. Eugene has been engaged in fulltime
retreat work, conducting biblical retreats and workshops for
priests, religious, and laity throughout the country and in several
foreign countries. He brings to this work over 30 years of teaching
experience, as well as a strong sense of the Church's pastoral
needs. With his wide contacts among clergy, religious and laity,
Fr. Eugene brings to his students a deep and sympathetic
understanding of the challenges facing many facets of life in the
contemporary Church.
Fr. Eugene is an active member of the Catholic Biblical
Association, The Society of Biblical Literature, and The American
Academy of Religion. He is the past president of The American
Benedictine Academy. He has also recently been appointed to the
advisory board of the Journal, Review for Religious.
For the past 20 years, Fr. Eugene has been a contributing
writer for Weekday and Sunday Homily Hints, a
service published by St. Anthony Messenger Press. He regularly
contributes book reviews to The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, The Review of Biblical Literature,
Cistercian Studies and other scholarly journals. He also
is an associate editor for The American Benedictine
Review.
Email: ehensell@saintmeinrad.edu