∙ OUR HISTORY ∙

- In 1925, the Moscow Knights of Columbus expressed concern to the state convention of Knights for the spiritual welfare of Catholic students at the University of Idaho. Fr. Gerry Scanlan began ministering to students at the university at this time.
  By 1932, the Knights and St. Mary's Parish in Moscow provided a meeting space for Catholic U of I students.
  In 1955, the Knights, law professor Dr. Thomas (Rex) Walenta, and Fr. Urban Schmidt, pastor of St. Mary's Parish, spearheaded an effort to build a chapel for Catholic students on or near the university campus.
  In 1956, Bishop J. J. Byrne gave enthusiastic support to the chapel project. The property on which St. Augustine's now stands was purchased later that year. It contained three old houses, one of which was converted to serve as a temporary Newman Center (pictured right). Fr. Schmidt ministered to the Newman Club in addition to his duties as pastor of St. Mary's.
- University of Idaho Newman Center, 1963
- Fr. Gerry Scanlon
  First Chaplain, 1925-1926
- Fr. Urban Schmidt
  Chaplain, 1948-1963
- Fr. Andy Schumacher
  First Pastor, 1963-1974
- Newman Club Officers 1964-1965
- In 1963, Fr. Schmidt's nephew, Fr. Andy Schumacher, was appointed to full-time duty as student chaplain by Bishop Sylvester Treinen. Fr. Schumacher's Masses in the Newman Center became so popular and crowded that permission was obtained from the University to hold Sunday morning Mass in the Borah Theatre in the Student Union Building.
  In 1964, Dick Owen, a U of I student in the school of architecture and a member of the Catholic community, participated in a contest to design a building for a church. He and Fr. Schumacher talked about the idea of a round church with a cluster of round rooms. Owen went ahead with this idea for his project and received the first-place award in the contest. The geometry of the church was intended to symbolize a pitched tent where "The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us."
- Church Construction, 1966
- Completed Church, 1967
- Mass with Fr. Schumacher
- In 1967, the church building was completed and 1,500 students attended Mass each Sunday. Fr. Schumacher asked students to submit ideas for the saint that would become the patron of the church. He suggested the idea of St. Augustine, a saint who had also been a university student. While at university, his faith was challenged, and his mother, St. Monica, faithfully prayed for his conversion. St. Augustine went on to become a bishop and Doctor of the Church. The students strongly identified with this patron and St. Augustine won the vote by a landslide.
  
  Since its founding, St. Augustine's has been served by ten priests, four deacons, and three sisters. Fr. Chase Hasenoehrl arrived in 2015. Fr. Chase and the St. Augustine's staff are committed to building upon the great legacy of St. Augustine's and pursuing the Lord's vision for this next chapter.
- Newman Center Board, 1969
- Confirmation Class of 1970