Francis Joseph Hall

Summer ministry In June 1902, Hall became one of the pioneer summer residents in Onekama, Michigan, on Portage Lake. He immediately purchased property and built a summer home that was completed during his first summer. Obtaining the permission of George D. Gillespie, the first Bishop of Western Michigan, Hall began to celebrate Holy Communion in the study of his summer home to a small group of friends and neighbors. In 1911, he purchased a lakefront lot and arranged for the construction of a chapel to his own design, which was dedicated on August 11, 1912, as the Chapel of St. John-by-the-Lake. Hall remained as priest-in-charge until October 1930, when he resigned no longer able to make the summer trip to Michigan.

The altar of the chapel is dedicated to Hall's memory. He died in Baldwinsville, New York, on March 12, 1932.

Published works

Moral Theology. With Hallock, Frank H. New York: Longmans, Green and Co. 1924. . .