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Memorial Mass April 20 for Father Paul Nienaber, Brother Stephen Rusyn

April 12, 2021

Newsletters>Cardinal Update

A memorial Mass will be celebrated for Father Paul Nienaber, S.J., and Brother Stephen Rusyn, FSC, at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20, in Saint Thomas More Chapel on the Winona Campus.

Father Paul served as chair and associate professor of physics at the College from 2004 to 2019. He also taught regularly in the Lasallian Honors Program. He died Oct. 31, 2020.

Brother Stephen taught at Saint Mary’s for 25 years and truly loved teaching and the good he saw in each of his students. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Lasallian Educator Award during his tenure here on campus. He died Nov. 17, 2020.