News - January 2012

Fr. Jonathan Niehaus began researching the history of the Catholic Student Center and work of the Catholic Church at Texas State University in 2006. After doing extensive research in archives at the University and at the Diocese of Austin as well as conducting many interviews, he published a book, Catholics At Texas State, in 2008. A pdf version of this book is available below. The introduction expresses his great love for the students here as well as for the Church and this ministry.

Fr. Jonathan James Niehaus, member of the Secular Institute of Schoenstatt Fathers, died of lung cancer in Koblenz, Germany, on January 19, 2012. Fr. Jonathan was born June 5, 1960, the oldest of six children of Veronica and Melvin Niehaus. He graduated from Ivanhoe High School in 1978 and from Southwest State University in 1982. He is survived by his Mother Veronica and sister Sr. M. Deanne Niehaus (Sleepy Eye, MN), sister Rebecca Hall and family (Mendota Heights, MN), brothers David (Portland, OR), Fr. Mark (Waukesha, WI) and Fr. Thomas (Easton, MN).

Fr. Jonathan Niehaus, ISP, former director of the H.L. Grant Catholic Student Center at Texas State University, died this morning. He was battling cancer which was in his lungs and back and discovered in October 2011. Living in Germany at the Father House of the Schoenstatt Order, he received treatment for the cancer but was unable to recover from a lung infection this week. Several of his family members were with him in Germany as were his fellow priests in the Schoenstatt order. Please join us in praying for Fr. Jonathan, his family and the Schoenstatt movement who will greatly miss him. Mass will be celebrated for Fr. Jonathan at the H.L. Grant Catholic Student center & St. Jude chapel on Thursday, Friday and Sunday of this week.