Rev. Peter Njoku was a parent figure to many; Nigerian-born and St....

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  November 19, 2006 ;     433 words ......60. The Rev. Dennis Dease, president of St. Thomas University...meet me for dinner at St. Thomas at 6 p.m., Dease said, chuckling at the...precisely 6 o'clock. But, Dease said, it was June in Minnesota. By sundown, the St. Thomas dining room...

St. Thomas, Cuba are back in full swing.(NEWS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 14, 2000 ;     700+ words ......The Rev. Dennis Dease, president of the University of St. Thomas, pointed...that has grown from Dease's fascination with...became president of St. Thomas. In the...millions are enslaved. Dease, 57, always seems...As president of St. Thomas, he is friends...

St. Ed students inducted into National Honor SocietyThe National Honor

Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  January 9, 2000 ;     261 words ...St. Ed students inducted into National Honor Society The National Honor Society of St. Edward Central Catholic High School recently held a program...students were honored: Three-year NHS members: Michael Allendorf, St.Thomas More; Stephanie Fox (Sect.), St. Laurence; Katherine...

About-face: Tutu gets St. Thomas invite; The president of the St. Paul...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ......firestorm was enough to make St. Thomas' president, the Rev. Dennis Dease, change his mind. On Wednesday, Dease wrote a letter to the St. Thomas community that...activist who teaches at St. Thomas, said Dease had no choice. He's a good...

Pomp, hope mark a game like no other; UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS 7 -...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  January 27, 2000 ;     700+ words ......said. The Rev. Dennis Dease, president of St. Thomas, drew huge cheers...demonstration in Havana. Dease has invited players and St. Thomas staff members...friendship, he said. Dease, noting that most of...new baseball gloves St. Thomas had given them...

St. Gerard's sale will enrich students' lives with scholarships

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 11, 1999 ;     370 words ...St. Gerard Catholic Church closed nearly 11/2 years ago, but current...legacy. Money from the sale of the parish property at S. 16th St. and W. Oklahoma Ave. are generating enough investment income...120 students, Auxiliary Bishop Richard J. Sklba said. "When St. Gerard's parish was closed, there was an ...

St. Thomas might play baseball games in Cuba.(SPORTS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  November 24, 1999 ;     531 words ......Higher Education. St. Thomas president the Rev. Dennis Dease met with the higher...faculty invited the St. Thomas delegation...gesture of friendship, Dease said. We may have...along. And last month, St. Thomas became the...baseball in Cuba. Dease said he hopes the...

Tutu-St. Thomas dustup isn't over; The archbishop refuses to come to...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 23, 2007 ;     695 words ......invited to speak at the St. Paul campus. The Rev. Dennis Dease, the university president...matter from Father Dease's perspective in hopes...willing to speak at St. Thomas next spring...Tutu be invited to St. Thomas. But Dease said in an Oct. 5 statement...

40 at St. Thomas rally for ousted director whom Tutu supports.(NEWS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 24, 2007 ;     298 words ......Desmond Tutu. The Rev. Dennis Dease, university president, rejected...unless Toffolo is reinstated. Dease said on Oct. 5 that Toffolo...to invite Archbishop Tutu to St. Thomas. In a letter to Toffolo...distortions and false charges against Dease and St. Thomas with a cc list of several...

A collision of values stirs up St. Thomas; School fails to achieve...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 14, 1999 ;     700+ words ......problem - with the Rev. Dennis Dease, president of St. Thomas. When the undergraduate...internship at Planned Parenthood, Dease said, and then asked whether St. Thomas would grant her...antithetical to ours. In fact, Dease made his views on St. Thomas, abortion and intern...

A day of winning, grinning for Cuban team; Cubans 8, St. Thomas 0.(NEWS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 10, 2000 ;     700+ words ......we were there, a St. Thomas professor said sarcastically. St. Thomas is a very good small-college baseball team, filled...moments after the team arrived Saturday at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. But all of those burdens seemed to be lifted with the victory over St. Thomas, USA. ...

Desmond Tutu rejects St. Thomas' invitation; He'll still be here for...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 28, 2008 ;     460 words ......Cities in two weeks. [St. Thomas president] Father Dease was sincere in saying...been previously held at St. Thomas. Dease, however, balked at...about-face and invited Tutu. Dease later called the situation...dismissal as head of St. Thomas' peace and justice...

St. Thomas sets rooming limits; The Catholic university formalized a...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 20, 2006 ;     536 words ......an expectation at St. Thomas and something...said the Rev. Dennis Dease, the college president...the Catholic Church. Dease's announcement officially...preoccupied some at the St. Paul school for almost...private institution, St. Thomas has the right...STATEMENT The Rev. Dennis ...

St. Thomas rules unmarried staff can't share room on student trips.

Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN);  April 20, 2006 ;     671 words ......the University of St. Thomas, the Rev. Dennis Dease. The St. Paul-based university...was not an issue. Dease said he hoped his...comfort level for St. Thomas employees...the Rev. Dennis Dease's statement can...Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Distributed...

THE REV. TERRENCE MURPHY; 1920-2004; Priest put the `university' in St....

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  February 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Thomas, he transformed a humble St. Paul college for men into a...nation. Murphy, who worked at St. Thomas for 50 years, died Wednesday...served longer than any other St. Thomas president, holding office...was chancellor. The Rev. Dennis Dease succeeded Murphy as president...Sunday dinners with ...