4 things to know from June 16, 2025 The former dean of nursing at St. Catherine University in St. Paul has been sentenced for embezzling over $400,000 from the school for the benefit of her boyfriend.

SAINT PAUL, Minn — A former St. Catherine University dean will spend three years on probation after allegedly stealing more than $400,000 from the school. Laura Jean Fero, the former St. Kate's ...

Court documents state that police found Bruce’s company received six payments totaling $412,644 from St. Catherine’s between Aug. 31, 2020, and Aug. 23, 2023.

St. Catherine of Siena merged with St. Lucy Parish of the Austin neighborhood in 1974. In 2022, the parish joined St. Giles Parish as part of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Renew My Church initiative.