b"nemembranceI R fessed first vows there in 1951 and perpetualFor the complete obituaries of these Marianists, visit marianist.com/obits.Father Stephen Tutas, In the 1990s, he ministered to priests in theSM, 95, died April 16 in Diocese of San Jose, served as director of the Villa vows July 14, 1956. He was ordained April 3,Cupertino, Calif. He Saint Joseph Community for aging Marianists and 1965 in Fribourg, Switzerland.had been a vowed Mari- chaired the transitioning committee to form the Fr. Hackel earned a bachelors degree in his-anist for 77 years. United States province. Later, he served as parochial tory in 1954 from St. Marys University in SanFr. Tutas spent two vicar at St. Anthony Parish in Maui (2003-06), then Antonio and, 21 years later, added a masters infive-year terms in Rome returned to Cupertino and served on a number of political science from Marquette University inas Superior General of province committees and projects in his later years. Milwaukee.the Society of Mary from Throughout his ministry, he worked primarily1971 to 1981, oversee- Brother Peter A. Pon- as a teacher and chaplain: Saint Josephs SchoolFather Stephen Tutas, SM ing the revision of the tolillo, SM, 83, died (Victoria, Texas), Chaminade College PreparatoryMarianist Rule of Lifethe Societys guiding April 12 in San Anto- (Creve Coeur, Mo.), St. Marys High School (St.governance documentin light of the Second nio with 64 years of Louis), St. John Vianney High School (Kirkwood,Vatican Council. His administration also estab- religious profession.Mo.), Nolan Catholic High School (Fort Worth,lished that brothers, not just priests, could serve Born March 20, 1939, Texas), Thomas More High School (Milwaukee),as provincials. in Hempstead, N.Y., he Gross Catholic High School (Omaha, Neb.),In addition, he was among five Marianists instru- entered the Marianist Central Catholic High School (San Antonio) andmental in the creation of Chaminade University of novitiate in Marcy,N.Y., Saint Louis School (Honolulu). Honolulu, and he served as president of the in 1956 and made first Fr. Hackel also spent several years in parishConference of Major Superiors of Men. He also Brother Peter A. Pontolillo, SM vows there in 1957. He work at Our Lady of the Pillar in St. Louis andwas chair of the Transition Coordinating Com- earned a bachelors degree in education from the as a missionary in Eastern Africa. mittee, which shepherded the consolidation of University of Dayton (Ohio) in 1960 and spent hisfour American provinces into the Province of early ministry teaching at Cathedral Latin School Brother Francis (Frank)the United States in 2002. (Cleveland) and Chaminade High School inTheodore Spaeth, SM,Born Dec. 18, 1926, in Hamilton, Ohio, he entered (Mineola,N.Y.). Bro. Pontolillo earned a masters 98, died March 16 inthe postulate at Mount Saint John in Dayton, Ohio, degree in Spanish from Western Reserve Univer- Cupertino, Calif. Heat age 15, beginning formation while completing sity and professed perpetual vows in Beacon,N.Y., had been a vowedHamilton Catholic High School. He then entered in 1965. Marianist for 73 years.novitiate at Beacon, N.Y., where he professed From 1966 through 1996, he served in numerous Born May 17, 1923,first vows on Aug. 20, 1944. educational leadership roles: principal at Holy in Cincinnati, he firstHe earned a bachelors degree in education at Trinity High School in Brooklyn; executive director encountered the Mari-the University of Dayton in 1947, while teaching of the Catholic School Administrators Association anists at Purcell Highat Purcell High School (now Purcell Marian) in of New York; principal at Colegio San Jos in Puerto Brother Francis (Frank) School in Walnut Hills,Theodore Spaeth, SMCincinnati. He professed perpetual vows on June Rico; and superintendent of schools for the Arch- Ohio. After graduating,20, 1948, in Honolulu, becoming a charter member diocese of San Antonio and the Diocese of Victoria, Spaeth enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1942of the Marianist Province of the Pacific. He was Texas. These efforts led to regional and national and served four years as a radar and radio tech-ordained on July 12, 1953, in Fribourg, Switzerland recognition, including honors from the National nician. and completed a licentiate in sacred theology Catholic Education Association (NCEA). Bro. Spaeth entered the Marianist novitiate atdegree (STL) at the University of Fribourg in 1954. Later, Bro. Pontolillo spent 10 years as Secretary Beacon, N.Y., in 1948 and made first vows there inIn 1955, Fr. Tutas worked with four Marianist General of the Society of Mary in Rome, where 1949. He professed perpetual vows on Aug. 24,Brothers to transform Saint Louis College from a he teamed with other brothers to direct work of 1952, at Cheviot Hills Military Academy in Losjunior college into Chaminade College (now Uni- Marianists worldwide. Upon his return to the U.S. Angeles, Calif. versity). He served as acting president (1956-57) in 2006, he again served in high school ministry After earning a bachelors degree in educationand dean (1957-1958), then became director offirst at Central Catholic in San Antonio and from the University of Dayton (Ohio) in 1951, hethe Marianist Community in Honolulu (1958-62). then at Chaminade-Madonna in Hollywood, Fla. spent most of the next 57 years teaching and coach-Fr. Tutas returned to Fribourg and served as In 2020, he retired to the Marianist Residence in ing at high schools on the West Coast and Hawaii.director of apostolic formation at the Marianist San Antonio.His assignments included St. Joseph (Alameda,Seminary (1962-66) and as the seminary's rector Calif), Archbishop Riordan (San Francisco), Junipero(1966-69), then was Province of the Pacifics assis- Father Robert Edward Serra (Gardena, Calif.), Chaminade College Prep- tant for religious life in Cupertino, Calif. (1969-71). Hackel, SM, 89, died aratory (Canoga Park, Calif.), DeSales (WallaAfter his decade in Rome as Superior General, which March 20 in Cupertino, Walla, Wash.), St. Anthony (Maui) and Saint Louisincluded the creation of the Province of Meribah Calif. He had been a (Honolulu). At Chaminade, he also was principalin New York, he returned to Cupertino as director vowed Marianist for and athletic director. of the Marianist Formation Center through 1989. 70 years. In addition, he spent two years as a workingConcurrently, he served as president of the Confer- Born April 24, 1932, brother at Villa St. Joseph in Cupertino, Calif., andence of Major Superiors of Men (1984-89), receiving in St. Louis, he entered in formation at the Marianist Scholasticate inthe Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice award from Saint Pope the Marianist novitiate Honolulu. He earned a masters degree in educa-John Paul II in 1989 in recognition of his service Father Robert Edward at Marynook in Gales-tion from the University of San Francisco in 1961.to the Church and superiors conference. Hackel, SM ville, Wisc., then pro-Memorial: To make a memorial donation in the name of a Marianist, please visit marianist.com/donate.20 Call 1.800.348.4732"