The photo and writeup below is from St. Peter Catholic Church.
Father Russ is a relatively newcomer to the Catholic Church. Raised a Southern Baptist in Texas, at 24 he experienced high church liturgical worship at an Episcopal Church near the university he graduated from and converted. Almost immediately he became aware of a call to ordained ministry that had been present since he was seven.
In 1996 he attended seminary at Nashotah House, Episcopal Seminary near Oconomowoc. While there he met his soon-to-be wife, Diane Chvojicek of Portage, WI. After finishing seminary in 1999 he moved back to Texas to begin ministry as an Episcopal priest; he and Diane were married in 2001…