Fr. Chris Maus is the Pastor of our Parish of the Week: St. Thomas A’Becket Catholic Church in Canton, MI

“I worked as a pension specialist for an automotive supplier in the 1980s. I entered Sacred Heart Seminary in 1987 at the age of 29 - which was considered somewhat old at the time - and was ordained in 1993. My first assignment as an associate pastor was at St. John Neumann here in Canton. My pastor was the wise and very gifted Fr. George Charnley, who taught me a lot about being a parish priest.After Neumann, I served as an associate pastor at St. Jude in Detroit for a couple years before I received my first assignment as pastor at St. Hedwig in Southwest Detroit. St. Hedwig is over hundred years old and started as a parish to serve the faith needs of Polish immigrants. In recent decades, it is the home of many Latin-Americans from a variety of countries. It is truly a melting pot. I learned a lot about the beauty and richness that various cultures bring to our Catholic faith.My last assignment before coming to Becket was at St. Daniel in Clarkston in northern Oakland County. That was my longest assignment. I was there for ten years.”

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