Early Life and Education
George Hanus was born in Brainard, Nebraska, to Leo A. and Kristine (née Polak) Hanus. The third of eight children, he has three brothers and four sisters. He received his early education at parochial schools in Dwight and Bellwood, and graduated from St. John Vianney Seminary in Elkhorn in 1958.
Hanus joined the Order of Saint Benedict, more commonly known as the Benedictines, at Conception Abbey in Conception, Missouri. He made his profession as a Benedictine monk on September 1, 1961, taking the name Jerome. He studied at Conception Seminary College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963. He continued his studies at the Pontifical University of St. Anselm in Rome, receiving a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1967.
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