Priesthood
Hanus was ordained to the priesthood on July 30, 1966. He taught scholastic theology at Conception Seminary College from 1967 to 1969. He studied moral theology at Princeton University, and there earned a Master of Arts degree in 1972. He then returned to Conception Seminary, where he served as professor of religion from 1973 to 1976. From 1974 to 1976, he was an adjunct professor of moral theology at the Pontifical University of St. Anselm in Rome.
Hanus was elected the sixth abbot of Conception Abbey on January 5, 1977, and received the abbatial blessing the next day. In addition to his role as abbot, he served as president of the Benedictine Confederation's Swiss-American Congregation from 1984 to 1987.
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