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Father Mike Burns

Father Mike Burns, SDS, has a very visible presence at St. Anne’s. He is the Pastoral Care Director of St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus. It is unusual for a nursing home to have a full time priest chaplain and he and the residents are grateful that this ministry is a priority for St. Anne’s. There is Mass in the Chapel five times a week. But every day residents will come to pray and reflect in the chapel.

Father Mike is there for the residents and their families in times of celebration and times of loss. He is available to families in person and by telephone. He visits with residents in his office and throughout the campus. He enjoys meeting residents and staff and attends activities regularly so the connections take place. Last fall, he anointed residents on each floor of the home and plans to do it again this spring. He is also there to help plan funerals and comfort family members.

Fr. Mike has a Master’s in Art and Religion and a Master’s of Divinity and served as a hospital chaplain and a parish priest before joining St. Anne’s. He lives in community with several Salvatorian priests. He enjoys dinner with friends, swimming reading and cooking.

Father Mike also said that he is grateful to the staff and volunteers who have assisted his transition. “St. Anne’s is a family,” he said.