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Submitted: 5/26/15 • Approved: 5/29/15 • Last Updated: 6/1/15 • R1078809-G0-S3
June 27, 1915-Nov 13, 2008
Monsignor Rudolph Emil Maus, 93, a resident of Russellville, died Thursday, November 13, 2008, at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center.
He was born into a farm family on June 27, 1915, at Atkins to Mathias and Mary Suhm Maus and was the eighth of twelve children. He entered St. John Home Mission Seminary in Little Rock in 1929 at the age of 14 and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1939. During his ministry, Msgr. Maus was a pastor, professor, athletic director, spiritual director, college chaplain, and a diocesan consultor.
His first assignment after ordination was as a professor at Catholic High School. In 1945, he became pastor of St. Anne's mission in Russellville, where he built a new church which is the present St. John's. Across the river in Dardanelle, he purchased a sizeable tract of land for St. Augustine's mission, now a parish. The St. John's building that was constructed in 1950 remains in service today as a chapel and pastor's residence. It has been complemented with several additions and new construction projects over the years. Also during Msgr. Maus' tenure, St. John's Catholic School was begun, first at Dardanelle and then moving to Russellville.
He has served as Spiritual Director of St. John's Seminary and Assistant Chaplain of the Newman Club at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He was administrator of Christ the King Church in Fort Smith, Pastor of St. Theresa's Church in Little Rock, Diocesan Consultor, and Pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Fayetteville. He was appointed a Prelate of Honor by Pope John Paul II in 1983 with the title of Monsignor. Following his retirement in 1993, he returned to St. John's in Russellville where he remained active in the local parish and assisting the pastor until 2003. He was preceded in death by his parents, six sisters, and four brothers.
He is survived by his sister, Mary Louise Hoffman of Russellville and a number of nephews and nieces.
A Mass of Resurrection will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 17, 2008, at St. John's Catholic Church in Russellville, celebrated by the Most Reverend Anthony B. Taylor, Bishop of Little Rock and Father William F. Thomas. Priests will serve as pallbearers. Burial will be in Atkins Catholic Cemetery under the direction of Shinn Funeral Service.
Contributed on 5/26/15 by bill060
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