Before entering the seminary in 2017, Fr. Dudek earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master’s Degree in Special Education from Wayne State University, and taught for twenty-six years. Then God called him to the Priesthood. He attend Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, MA earning a Masters in Divinity, and was ordained a priest on May 15, 2021. After ordination, he was assigned to The Church of the Divine Child in Dearborn, MI. His assignment with St. Regis and the West Maple Family of Parishes began on July 1, 2023,