Mike Burke, Bass

Growing up in Windsor, Ontario along the Canadian shore of the Detroit River, Mike Burke had been influenced constantly by a wide spectrum of music, much of it rooted in Gospel tradition. It was easy for him to gravitate back to those roots when he joined Caritas in 2008. A life-long Catholic from two families of centuries-long Catholics, Mike currently sings at St. Matthias Church with the Folk Group and Ensemble choirs and also plays accompanying guitar and cantors throughout the liturgical calendar.

During his day-time life, Mike is the Director of Environment, Occupational Health and Safety at the Global Technology Center for the Colgate-Palmolive Company. Colgate is where he started his “real” professional life in the United States in 1989 after receiving his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Alberta. Caring for people and the Environment and passion for music is leading to his most recent project, Second Childhood, a band focused on the positive potential of original and contemporary rock music.