[1] After completing studies at the local Salesian High School in Detroit, Ceresko entered the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales in Childs, Maryland and was professed on 21 August 1962.
[1] His thesis was Job 29:31 in the light of Northwest Semitic - A Translation and Philological Commentary.
[1] He later moved to Canada and was Professor of Scripture at University of St. Michael's College in Toronto.
[1] In 1991, Ceresko moved to India and was Professor of Old Testament at St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary in Bengaluru.
In 1999, Ceresko volunteered to teach in the Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay, Philippines.