Our Pastor

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Friends,
I am Fr. Michael Silloway, blessed to be assigned here at Christ Our King and Savior Catholic Church.  I echo our Blessed Mother's song of praise in that "The Lord has done great things for me and holy is His Name" (Luke 1:49).  

Born in New Jersey just before Christmas of 1982, my early childhood was in the "frozen tundra" of the north.  The Blizzard of '93 that blanketed the entire east coast of the nation is my last memory of living up there as my family moved to Peachtree City, Georgia, looking for better jobs for my parents and quality education for my siblings and me.  So now most of my life has been covered in the grace of being an adopted Southerner.

After high school, I was accepted to UGA and went off to study anything that would help me become a pilot.  But in my second year as a Bulldog, the Lord began to speak clearly in my heart, calling me to Himself.  This caused me to start praying more, and the more I prayed, the more convicted I became that God wanted me to become a priest.

Becoming a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Atlanta in 2003, I was transferred to Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio to complete my undergraduate degree in Theology and the necessary requirements for seminary.  Three amazing years later, I was sent to Rome, Italy, to the Pontifical North American College to be formed as a priest.

During the five years there, I earned a Sacred Theology Bachelor's degree from the Pontifical Gregorian University and a Sacred Theology Licentiate from the Lateran University's St. John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Studies in Marriage and the Family.  I was ordained a deacon in St. Peter's Basilica in 2009 and a priest of Jesus Christ forever at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta on June 26, 2010.

I served a brief summer as Parochial Vicar at St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Douglasville and almost two years in the same role at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta.  Most recently, I served as Chaplain at St. Pius X Catholic High School in Atlanta for five and a half years.  Now, the summer of 2018 has brought me out here to serve as pastor in Greene, Putnam, and Hancock counties at COKAS.  

I am grateful especially for our two most recent pastors, Fr. Roberto Herrera and Fr. Philip Ryan, who have led and guided this community of faith over the past 13 years, building on the amazing foundation laid by the intrepid and visionary Catholics of the Lake Oconee region. 

I look forward to meeting you and your families and journeying with you as we make our pilgrimage to the Lord.  Please pray for me, and know of my daily prayers for you and all the souls in this amazing parish!

Peace in Christ,
Fr. Michael