Fr. Michael O'Connor, LC
As the High School Chaplain, Fr. Michael looks after the spiritual needs of the High School students, teachers and their families. He also assists the Middle School after school Conquest programs.
Before joining the novitiate of the Legionaries of Christ in Cheshire, Connecticut, Fr. Michael was studying HVAC at the Kent Career Tech Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He took a break for a year to be a Regnum Christi Mission Corps volunteer working in Washington D.C. with youth running retreats, camps and weekly meetings. During that year, he discovered his call to the priesthood.
Fr. Michael completed a year of novitiate in Cheshire, CT before being sent to Dublin, Ireland for his second year as a novice, where he did his first religious profession in 2007. From there he was sent to Salamanca, Spain to study humanities.
From 2008 to 2010 he studied philosophy in Rome, where he earned a bachelor's degree. Fr. Michael then worked as an assistant to the rector at the minor seminary in Centre Harbor, New Hampshire for two years and then was sent to the high school seminary in Cornwall, Ontario for another year under the same title. In 2013, he returned to Rome for theology and completed his bachelor's in theology at Regina Apostolorum in 2016.
His first assignment as a priest was at a Regnum Christi school in Calgary, Alberta, Clearwater Academy, where he served under various roles for six years. In 2022, after two terms in Canada, Fr. Michael was sent to Cumming, GA to be the Atlanta Boys’ ECYD Director, running retreats and camps for middle school and high school students, as well as taking them on various pilgrimages and missions.
In 2025, Fr Michael came to Pinecrest Academy to serve as the High School Chaplain, where he continues to serve our community.
In his free time, Fr. Michael enjoys taking pictures, caring for his dog "Rio" (named after St. José Sanchez del Rio), and you'll find him on the local disc golf courses where he puts up a good competition to anyone who wants to join him!
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Before joining the novitiate of the Legionaries of Christ in Cheshire, Connecticut, Fr. Michael was studying HVAC at the Kent Career Tech Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He took a break for a year to be a Regnum Christi Mission Corps volunteer working in Washington D.C. with youth running retreats, camps and weekly meetings. During that year, he discovered his call to the priesthood.
Fr. Michael completed a year of novitiate in Cheshire, CT before being sent to Dublin, Ireland for his second year as a novice, where he did his first religious profession in 2007. From there he was sent to Salamanca, Spain to study humanities.
From 2008 to 2010 he studied philosophy in Rome, where he earned a bachelor's degree. Fr. Michael then worked as an assistant to the rector at the minor seminary in Centre Harbor, New Hampshire for two years and then was sent to the high school seminary in Cornwall, Ontario for another year under the same title. In 2013, he returned to Rome for theology and completed his bachelor's in theology at Regina Apostolorum in 2016.
His first assignment as a priest was at a Regnum Christi school in Calgary, Alberta, Clearwater Academy, where he served under various roles for six years. In 2022, after two terms in Canada, Fr. Michael was sent to Cumming, GA to be the Atlanta Boys’ ECYD Director, running retreats and camps for middle school and high school students, as well as taking them on various pilgrimages and missions.
In 2025, Fr Michael came to Pinecrest Academy to serve as the High School Chaplain, where he continues to serve our community.
In his free time, Fr. Michael enjoys taking pictures, caring for his dog "Rio" (named after St. José Sanchez del Rio), and you'll find him on the local disc golf courses where he puts up a good competition to anyone who wants to join him!
