Local News Archive
Print Issue: May 6, 1999
Rev. Mr. Michael Sherliza
Age: 42 Birth Date: Oct. 2, 1956. Place of Birth: Attleboro, Mass. Parents: Robert and Lizzette Sherliza. Siblings: One brother, two sisters. Education: Earned bachelors degree in philosophy, 1979, St. Alphonsus College, Suffield, Conn.; studied theology, 1979 to 1980, Mount St. Alphonsus Seminary, Esopus, N.Y.; completes master of divinity degree in May at Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans. Work Experience: Was member for three years of Redemptorist religious order and did summer pastoral work at Redemptorist parishes in Miami and Tampa, Fla., and Hartford, Conn.; worked as dispatcher and in other jobs in trucking industry for eight years; worked for three years as clerk for Georgia Labor Department; spent a summer on assembly line at General Motors. Primary Hobbies and Interests: Reading science fiction, fantasy, adventure books, playing computer games and walking. Pastoral Internships: Worked summer and fall, 1998, at St. Annas Church, Monroe; participated in Clinical Pastoral Education program with Emory University System of Health Care, summer 1997; Holy Trinity Church, Peachtree City, summer 1996. Particular Ministries of Interest: Spiritual counseling, sacrament of reconciliation, preaching, teaching religious education, visiting the sick and serving wherever needed. First Mass: June 6 at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church, Griffin. First Assignment: Parochial vicar at St. Michael the Archangel Church, Woodstock, a parish of 1,225 families. Pastor: Father Patrick Kingery. |
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