Rev. Michael J. Shea, CM

September 6, 2023

Rev. Michael J. Shea, C.M. was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.  Michael, the youngest of six children, was ordained in 1970.  The first thirteen years of his priesthood were spent in teaching at St. Thomas More, West Catholic and Archbishop Wood High Schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The next twelve years were divided between Niagara University in Western New York and Auburn University in Alabama.

In 2010, before coming to the Shrine of the Miraculous Medal in Germantown, Pennsylvania as an Associate Director, he served as the Director of a retreat house in Spring Lake, Michigan for fifteen years.  Since coming to Philadelphia Fr. Shea has conducted a number of novenas and missions primarily but not exclusively in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.