Congregant John Buonocore Ordained a Priest Last Saturday
Congratulations to Agrupado Father John Buonocore on his ordination to the priesthood last Saturday. He was ordained by Archbishop Thomas Wenski at St. Mary's Catedral.
In a nearby photo our Director Father Jorge Luis Rojas, S.J. is seen imposing his hands on the candidate during the ordination Mass.
Father John celebrated his first Mass in English the following morning at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Doral, and then later that same evening, his second Mass in Spanish.
Father John is a New York native who graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in biomedical engineering. He was an active member of UCatholic, the University of Miami's Campus Ministry program, and credits his priestly vocation in part to his involvement in campus ministry. In the summer of 2020, he did the 30-day Spiritual Exercises at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota.
As part of the ACU University of Miami student group he became a Congregant during the 90th anniversary Mass at Gesu Catholic Church in Downtown Miami in 2021.
Father John has been assigned to serve as parochial vicar of St. Gregory the Great Church in Plantation, Florida.
