Born in New York City on December 16, 1885, the young John Buckley attended St. Paul the Apostle Church with his family and served as an altar boy in the 1890s. He entered the Paulists in the late 1900s and made his profession on December 18, 1913. He was ordained on June 6, 1914 with classmates Arthur Miller, William Pipp and Jerome Donegan.
Fr Buckley served his entire career as a parish priest. Working at St. Paul the Apostle parish in New York during World War I, he celebrated daily Mass and organized retreats in New York and Canada. After a brief assignment in Toronto, he moved to Chicago in 1925 and one year later became Superior in Portland. He returned to St. Paul the Apostle in New York in 1927, and in 1930 joined Fr Thomas Lantry O'Neill at Santa Susanna parish in Rome.
The need for eye surgery in 1932 forced him to return to the United States, and he was subsequently appointed assistant novice master and confessor at the Paulist novitiate in Oak Ridge, New Jersey. A much-loved friend and advisor to the students, in later years he would refer to his time at Mt. Paul as his "extra special assignment."
In 1941 he returned to St. Paul the Apostle in New York for good, celebrating the daily noontime Mass, and sharing parish confessor duties with Fr. Joseph McSorley. "For years his confessional stood behind the pulpit, one of a pair that flanked the old mid-church organ; Fr. McSorley's confessional was the other. Both confessors put their birettas on top of the organ console, as an at-home sign."
At the time of his death he was 81 years old and had celebrated 53 years as a Paulist priest.
Fr Buckley served his entire career as a parish priest. Working at St. Paul the Apostle parish in New York during World War I, he celebrated daily Mass and organized retreats in New York and Canada. After a brief assignment in Toronto, he moved to Chicago in 1925 and one year later became Superior in Portland. He returned to St. Paul the Apostle in New York in 1927, and in 1930 joined Fr Thomas Lantry O'Neill at Santa Susanna parish in Rome.
The need for eye surgery in 1932 forced him to return to the United States, and he was subsequently appointed assistant novice master and confessor at the Paulist novitiate in Oak Ridge, New Jersey. A much-loved friend and advisor to the students, in later years he would refer to his time at Mt. Paul as his "extra special assignment."
In 1941 he returned to St. Paul the Apostle in New York for good, celebrating the daily noontime Mass, and sharing parish confessor duties with Fr. Joseph McSorley. "For years his confessional stood behind the pulpit, one of a pair that flanked the old mid-church organ; Fr. McSorley's confessional was the other. Both confessors put their birettas on top of the organ console, as an at-home sign."
At the time of his death he was 81 years old and had celebrated 53 years as a Paulist priest.
Born in New York City on December 16, 1885, the young John Buckley attended St. Paul the Apostle Church with his family and served as an altar boy in the 1890s. He entered the Paulists in the late 1900s and made his profession on December 18, 1913. He was ordained on June 6, 1914 with classmates Arthur Miller, William Pipp and Jerome Donegan.
Fr Buckley served his entire career as a parish priest. Working at St. Paul the Apostle parish in New York during World War I, he celebrated daily Mass and organized retreats in New York and Canada. After a brief assignment in Toronto, he moved to Chicago in 1925 and one year later became Superior in Portland. He returned to St. Paul the Apostle in New York in 1927, and in 1930 joined Fr Thomas Lantry O'Neill at Santa Susanna parish in Rome.
The need for eye surgery in 1932 forced him to return to the United States, and he was subsequently appointed assistant novice master and confessor at the Paulist novitiate in Oak Ridge, New Jersey. A much-loved friend and advisor to the students, in later years he would refer to his time at Mt. Paul as his "extra special assignment."
In 1941 he returned to St. Paul the Apostle in New York for good, celebrating the daily noontime Mass, and sharing parish confessor duties with Fr. Joseph McSorley. "For years his confessional stood behind the pulpit, one of a pair that flanked the old mid-church organ; Fr. McSorley's confessional was the other. Both confessors put their birettas on top of the organ console, as an at-home sign."
At the time of his death he was 81 years old and had celebrated 53 years as a Paulist priest.
Fr Buckley served his entire career as a parish priest. Working at St. Paul the Apostle parish in New York during World War I, he celebrated daily Mass and organized retreats in New York and Canada. After a brief assignment in Toronto, he moved to Chicago in 1925 and one year later became Superior in Portland. He returned to St. Paul the Apostle in New York in 1927, and in 1930 joined Fr Thomas Lantry O'Neill at Santa Susanna parish in Rome.
The need for eye surgery in 1932 forced him to return to the United States, and he was subsequently appointed assistant novice master and confessor at the Paulist novitiate in Oak Ridge, New Jersey. A much-loved friend and advisor to the students, in later years he would refer to his time at Mt. Paul as his "extra special assignment."
In 1941 he returned to St. Paul the Apostle in New York for good, celebrating the daily noontime Mass, and sharing parish confessor duties with Fr. Joseph McSorley. "For years his confessional stood behind the pulpit, one of a pair that flanked the old mid-church organ; Fr. McSorley's confessional was the other. Both confessors put their birettas on top of the organ console, as an at-home sign."
At the time of his death he was 81 years old and had celebrated 53 years as a Paulist priest.
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