Mariner‑Turned‑Deacon Swaps High Seas for Higher Calling in the Diocese of Brooklyn

Mariner‑Turned‑Deacon Swaps High Seas for Higher Calling in the Diocese of Brooklyn

Deacon Matthew Bonvento spent nearly a decade sailing the world as a merchant mariner. (Photos: Courtesy of Deacon Matthew Bonvento) WHITESTONE — Matthew Bonvento of Flushing stepped away from life at sea after nearly a decade sailing the world as a merchant mariner.  He now serves the people of God on dry land, having been ordained Nov. 22 as a new permanent deacon for Holy Trinity Parish in Whitestone.   Still, Deacon Bonvento, 46, stays conne…