PROVIDENCE — Hundreds of Catholic couples and their families attended the Diocesan Wedding Anniversary Celebration Mass concelebrated by Bishop Thomas J. Tobin and by pastors from throughout the diocese on Sunday, Oct. 6 at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence.
The Mass marked the 25th, 40th, 50th year and beyond wedding anniversaries of couples from parishes across the diocese.
In his homily, Bishop Tobin commended the couples for their commitment through their faith to their long marriages.
“The most valuable gift given to you is the gift of your Catholic faith,” he said. “Increase our faith; That should be the wish of all of us gathered here today.”
George and Claire Costa of St. John Vianney Church, Cumberland, celebrated 50 years of marriage at the anniversary celebration. Claire had been in a nursing home recovering from a hospital stay until Saturday, Oct. 5, when she signed herself out in order to attend the Mass.
“I told them at the nursing home that I wanted to go home because I wanted to have my marriage blessed today by the bishop in the cathedral,” she shared. “When he blessed us it made me cry. I am so happy God gave me the chance to renew our vows.”
The Office of Marriage Preparation and Enrichment has organized and held the event for 10 years, filling the cathedral to near capacity each in celebration of the sacrament of marriage.
“The best thing you can leave behind as your legacy is the gift of your faith to our church, our community and your family,” the bishop said in his homily. “For those children who are here today, the best way to honor your faith and your parents is to live the faith they have given you.”
Couples Celebrating Milestone Anniversaries
Sixty-ninth Michael & Mafalda Andrea
Sixty-seventh Joseph & Regina Iacovacci
Sixty-sixth Victor & Edith D'Alfonso
Sixty-sixth Hugo & Serafina Deascentis
Sixty-fifth John & Anna Casale
Sixty-fifth Mario & Veronica M. Casinelli, Jr.
Sixty-fifth Salvatore & Pauline Catanese
Sixty-fifth Erasmo & Helene Lischio
Sixty-fifth Everett & Dorothy Mathews
Sixty-fifth Raymond & Annette Raiche
Sixty-fifth Peter & Constance Ruo
Sixty-fifth Thomas & Vincenza Valletta
Sixty-fourth Salvatore & Mary Claire Bisceglio
Sixty-fourth Harold & Patricia Blanding
Sixty-fourth Louis & Gloria Sciolto
Sixty-third Roger & Muriel Buck
Sixty-third Rudolph R. & Jean B. Lombardi
Sixty-third Domenic & Josephine Montefusco
Sixty-third Richard & Eleanor Mournighan
Sixty-third Joseph & Gilda Narcisi
Sixty-third William & Florence Rosa
Sixty-first Clarence & Mary Barrow
Sixty-first Joseph & Dorothy Caromile
Sixty-first Charles & Muriel LaFontaine
Sixty-first Albert & Edna Thoman
Sixtieth Armand & Irene Arcand
Sixtieth Robert & Joan Audette
Sixtieth Francis & Patricia Camara
Sixtieth Cosmo & Esther Cambio
Sixtieth Matteo & Rita Castigliego
Sixtieth Robert & Barbara Cute
Sixtieth Domenic & Marilyn DeNardo
Sixtieth Philip & Joan Gately
Sixtieth Richard & Theresa Jones
Sixtieth Robert & Jeanne Lamoureux, Sr.
Sixtieth John & Barbara Petrarca
Sixtieth Carlo & Elena Pirolli
Sixtieth Nicholas & Eileen Scorobogaty
Sixtieth James R. & Joan C. Smith, Jr.
Sixtieth Richard & Irene St. Louis
Sixtieth Edward J. & Paula M. Sylvia
Sixtieth William & Mary Valletta
Fifty-ninth Antimo & Rosalie D'Agostino
Fifty-ninth Ciro & Olga DeLuca
Fifty-eighth Gerald & Jeanne Choiniere
Fifty-seventh William & Patricia Camille, Sr.
Fifty-seventh Kenneth & Lillian Devine
Fifty-seventh Martin Andrew & Shirley Ann Moran, Jr.
Fifty-seventh Lansdale & Marie Wilson
Fifty-sixth Frank & Teresa Caramadre
Fifty-sixth Joseph & Natalie Migneault
Fifty-sixth Robert & Ann Marilyn Ormond
Fifty-sixth Salvatore & Evelyn Raspallo
Fifty-sixth J. Denis & Judy Roch
Fifty-sixth Ralph & Therese Savaria
Fifty-fifth Joseph & Helen Stachowiak
Fifty-fourth Philip & Patricia Abbatomarco
Fifty-fourth Edward & Rosemary Altiere
Fifty-fourth David & Janet Gagnon
Fifty-fourth Santa & Jeanette Matrone
Fifty-fourth Paul & Sandra Therien
Fifty-fourth John & Elizabeth Waters
Fifty-third Michael R. & Dolores Mancini
Fifty-third Frank & Natalie Nencka
Fifty-second Anthony & Rosemarie Arlia, Sr.
Fifty-second Joseph & Lois Lombardi
Fifty-second Miguel A. & Juanita Rey
Fifty-first Charles & Carolyn Beck
Fifty-first Alfred M. & Jean M. Cameron
Fifty-first Peter & Grace Eudenbach
Fifty-first Paul & Cecile Perreault
Fiftieth Robert & Lucy Almberg
Fiftieth Antonio & Helen Antonizio, Jr.
Fiftieth Harry & Mary Armen
Fiftieth John & Regina Barattini
Fiftieth James & Marian Barden
Fiftieth David R. & Ann Marie Bartley
Fiftieth Jean & Terrie Beaucage
Fiftieth Donald & Janice Boland
Fiftieth Michael & Patricia Bonaguro
Fiftieth Robert & Lucille Breggia
Fiftieth Raymond & Annmarie Byrnes
Fiftieth Arthur & Doris Cabral
Fiftieth Anthony & Virginia Caccia
Fiftieth Kenneth & Patricia Carlson
Fiftieth Henry & Sheila Carnevale
Fiftieth Sofanor & Blanca Carpio
Fiftieth Peter F. & Virginia Carr
Fiftieth Bernard & Carol Carroll
Fiftieth Luigi & Carmela Carusi
Fiftieth Bart & Marje Catanzaro
Fiftieth Norman & Lea Charron
Fiftieth Robert J. & J. Christine Chlebek
Fiftieth Joseph & Judith Cianciolo
Fiftieth George & Claire Costa
Fiftieth John & Ann-Marie Cross
Fiftieth Frank & Connie D'Angelo
Fiftieth Manuel & Emilio Maria Noelio DaRosa
Fiftieth Frederick & Mary Davenport
Fiftieth David E. & Mary DelSanto
Fiftieth Anthony & Ann Marie DeQuattro
Fiftieth John R. & Jeannine V. Dionne
Fiftieth Anthony & Bernice DiRobbio
Fiftieth Joseph & Lyse Dobrott
Fiftieth Edward & Carolyn Dolan
Fiftieth Robert & Theresa D'Ordine
Fiftieth Eduino & Idalina Dosouto
Fiftieth Thomas J. & & Beverly A. & Dutra
Fiftieth Robert & Claire Ferretti
Fiftieth George & Joseph Marie Dorothy Fincik
Fiftieth Cornelius & John Mary Ann Fitton
Fiftieth Frank &Rosa Fragosa
Fiftieth Charles &Virginia Francis
Fiftieth Louis & Kathleen M. Franco
Fiftieth Clodomiro & Beatrice Gabriele
Fiftieth Normand & Elizabeth Gelinas
Fiftieth F. Alfred & Jeannette Gobeille
Fiftieth William F. & Mary Ann Hayes
Fiftieth Robert & Patricia Karmozyn
Fiftieth Ronald & Susan Knapp
Fiftieth Frederick C. & Norma J. Kraemer
Fiftieth Edmond M. & Jeanne C. Laflamme
Fiftieth Paul & Cornelia Laprade
Fiftieth Joseph & Rene Marie Elaine Laquerre
Fiftieth Thomas J. & Nora P. Lee
Fiftieth Douglas & Patricia LeVasseur
Fiftieth William &Joan LoBello
Fiftieth Stephen & Judith Lynch
Fiftieth John & Helen Madoian
Fiftieth Ernest & Vivian Marcotte
Fiftieth William & Marlene Mattis
Fiftieth Lawrence & Patricia McCarthy
Fiftieth Ron & Ruth McKenna
Fiftieth Edmund & Joyce Miller
Fiftieth Robert T. & Ann Mulcahey
Fiftieth Leonard & Rita Nazareth
Fiftieth Thomas A. & Frances A. O'Connell
Fiftieth Paul & Angela Pecchia
Fiftieth Joseph & Rose Peluso
Fiftieth Raymond & Lorraine Potter
Fiftieth John & Elaine Precopio
Fiftieth Francisco & Isaltina Rodrigues
Fiftieth Jerry & Jane Sarza
Fiftieth George & Patricia Sehl
Fiftieth Manuel R. & Mary P. Silva
Fiftieth Richard & Shirley Silvia
Fiftieth Emanuel & Urania Soares
Fiftieth Anthony &Virginia Squizzero
Fiftieth Richard & Janice St. Sauveur
Fiftieth Rosario & Clara Terrana
Fiftieth Lionel & Maria Vieira
Fiftieth Manuel E. & Idalina M. Vieira
Fiftieth Joseph & Leona Vitullo
Fortieth Thomas &Lucille Andolfo
Fortieth Antonio & Isaura Andrade
Fortieth Frank & Robin Bosworth
Fortieth George & W. Barbara Brown, Jr.
Fortieth David & Dianne Carosi
Fortieth Jack & Maria Ester Costa
Fortieth Silvestre & Inez Costa
Fortieth Roger & Diane Cyr
Fortieth John & Alice Dabney
Fortieth Joseph & Deborah DeOrsey
Fortieth Edward C. & Patricia M. Dubois
Fortieth Richard & Jeanne Feole
Fortieth Roger & Jacqueline Giard
Fortieth Donald & Kathleen Godin
Fortieth David & Donna Marie Goodrich
Fortieth Edward & Karen Gutierres
Fortieth Robert & Linda Haley
Fortieth Jerome & Ann Marie Hoxie
Fortieth John & Virginia Kearney
Fortieth David & Christine Kirchner
Fortieth Lawrence & Paula Korich
Fortieth Robert & Rita Laberge
Fortieth Christopher & Claire Lenhart
Fortieth Denis & Diane Leveillee
Fortieth Fernando & Margaret Lopes
Fortieth Richard & Lillian Lord
Fortieth Glenn & Margaret Machemer
Fortieth Michael & Donna Magill
Fortieth James & Donna Manuppelli
Fortieth Gerard & Jeannine Michaud
Fortieth John & Catherine Mitchell
Fortieth Edward & Maria Moitoso
Fortieth Daniel & William Julia Mary Monahan
Fortieth Gerald & Barbara Olean
Fortieth Frank & Jeanne Page
Fortieth William & Leslie Pettingell
Fortieth James & Denise Queenan
Fortieth Louis & Eleanor Rego
Fortieth Philip A. & Elizabeth Ricci, Jr.
Fortieth Eugene & Anna Marie Richmond
Fortieth Walter & Rose Rocha
Fortieth Antonio & Albertina Rodrigues
Fortieth Samuel & Maureen Roy
Fortieth Edgar & Adelina Silva
Fortieth Richard & Arlene Siravo
Fortieth Richard & Mary Smith
Fortieth Thomas & Maureen Smith
Fortieth Walter & Salvacion Smith
Fortieth Alfred & Charon L. Souza
Fortieth Anthony J. & Anne Marie Souza, Jr.
Fortieth Frank & Sandra Spadazzi
Fortieth Paul & Susan St. Amand
Fortieth Gary & Joanne Taravella
Fortieth Daniel & Maria Goretti Teixeira
Fortieth Cornelius & Mary Tonet
Fortieth Martin & Helen C. Toohey
Fortieth John & Geraldine Walter
Twenty-fifth Gregory & Virginia Bachand
Twenty-fifth Paul & Rita Boisclair
Twenty-fifth Bruce & Catherine Boisvert
Twenty-fifth Donald & Christine Boland
Twenty-fifth Arlex & Adriana Arias Bonilla
Twenty-fifth Marcel & Jacqueline Bourque
Twenty-fifth William & Lisa Bowden
Twenty-fifth Kevin & Christine Brown
Twenty-fifth Paul & Daryl Carlson
Twenty-fifth John & Wendy Catalfamo
Twenty-fifth Robert & Mary Chinn
Twenty-fifth Kenneth & Colleen Collum
Twenty-fifth Michael & Kathleen Connolly
Twenty-fifth Ed & Donna Costa
Twenty-fifth Mark & Linda Dean
Twenty-fifth Daniel & Kimberly Doucette
Twenty-fifth Fidel & Alberto Rosalba Estrada
Twenty-fifth Thomas & Ivette Fantasia
Twenty-fifth Scott & James Susan Marie Furtado
Twenty-fifth Stephen & Margaret Furtado
Twenty-fifth Gerald & Julie Galleshaw
Twenty-fifth John M. & Lisa M. Garcia
Twenty-fifth Edward & Joan Germain
Twenty-fifth Javier & Eva Gomez
Twenty-fifth John & Brenda Hanna
Twenty-fifth Carlos & Angela Hernandez
Twenty-fifth Rene & Linda Lamoureux
Twenty-fifth Thomas & Susan Lemieux
Twenty-fifth Craig & Pamela Marciniak
Twenty-fifth Anthony & Jane Marsella
Twenty-fifth Pierre & Janet Masse
Twenty-fifth Joao & Laura Medeiros
Twenty-fifth Augusto & Rosantina Medina
Twenty-fifth Kevin & Janet Miller
Twenty-fifth David & Cheryl Picard
Twenty-fifth Michael & Lisa Proulx
Twenty-fifth Raymond & Kathy Quirk
Twenty-fifth Ronald & Christine Rathier
Twenty-fifth Ronald & Joanne Reed
Twenty-fifth Christy & Maureen Robertson
Twenty-fifth Felix & Josephine Santilli
Twenty-fifth Thomas & Lisa Shea
Twenty-fifth Stephen & Lisa Silva
Twenty-fifth Robert & Luann Silvestri
Twenty-fifth David & Colleen Simmons
Twenty-fifth Armando & Dolores Soares
Twenty-fifth Paul & Linda St. Laurent
Twenty-fifth Gaulter & Anna Travassos
Twenty-fifth David & Cynthia Velleco
