Another chance to say ‘I do’
Bishop Peter Jugis celebrates the Wedding Anniversary Mass in 2019. File photoCHARLOTTE — Catholics celebrating milestone wedding anniversaries this year – or at any time throughout the pandemic – are cordially invited to join Bishop Peter Jugis for a special Wedding Anniversary Mass in their honor.
The Mass, set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, at St. Ann Church in Charlotte, honors couples who have been married for 25 years or more.
Sponsored by the Diocese of Charlotte’s new Office of Family Life, the event includes a reception with the bishop after Mass. Couples who celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries in 2020, 2021 and 2022 will receive a special certificate commemorating their anniversary.
Register at www.charlottediocese.org/bishops-yearly-anniversary-mass-for-couples.
St. Ann Church is located at 3635 Park Road.
— SueAnn Howell
Can’t attend?
Here is a Prayer for Married Couples you can pray to mark a couple’s jubilee wedding anniversary if unable to attend the special Mass on Oct. 23:
Almighty and eternal God,
You blessed the union of married couples so that they might reflect the union of Christ with His Church: Look with kindness on them. Renew their marriage covenant, increase Your love in them, and strengthen their bond of peace so that, with their children, they may always rejoice in the gift of Your blessing.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.