76 couples celebrate milestone wedding anniversaries
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November 22, 2023
BEACON PHOTO | JOE GIGLICELEBRATING MARRIAGE Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney poses with Francis and Joan Clemente, who marked 70 years of marriage at the annual diocesan Silver and Gold Mass on Dec. 12 in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson. The bishop displays their wedding photo.76 couples celebrate milestone wedding anniversariesSeventy-six couples who were married 25, 50, and up to 70 years ago celebrated their significant anniversaries and renewed their wedding vows before Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney on Nov. 12 at the annual diocesan Silver and Gold Mass in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson.
Bishop Sweeney honored the couples during the Mass, coordinated by the Diocesan Office of Family Life. Several priests from the couples’ parishes came to support them and were concelebrants of the Mass.
“The couples made that promise to love each other in good times and bad and in sickness and in health. Today, we celebrate your fidelity to those promises,” Bishop Sweeney said. “We give thanks to the ways in which you bless our Church, your families, and our parishes by making God, who is love, present in the world by your love for one another as husband and wife.” Like on their wedding days, couples exchanged vows, holding hands, before Bishop Sweeney. Couples also received a commemorative certificate signed by the bishop in honor of their significant anniversaries.
The longest-married couple at the Mass was Francis and Joan Clemente, celebrating 70 years. They are from Notre Dame of Mount Carmel in the Cedar Knolls neighborhood of Hanover Township.
Following the Mass, each couple in attendance was invited to meet the bishop and have a photo taken with him.— MICHAEL WOJCIK76 couples marking significant anniversaries70 Years
Francis and Joan Clemente
Notre Dame of Mount Carmel, Cedar Knolls67 Years
Albert and Patricia Alexander
Our Lady of Pompei, Paterson63 Years
John and Marie Murray
St. Vincent de Paul, Stirling
John and Patricia Scullen
St. Rose of Lima, East Hanover60 Years
Ernest and Marilyn Carnicelli
St. Lawrence Parish, Chester
Raymond and Ellen Cerchione
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Boonton
Sam and Maryanne Ciresi
St. Mary’s, Pompton Lakes
Guy and Joan Deodato
Holy Spirit, Pequannock
Rich and Carole Anne Gigli
St. Bonaventure, Paterson
Robert and Margaret Sullivan
Notre Dame of Mount Carmel, Cedar Knolls
Michael and Barbara Tilton
Our Lady of the Lake, Sparta50 Years
David and Sandra Arthurs
St. Pius X Parish, Montville
James and Elizabeth Beagin
St. James of the Marches, Totowa
Angelo and Nancy Beneduce
St. Ann Parish, Parsippany
Samuel and Belinda Benito
St. Paul, Clifton
John and Elizabeth Cifu
St. Joseph Parish, Mendham
John and Vera Crouthamel
St. Patrick Parish, Chatham
Anthony and Paula Curcio
Our Lady of the Lake, Sparta
Michael and Elizabeth Dougherty
St. Mary’s, Denville
Alfredo and Rosa Fanelli
St. Rose of Lima, East Hanover
Michael and Loretta Farrelly
St. Philip the Apostle, Clifton
Kenneth and Karyn Fekete
St. Catherine of Bologna, Ringwood
Steven and Maria Foshay
St. Catherine of Siena, Mountain Lakes
Michael and Debra Frank
St. Joseph, Lincoln Park
John and Debbie Griffin
St. Francis, Haskell
Joseph and Maureen Haggerty
St. Patrick Parish, Chatham
David and JoAnne Hartman
Notre Dame of Mount Carmel, Cedar Knolls
Norbert and M. Elaine Hornstein
St. Catherine of Siena, Mountain Lakes
Donald and Janet Luff
Good Shepherd R.C. Parish, Andover
John and Peg Markert
Our Lady of the Magnificat Parish, Kinnelon
Dennis and Bernadette McCoach
St. Cecilia Parish, Rockaway
Ralph and Deborah Meola
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Flanders
Roger and Denise Montalto-Rook
St. Cecilia Parish, Rockaway
Thomas and Joan Mullin
St. Philip the Apostle, Clifton
Robert and Rose Musto
Our Lady of the Lake, Sparta
Gennard and Grace Napolitano
St. Catherine of Siena, Mountain Lakes
Anthony and Susan Nedo
St. Cecilia Parish, Rockaway
Joseph and Teresa Rigolio
St. Paul Parish, Prospect Park
Emil and Teri Rogic
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Boonton
John and Joanne Rutkowski
St. Jude, Hopatcong
Bernard and Patricia Schwartz
Parish of the Holy Family, Florham Park
Calvin and Nancy Sierra
Our Lady Queen of Peace, Hewitt
John and Joanne Simon
St. Clare’s, Clifton
Joseph and Phyllis Sisco
Our Lady of the Holy Angels, Little Falls
Ricardo and Nelly Tantas Quispe
St. Brendan and St. George RC Parish, Clifton
Dan and Denise Valvano
Our Lady of the Valley, Wayne
Samuel and Clara Wilson
St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Parsippany
John and Barbara Zapotocky
Parish of the Sacred Heart, Clifton25 Years
Roald and Joan Almero
St. Matthew the Apostle Parish, Randolph
Paul and Maria Argen
St. Catherine of Siena, Mountain Lakes
Joseph and Ann Bono
Notre Dame of Mount Carmel, Cedar Knolls
David Book and Kelly Fleidner
St. Luke Parish, Long Valley
Russand Karen Corrao
Parish of the Holy Family, Florham Park
John and Mary Crosby
St. Catherine of Bologna, Ringwood
Richard G. and Christine Deary
St. Pius X Parish, Montville
James and Mary DiCarlo
Good Shepherd R.C. Parish, Andover
Dominic and Diane Esposito
St. Luke, Long Valley
John and Kimberly Gigantino
Our Lady of Mercy, Whippany
Mariano and Sonia Gonzalez
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Passaic
Jose and Mae Gorres
St. Jude Thaddeus, Budd Lake
Jose Luis and Alicia Hernandez
Sacred Heart/Holy Rosary Parish, Dover
Mariusz and Margaret Kaniuk
St. Catherine of Bologna, Ringwood
Richard and Cynthia Ketay
Our Lady of the Holy Angels, Little Falls
Mark and Jodi Kolcz
St. Rose of Lima, East Hanover
Scott and Mineli Lechner
Corpus Christi, Chatham
Kevin and Rosemary Long
St. Thomas the Apostle, Oak Ridge
Arturo and Maria Magan
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson
Jacques and Anne Maravic
Parish of the Holy Family, Florham Park
Michael and Meredith Mascitello
Holy Spirit, Pequannock
Peter and Chantal Mastroianni
St. John Vianney, Stockholm
John and Lori Mihalko
Assumption, Morristown
Jaime and Consuelo Quiroz
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson
Fredrick and Mary Synold
St. Vincent de Paul, Stirling
Michael and Lynne Vreeland
St. Vincent de Paul, Stirling
Ricky and Mirna Wiliams
Our Lady of the Mountain, Long Valley
Jon and Celine Winans
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Boonton
