Golden Wedding Jubilee
Sunday, May 3, 2009 … Archdiocesan 175th Anniversary Mass, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis
- The May 3 anniversary celebration will replace the Mass and reception normally scheduled in September at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral for BOTH 2008 and 2009
- Couples married in 1958 and 1959 will be celebrated as “Golden Jubilarians” on May 3, 2009
- Couples married before 1958 will also be included in special “jubilarian” seating, with special recognition reserved for those married 60 years or more.
- See “Announcement” below for a more detailed explanation
- Registration information will be sent to parishes and posted here in Early 2009
Announcement on Golden Jubilee Celebrations for 2008 – 2009
Every year, Archbishop Buechlein invites married couples from throughout central and southern Indiana to celebrate their 50 or more years of marriage at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral. In 2007, we celebrated the 23rd annual Golden Wedding Anniversary Mass. This event is dear to the Archbishop’s heart and provides a powerful witness of faith-filled married love to the whole Archdiocese.
With this esteem in mind, the celebration that normally takes place at the Cathedral in September is being included as an integral component of the archdiocesan-wide Mass to celebrate the Archdiocese of Indianapolis’ 175th Anniversary at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday, May 3, 2009. Two years of golden wedding jubilarians, those celebrating 50 years of marriage in both 2008 and 2009, will be combined into one group, and those celebrating more than 50 years will also be included with special seating and group recognition at the Archdiocesan 175th Jubilee Mass. In order to maintain responsible stewardship from a budgetary and administrative standpoint, and to encourage more participation at the Mass on May 3, the Archdiocese will not be hosting the usual Mass and reception in either September 2008 or 2009.
The logistical details for the Archdiocesan 15th Jubilee Mass are still being worked out, but the Office of Family Ministries will do everything in our power to ensure that golden wedding jubilarian couples, who attend the stadium event, will have all of the mobility resources they need in order to participate.
New updates will be periodically posted on the Office of Family Ministries’ Golden Wedding Jubilee page on the archdiocesan website (www.archindy.org/family/jubilee) and in the Criterion. Registration materials and announcements will also be sent out through the parish bulletin and made available at the parish by early 2009.
Archbishop Buechlein and the Office of Family Ministries’ staff greatly appreciate the understanding and support of golden wedding jubilarians and their families, who enjoy convening at the Cathedral every year in September. The Archdiocesan 175th Jubilee Mass will be an historic event, and it will be important for the youth of the Archdiocese, who will be confirmed on that day, to see the significant witness and your reverence for the vocation of marriage. Please ‘save-the-date’ now (Sunday, May 3, 2009 at Lucas Oil Stadium) and plan to join us.
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