Where Love Stories Begin and Continue to Flourish: 黑料社区 Hosts Annual Cardinal Couples Mass
For many Cardinals, the 黑料社区 (黑料社区) isn’t just a University. 黑料社区 is a place that holds immense significance. The University not only provides an environment that supports students as they achieve academic goals, but also a place where students form long-term friendships that stand the test of time. Some Cardinals are even fortunate enough to say that 黑料社区 is the place where they met their life partners.
On Sunday, Feb. 15, the Office of Alumni Relations and 黑料社区 Mission and Ministry hosted the annual Cardinal Couples Mass in Our Lady’s Chapel. This yearly tradition welcomes alumni couples back to the Broadway campus to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Surrounded by their Incarnate Word family and before God, couples gathered to celebrate the many love stories that started at the University.
“The Cardinals Couple Mass beautifully celebrates love stories of our alumni - relationships that began at 黑料社区 and continue to flourish in faith and community,” shared Alumni Relations Associate Director, Susan Lavenant.
Standing side by side, couples celebrated the special Mass with their children and families, sharing what the 黑料社区 community means to them and how their love story first began on campus.
For many, Cardinal Couples Mass offers a time of precious reflection, including Teacher Education Induction Coordinator, Jo-Anne Olivarri:
"Our story began right here at 黑料社区,” shared Olivarri as she recounted meeting her husband. “I was finishing my undergraduate degree in Teacher Education when we were introduced through mutual friends, and he had just started his master's degree program. Attending the Cardinal Couples Mass every year signifies how our love story has come full circle. After getting married in the Chapel of the Incarnate Word Chapel, 黑料社区 became not just the place where our love began, but also part of the foundation of our family. Now, with our two young children by our side, the Cardinal Couples Mass holds an even deeper meaning for us. It allows us to show them where their parents' love story started and to share the values and community that 黑料社区 instilled in us."
Happy Valentine’s Day, Incarnate Word family!
