
Jim and Nancy Waters (St. Pius X, Plainview) share a kiss.
TLIC photo/Peter Accardi
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Massapequa — More than 90 couples were honored for 50 or more years of marriage at the diocesan Golden Wedding celebration held on Sunday, Oct. 5 at St. Rose of Lima Church here sponsored by the diocesan Office of Worship. Bishop John Dunne presided at the Mass for the honored couples.
The celebration, attended by the couples’ family and friends, included the renewal of marriage vows by the couples. Each couple had the option of having their photograph taken with Bishop Dunne, which will be sent to them with a commemorative scroll.
The Golden Wedding celebration is held several times throughout the year at parishes in Nassau and Suffolk.
Following is a list of the couples honored at the ceremony:

Celebrating 72 years of marriage, Carmine and Frances D’Avanzo (Our Lady of Lourdes, Malverne) renew their vows once again.
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St. Martin of Tours, Amityville: Everett & Ann Budd
St. Christopher, Baldwin: Carl & Louise Capasso
St. Barnabas the Apostle, Bellmore: Raffaele & Filomena Esposito, Roger & Ellen Morrisett, Luigi & Teresa Paci, Antonio & Josephine Vecchio
St. Martin of Tours, Bethpage: Timothy & Noreen Murphy
St. Paul, Brookville: Joseph & Phyllis Talenti
Our Lady of Hope, Carle Place: Sam & Marcella Masiello, John & Mary Ryan
St. Raphael, East Meadow: Edward & Marilyn Holland, Marcel & Mary Ann Malcuit
St. Raymond, East Rockaway: John & Mary McDonnell
St. Boniface, Elmont: Carmelo & Diana Todaro
St. Vincent de Paul, Elmont: Tommaso & Marianna Licatese, Giuseppe & Gasperina Vultaggio
St. Kilian, Farmingdale: Lawrence & Audrey Fleming, Pat & Loda Romanelli
Our Lady of Victory, Floral Park: Joseph & Rita Cella, Eugene & Helen McCoy, Dominick & Helen Pellegrino
St. Catherine of Sienna, Franklin Square: Theodore & Valerie Pankowski, John & Jean Stevens
Our Holy Redeemer, Freeport: Patrick & Dorothy Gilmour
St. Anne, Garden City: John & Mary Beegan
St. Hyacinth, Glen Head: Richard & Mary Kita
Holy Family, Hicksville: Michael & Maureen Balas, James & Margaret O’Connell, John & Mary Scafura
Our Lady of Mercy, Hicksville: Donald & Louise Citroen, Paul & Josephine Graziano, Daniel & Margaret Lane, Robert & Evelyn Werner
St. Ignatius Loyola, Hicksville: Andrew & Nancy Tyranski
St. Joseph, Kings Park: Stanley & Marcella Czarnecki
Our Lady of Lourdes, Malverne: Carmine & Frances D’Avanzo
St. Rose of Lima, Massapequa: Philip & Virginia Bossert, Thomas & Kathleen Forbes, Barney & Marie Levantino, John & Adele Nagy, Philip & Margaret O’Keeffe, Joseph & Marie Ré, Warren & Patricia Smith, Arthur & Ellen Straehle, Paul & Connie Zwilling
Our Lady of Lourdes, Massapequa Park: Carmine & Eleanor Durante, Joseph & Frances Gregg, Edward & Rose Roge, Vincent & Jean Valvo, Stuart & Joan Williams
Curé of Ars, Merrick: Frank & Lorraine Ranelli
Corpus Christi, Mineola: Michael & Jill Dougherty, Stephen & Anne Huggard
Holy Cross, Nesconset: Pat & Mary Ann Liguori
Holy Spirit, New Hyde Park: Thomas & Regina Friel, Michael & Margaret Grady, Charles & Theresa Perillo
Notre Dame, New Hyde Park: Melchiore & Adrienne Figlioli, Vincent & Paula Gangi
Sacred Heart, North Merrick: Robert & Francine Conk, Angelo & Anna Tilocca
St. Anthony, Oceanside: Michael & Frances Entwistle
St. Pius X, Plainview: James & Nancy Waters
Infant Jesus, Pt. Jefferson: Joseph & Theresa Prato
St. Peter of Alcantara, Port Washington: Michael & Rita Chester
St. John the Evangelist, Riverhead: Edwin & Emily Wiegand
St. Agnes Cathedral, Rockville Centre: Tino & Alicia DiBella, Kenneth & Grace Hatton, James & Eleanor Schlegel
Maria Regina, Seaford: Patrick & Virginia Looney, Frank & Nancy Petrungaro
St. James, Seaford: Robert & Bernadette Colquhoun, Werner & Marlies Kress, Thomas & Angela Narbutt, William & Julia Tobin
St. Edward the Confessor, Syosset: Ernest & Yolanda Cosentino
Blessed Sacrament, Valley Stream: Thomas & Rena McCarty
Holy Name of Mary, Valley Stream: Gerald & Teresa Martinis, Dominic & Eleanor Prestianni
St. Frances de Chantal, Wantagh: Charles & Rosemary Clark, Michael & Johanna Esposito, Christian & Joan Specht
St. Thomas the Apostle, West Hempstead: Louis & Johanna Carletto, Robert & Philomena Eifler, Andrew & Anna Tedesco
St. Brigid, Westbury: Jimmy & Josephine Asaro, Howard & Laura Baker, Pasquale & Josephine Iadevia, William & Evelyn Whittington
St. Aidan, Williston Park: George & Margaret Bores
Holy Name of Jesus, Woodbury: Arthur & Anne McCormick, Anthony G. & Ida Montuori
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