ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Hundreds of local couples are celebrating their long-running marriages at a special mass sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Arlington.
The church’s annual Marriage Jubilee Mass is being held Sunday afternoon at the Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Arlington. The diocese’s retiring bishop, Paul Loverde, is presiding over the mass.
Among those participating are 150 couples celebrating their 25th anniversary and 109 couples celebrating their 50th anniversary.
That’s more than 9,000 years of marriage combined.
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