Our Wedding Day

Welcome to Bernie's & Luigi's Wedding Day page. You will find here several photo's from our special day which was on Saturday, 23rd March 2002. The ceremony took place at "Our Lady of the Pines" catholic church, Silverlake, W.Va. (West Virginia), USA. It is by no means finished, and we shall be adding more photo's as more get developed.

The Rev. William Connelly, pronounces the couple married.

Here, standing in front of the beautiful little altar, is the first photo of Bernie & Luigi as husband & wife. To the observer's left is the flag of the United States and on the right the state flag of West Virginia.

Bernie & Luigi at the Reception. Held at the home of Bernie's mother, Mary, in Masontown, W.Va.

The Beautiful Wedding Cake. Bernie spent hours making this herself, and wanted to have a combination of American and English styles. The bottom tier is American lemon sponge. The top two tiers were made from a recipe for traditional English fruit cake. Most of the reception guests preferred the fruit cake! Click here for a close-up of the cake topper.

Another American tradition, where the groom feeds wedding cake to the bride.

Our Wedding Favours. Not very common in England, but in the USA, guests to the Reception are given "favours", little mementoes of the occasion..

Cards and Gifts. Here is a selection of the wedding gifts we received - people were very generous & thoughtful. Note the green foam glider, which was a gift from the six-year-old grandson of our neighbour, to Luigi. He also gave Bernie the sleepy leopard boy at the front - his intention, to keep Bernie company in Luigi's absence.

The Church It is claimed that the church where we were married, "Our Lady of the Pines" is the smallest in 48 states. It is fair to say that there was just enough room for the eight guests who attended the ceremony, made up from members of Bernie's family. The church is located just a few miles south of Deep Creek, Md., near the Marlyland/West Virginia border on Route 219. Right next to the church is the smallest post office, which is open every Friday-the-thirteenth.

The afternoon we were married it was quite chilly at 38F, with snow still about.                                                                       Click icon for a link to the smallest church

We'd like to thank you for stopping by and sharing our special day with us. Please visit our Guestbook, and feel free to add any comments.

Visit to Smallest Church

Pre-Wedding Party Photos

Pre-Wedding Party - 2

My Photos Page

Coming Soon! Pictures of :- Our honeymoon. More of the Wedding & Reception;

Animated flags courtesy of Multimedia Palace

Following our Reception, Bernie and I went to stay at the Smoke Hole Resort's
Honeymooners' Cabins, 6 miles south of Petersburg, W.Va., on Route 55/28.  (Click here
for picture of cabin)
This was one of the many very generous gifts from Bernie's work colleagues at WVU's
(West Virginia University) Ruby Memorial Hospital, where she is a Pharmacy Technician.
We are very grateful for their kindness and generosity.