B: I met Carolyn right after she moved into town that summer. Ironically, the first time I ever saw Carolyn I thought that she was married. She had just moved into town and I saw her from across the room at a friend’s gathering. She had a ring on (what I thought was her left hand), but luckily for me I was mistaken. I saw her again playing sand volleyball with some friends a few weeks later, but I still thought that she was married until we started talking after the game. My heart sank again though when I mistook her involvement in the lay movement of a religious community to mean that she was entering consecrated life. Once those misunderstandings were out of the way, I asked her out for coffee! C: When I moved to College Station in late June 2019, I was thrilled to be working at St. Mary’s (the Catholic Center at Texas A&M), but still hesitant to return to my college town since I was almost 29 and hadn’t met anyone yet. But the Lord very clearly was calling me to make the move. Little did I know that within two weeks of my move, I’d meet Brian. I think Brian himself captures God’s sense of humor best here as he frequently reminds me: “Isn’t it every Aggie Catholic girl’s dream to meet the love of her life at St. Mary’s?! You just didn’t know it’d be seven years later (after graduating) and he’d be an LSU Tiger!” In the beginning of August 2019 we started dating, and by the New Year we had fallen in love and knew that God was calling us to marriage. On June 6th we got engaged at St. Mary’s, not far from the sand volleyball court where God started our story! It has been amazing and humbling to experience God’s faithfulness in bringing our lives together, and we can’t wait to celebrate with you!

We know many of you will be celebrating with us from afar, and hope you will be able to join in our Wedding Mass. Follow the link to witness our ceremony at 2:00pm (CST).