Nativity BVM Church, Marquette Park, Chicago, Illinois, January 11, 1958. Mr. Irene's Parents exchange wedding vows.
There are few people in the pews; contrast with the numbers of many guests at the reception, here and here. The discrepency may stem from a familiar custom: Lithuanians used to maintain that the marriage ceremony was a private ritual meant to be observed only by close family. More peripheral relatives and friends did not attend the church service, but they took part in the celebration. I attended many wedding receptions, but I witnessed few marriage masses.
This tradition is similar to the christening one.
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Beautiful church.
A lot of ordinary people busted their backs to pay for that.
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