DATE: December 5, 2016

TO: All Pastors and Parish Secretaries

FROM: Cathy Loh, Office of Marriage & Family Life

RE: Bishop Barbarito’s Anniversary Mass for Married Couples on Saturday, February 11, 2017 @ 10:30AM – Ascension Church, Boca Raton

Please begin publishing the following announcement in your parish bulletins immediately and continue weekly through January 22, 2017. Thank you!

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT

Most Reverend Gerald M. Barbarito, Bishop of Palm Beach, will preside at the celebration of our 33rd Annual Anniversary Mass for Married Couples on Saturday, February 11, 2017, at 10:30AM, at Ascension Church in Boca Raton. Cake, coffee and punch will be served in the parish hall after the Mass.

All couples who will be celebrating 25, 40, or 50 or more years of marriage in the calendar year 2017 are invited to participate.

To attend, please contact your own parish office and register your names as soon as possible – but no later than Monday, January 23, 2017. We ask that all participating couples arrive at Ascension Church by 10:00AM -- thirty minutes prior to the start of the Mass.

Directions: Ascension Church 7250 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, FL 33487. From the north: Take I-95 South to Linton Blvd Exit & turn left (east) to U.S. Hwy 1. Turn right to head south. Church is on the left side just south of Hidden Valley Blvd. From the south: Take I-95 North to Yamato Rd Exit & travel east to U.S. Hwy 1. Turn left. Church is on the right side just past 72nd Street.

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ANNIVERSARY MASS REGISTRATION PROCESS

To facilitate the registration process and assure accuracy for the personalized certificates, please use the attached “fillable” form. Or you can download this file from

To register couples, follow these steps:

  1. Open the file and substitute the name of your parish for the words “Your Parish.” Save file to your computer.
  2. To register a couple, open the saved file and enter their information by clicking on the appropriate boxes. Please use upper and lower case letterswhen entering the names as indicated on the form.
  3. Save the file to your computer after each registration.
  4. Submit completed registration file by FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2017 by attaching file to an email directed to

Please remember that the deadline to submit all registrations for this Mass isFriday, January 27, 2017. Your completed registration file will be used to generate the personalized certificates to be handed out to each of the participants at the Wedding Anniversary Mass. Again, thank you for your assistance with this project. If you have any questions, please contact Cathy Loh at 561-775-9524.

May God bless you during this Advent Season as we await the coming of our Lord, JesusChrist.