Linfield Pennsylvania Elegance...And A Holy Connection!!!

I recently discovered that Garrett E. Brownback, a 'rich creamery man of Linfield', a little town not far from my Limerick office, was the person that originally built the famous mansion in the heart of Linfield proper that is now a Bed & Breakfast of national reknown!!! A real landmark and elegant example of Victorian architecture!

The interesting thing about the mansion, at least as far as my family is concerned, is that it served as the place where my wife and I and forty relatives and close friends gathered to celebrate our wedding on April 24, 1993! Of course for my wife and I at least, it will always be a memorable occasion...the food, the ambiance, the elegance of the old mansion, the piano playing softly in the background, as guests and hosts wandered from room to room exploring conversational opportunities, gastronomical specialties, and exchanging old stories in a very Victorian atmosphere!!!

Of course, hours before, we exchanged vows in a candlelight ceremony at St. Eleanor Roman Catholic Church in Collegeville, just a few miles away where the nuptial Mass was concelebrated by three priest friends and where the entire congregation shared in our self-prepared list of prayer intentions!!!

This April 24, we are celebrating the 15th anniversary of this blessed union...and besides my wife forgiving me for forgetting our tenth anniversary, I have much to be thankful for! I'm sure my wife would agree, that neither of us could have conceived the many wonderful things that God has wrought in our lives since that April Spring day in '93.

Many thanks to all our family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, caterers, and yes, you Garrett E. Brownback, for supplying such a wonderful building in which to celebrate such a blessed event in our lives!