At the start of an Aug. 23 Catholic wedding in St. Paul, Minnesota, all eyes turned to the back of the church for that iconic moment: the bride’s procession down the aisle with her father, before he ...

Processions — from marches to Palm Sunday — bring people together, turning shared movement into meaning, memory and collective purpose.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Nadette Staša doesn’t do things small. Her 50th birthday was celebrated aboard the Staten Island Ferry, while her 60th served as a “solo wedding” that turned heads in Manhattan’s ...

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