Two weddings in half an hour with same priest presiding

Friday, February 26th, 2016

Two couples were married in Dipton, a small town in New Zealand, within minutes of each other last Friday, with an in-demand priest dashing between the two ceremonies.

It’s believed to have been almost two decades since there has been a wedding at St Patrick’s Catholic Church in the Northern Southland town, 60km north of Invercargill, and then out of the blue there was another on the same day – just 30 minutes apart. Continue reading

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