The Committee on Women, Family and Minors of the Talisay City Government held its annual (for three successive years now) Free Mass Wedding for its local residents last June 26, 2009. Headed by City Councilor and Committee Chairperson Shirley Belleza, the objective of this event is to straighten out the records of schoolchildren whose parents lack the legal marriage rites.
Mercy In Action has always been its partner in providing wine for the ceremony.
This year, our gappers- Max Hennings and Amy Shakeshaft led the toast for the 53 newly-weds during the reception at the City Hall Grounds. The youngest couple were on their twenties and the eldest around fifty. Amazingly, there were13 pregnant brides. Among the many good things we can do for others, one of the noblest would be to equip them for the future, both parents and children.
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