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Mount Love Stories
KATHERINE (FLANIGAN) REMANIAK, C'18, AND JOSEPH REMANIAK, C’18
Katherine (Flanigan) Remaniak, C'18, and Joseph Remaniak, C'18
"My husband Joe and I first met in our freshmen year Veritas class in 2014. During our sophomore year, he lived in the dorm room directly below me in McCaffrey Hall. Joe would throw a tennis ball against the ceiling to annoy me into talking to him and the rest is history! Joe was a member of the Mount's ROTC program. In May of 2018, we graduated, and he commissioned into the U.S. Army. We were married the following October in the IC Chapel by Mount St. Mary's Seminary Alum, Father Jay Horning. This past year, Joe returned home safely from a 10-month deployment and we welcomed our first baby in July!"
CAROLINE (BUTLER) BYRNE, C'16, AND DAN BYRNE, C'16
Caroline (Butler) Byrne, C'16, and Dan Byrne, C'16
"Dan and I met when we both attended the SEEK2013 FOCUS conference. The following semester we had philosophy with Dr. Josh Hochschild where we battled for the better grade. We became great friends and dated for two years before Dan proposed to me by making a video for me that premiered in the Laughlin auditorium with friends and family right before we graduated in 2016. We got married Divine Mercy Sunday, one of our favorite feast days in 2017. We now have a sweet little girl who we hope is a future Mountie!"
SUZANNE KNIPFING AND BRIAN SMITH, C'70
Suzanne Knipfing and Brian Smith, C'70
"I arrived at the Mount in the fall of 1968 as a junior, after having spent six years in a religious seminary run by The Passionist Fathers. On campus, through Campus Ministry, I met my future wife, Suzanne Knipfing, who was a sophomore at St. Joe’s. Not only did Campus Ministry introduce the two of us, it also introduced, in my case, or strengthened, in Suzanne’s case, many friendships that continue today. Our first date was February 14, 1969 (that’s right, Valentine’s Day). We were married at her parish church in Westbury, New York, on June 5, 1971, six days after she graduated from St. Joe’s. June 5 this year will be our 50th anniversary!”
