Rehearsal Dinner

St. Peter Catholic Church

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Sheratons at Westport

Reception

Our Wedding

It was June 15, the kind of summer day where the heat clings to your skin and the air feels thick with possibility. I arrived early — not out of nerves, but for my hair, which promptly betrayed me anyway. At exactly 1:57 PM, Bradley Matherne walked into that quiet restaurant. We were the only two souls there, but the world somehow felt full. There was something about him — something steady, dignified, reverent. I didn’t need time to know. I just knew. On our second date at Spiro’s, he yelled — in only the way a Wisconsin boy can — because I didn’t warn him that one of the appetizers was flaming cheese. “You don’t joke about cheese,” he said, eyes wide with betrayal. It was ridiculous. It was perfect. Not long after, we began going to Mass together. And there, in the hush of old pews and sacred light, I saw the depth of him. The way he knelt before the Eucharist, as if Christ Himself had just entered the room — and I suppose, in faith, He had. Brad’s reverence for the holy matched his irreverence for almost everything else — his humor sharp, often sarcastic, always honest. He didn’t pretend. And yet he gave — so much — of himself to others. To me. To his students. To a world in need of gentleness disguised as strength. He braved my family, who love loudly and hug too often and ask too many questions. He didn’t flinch. He didn’t flee. But what truly bound me to him was his compassion — his quiet, daily willingness to live not just with love, but through it. Through faith. Through service. Through a God he doesn’t just believe in — he follows. And somewhere in that long summer, under the weight of sun and spirit, I began to follow him, too.

A Summer Beginning

Our Story

Photos

Wedding Party

Q + A

Travel

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Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel St. Louis

Things to Do

Registry

Bradley & Therese

Bradley & Therese

Q + A

Q + A coming soon!