St Peter the Apostle Church

Wedding Day

Wedding

Cescaphe Ballroom

Reception

It all began at good 'ol William Tennent; 10th grade English class. We sat next to one another and Nick was constantly asking to borrow paper to take notes (intentionally? I think yes). We became closer as we started spending basically every weekend (and some) together thanks to our best friends Sarah and Vass. Come junior year we even started going to dances together. It was at that point that everyone knew Hanna was in love with Nick, except well…Nick. After a few "unofficial dates", and many assumptions from others, Nick and Hanna finally became a thing the summer of 2009. Between getting our drivers license, going to college, and getting jobs, we have been through it all! Eight years later Nick decided to pop the question...miraculously without Hanna knowing and of course she said yes! Our relationship survives by our karaoke car jam sessions, stepping on each others feet and walking through the house, dance parties, Eagles games, Sea Isle, and food &amp;&amp; we wouldn't want to have it any other way!

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Our Story

Our Wedding

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It all began at good 'ol William Tennent; 10th grade English class. We sat next to one another and Nick was constantly asking to borrow paper to take notes (intentionally? I think yes). We became closer as we started spending basically every weekend (and some) together thanks to our best friends Sarah and Vass. Come junior year we even started going to dances together. It was at that point that everyone knew Hanna was in love with Nick, except well…Nick. After a few "unofficial dates", and many assumptions from others, Nick and Hanna finally became a thing the summer of 2009. Between getting our drivers license, going to college, and getting jobs, we have been through it all! Eight years later Nick decided to pop the question...miraculously without Hanna knowing and of course she said yes!Our relationship survives by our karaoke car jam sessions, stepping on each others feet and walking through the house, dance parties, Eagles games, Sea Isle, and food &amp;&amp; we wouldn't want to have it any other way!

Our Story 1

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Registry

Sarah Godfrey 

Vince Fili 

Alyssa DiLella 

Matt Iannelli 

Mark Iannelli

Liz Adamson

Liz Crompton

Mike Sprandio 

Dan Vassalotti

Lesley Sprandio 

Paige Sellers 

Pat Golden 

Alexis Sellers 

Steve Baranowski 

Wedding Party

Q + A

Rooms are available for the night of the wedding. Hotel check-in time is at 4 p.m. however, the hotel may be able to accommodate earlier check-in if requested. If you choose to reserve your room by calling the hotel, be sure to mention either "Fili" or "Sellers" to get the discounted room rate ($139 for single/double). Otherwise, you can book your room at the discounted rate by clicking "visit website" below. Rooms need to be booked by July 6th in order to receive the reduced rate. Valet parking is available; make sure to mention our wedding to receive 20% off. The hotel bar will be open until 2 a.m. following the reception.

Loews Philadelphia Hotel

Travel

In 1841 the German Catholic community of Philadelphia was outgrowing its small parish church, Holy Trinity, on 6th & Spruce Streets. The expanding population was moving northward, beyond the old limits of the city, and the German Catholics wanted the Church to follow them. The immigrants petitioned their bishop, Francis Kenrick, for a parish church in their new neighborhood. Seeing the faithful people’s need, the bishop invited the Redemptorists to come to the diocese and assist their fellow German speakers. In keeping with their mission to preach the gospel to the most abandoned, the Redemptorists said “Yes” to serving an immigrant church. They bought land in 1842 and worked with the bishop and the people to found the Parish of St. Peter the Apostle. They began holding church services in a wooden building on the property in 1843, while they quickly went about constructing the magnificent edifice we see on the corner of 5th & Girard today. These many years later, the Redemptorists are still hard at work at St. Peter’s.

St. John Neumann never lived at St. Peter’s, but he visited the parish regularly, both before and during his time as the bishop of Philadelphia. He was the superior of the Redemptorist mission in America when St. Peter’s permanent church building was consecrated in 1847, and as bishop of Philadelphia he often visited his confreres at St. Peter’s for retreat days and recreation, as well as for pastoral activity. In fact, St. John Neumann celebrated the midnight Mass for Christmas at St. Peter’s just a few days before he died in January of 1860.

It was after his death that St. John Neumann came to St. Peter’s in a more permanent capacity. As his funeral services ended, St. John Neumman’s Redemptorist confreres received his body and lowered him reverently into a grave in the basement of St. Peter’s Church. They marked his tomb with a marble slab, a memorial that you can still see set in the sanctuary floor of the Shrine, the lower church of St. Peter’s. St. John Neumann’s body has remained at St. Peter’s ever since, where it awaits the joyful day of the resurrection for all the faithful.

Of course, if you visit the Shrine, you will quickly notice that the saint’s body is no longer interred under the floor of our lower church. The body now lies in state, enclosed in glass under the altar at the Shrine. Each time we celebrate Mass at our Shrine altar we are reminded of our intimate communion with not only St. John Neumann, but with all the saints who have gone before us and who continue to support and sustain us with their prayerful intercession.

The National Shrine of St. John Neumann

Things to Do

Hanna &  Nick 

Hanna & Nick

Hanna & Nick

H&N

Wedding Day

3:30 PM

Wedding

Reception