James and Joanne first met in the summer of 2021 at Franciscan University's freshman pre-orientation. When they started their freshman year that fall, they began hanging out in the same friend group, and hit it off not long into the semester. James finally asked Joanne to be his girlfriend just a few days before their winter break on December 5th, 2021.

Throughout James and Joanne's time dating in college, they've experienced many joys, trials, and adventures together which have brought them closer to one another and to the Lord. One of the most prominent of these was when James attended Franciscan University's study abroad program in Austria in the Spring of 2024. Despite the difficulties that came with being apart for so long, this semester proved fruitful for them both, and James heard God call him to propose to Joanne that summer. Being swept up in this call, James began spiritually preparing to propose to Joanne, and when he returned from Europe that May, he bought a ring!

That summer, after a long week of volunteering with Joanne's dad's youth group summer camp, James proposed to Joanne on July 27th 2024 in the rectory chapel of Old St. Mary's Catholic Church. After a long engagement, they are very excited to be married this coming December.

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