Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- An offer to renew their wedding vows in the setting of a Roman Catholic church attracted 240 couples to a Providence, R.I., cathedral Sunday, observers said. Among the couples there to renew their nuptial vows were 88-year-old Mathias Young and his wife, Evangeline, 85. The pair grew up as neighbors in Burrillville, R.I., and married 68 years ago, The Providence Journal reported. Advertisement The Youngs were the oldest couple at the special mass, the second-annual wedding anniversary celebration offered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence at the city's Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. Bishop Thomas Tobin presided over the ceremony, the Journal said, leading the mostly elderly couples in reciting their vows.
