Video by Tom Rettig
After they cross the commencement stage, Holy Cross students leave campus with an academic degree that will serve them well in whatever the future holds.
Some leave with something extra: their soul mates.
An estimated 10 percent of Holy Cross alumni are married to each other. During Winter Homecoming — which coincidentally took place on Valentine’s Day — five alumni couples from different generations sat down to talk about their romances that started on Mount St. James.
The alumni couples — who you’ll notice still look love struck — are Cheryl Canedo ’84, P16 and Robert Canedo ’85, P16; Robert Daly, M.D., ’74, P16, 08 and Margaret Dubois Daly ’76, P16, 08; Michael Fedigan ’03 and Meagan Fedigan ’03; Christopher Loeber, Esq., ’91 P18 and Laura Phillips Loeber ’91 P18; and Michael Villa ’91 and Lisa Villa ’90.
If you found love during your time at Holy Cross, we’d love to hear about it. Share how you met your spouse in the comments section below. 
I’m the class of 1992. My husband, Peter Vath, is the class of 1993.
My roommate, Noel Sabini, married my husband’s roommate, Chris Hewitt.
My brother, Joe Crosby, is the class of 1994. His wife, Tricia Mulligan, is the class of 1994.
My brother’s roommate was – get this – Chris Hewitt’s younger brother, Greg Hewitt.
Shall I go on?
How about the fact that we all live in Connecticut now?
😉
Love HC!
Ron Hooey (93) and I (Laurie Smith) (92) met in my junior year one night at McGuire’s as our feet were suctioned on the sticky floor and ICE ICE BABY played in the background….it was quite romantic.
That was the first night of the rest of our lives. We are happily married with three daughters. Feeling thankful and blessed everyday.
I met my husband, John(’84),on October 1st of my freshman year at a lacrosse team “fundraiser”/party in a hill dorm basement. We got engaged Christmas of my junior year and married a month after I graduated in 1986. 29 years and four kids (Jenny 27, JP 25, Sarah 23, Kelly 21) later we are still going strong. John likes to celebrate our “other” anniversary of the day we met almost more than our wedding anniversary!
(Our oldest, Jenny, graduated HC in 2010)
We tell our boys that we met in the library while studying. Those who know us know better. We got engaged our senior year and married the August after graduation. 26 yrs later we cannot be happier with two wonderful boys aged 20 & 12.
My fiancé, Shawn McKay and I technically met through the College Choir but didn’t really become official until our roommates set us up to go to the Opp-Knocks (Opportunity Knocks) Dance together in the fall of my freshman year. We look forward to becoming part of the 10% when we get married on Mt. St. James on October 11, 2015!
I think I first met my husband Steve at a mixer in Carlin basement. We ended up on a double date with other people for the FallBall of our freshman year. We both dated other people during our sophomore and junior years. Senior year my roommate fixed me up with Steve for Healy’s Blind Date Ball. The rest is history ….
( 29 years married and our daughter Kristin graduated in 2011.)