Katie + Jorge | Classy Ohio Winery Wedding

A joyful, music-filled celebration of of the Lord’s faithfulness

Katie and Jorge met when they were serving as missionaries at a LifeTeen summer camp and while they were both on a year-long dating fast.

“I would get butterflies every time he walked in the room,” Katie says, “but I pushed all that aside and focused my heart on the ministry at hand and my Savior who was rapidly pursuing me.”

A year later, after their fast had ended, the two reconnected. Jorge knew he wanted to marry Kate before they began dating, but there was a particular moment when he felt God solidify the call to this vocation.

“After our first date, he was walking through the dark, dangerous streets of my NYC and felt like he heard the Lord clearly telling him that he would be the one to take care of me,” Katie says.

Even though Jorge lived in South Carolina and Katie lived in New York City, the two officially began their relationship.

From the Bride:

While I was still in New York, we did 9 months of long distance, and it was not easy. We definitely felt like we were being called to another level of trust, walking through those beginning months of our relationship.

We grew in trust in the other person, but most of all, we grew in trust in the Lord that He was the one leading our relationship.

We both discerned our vocation differently, but we can both say that the Lord was the one directing our hearts and giving us confirmation after confirmation about our relationship.

We constantly relied on Him and that was what got us through our dating relationship and it is still what keeps us going in our marriage. We feel as though we can't go wrong if He is walking right there next to us.

From the photographer:

Katie and Jorge’s joy permeated every moment of their day. The Lord brought this couple together and they spent the day praising Him for His faithfulness.

When I arrived at Katie's house the morning of the wedding, there was praise and worship music being played. As I took pictures that morning, listening to the music as I arranged her dress and details, it made the whole morning prep for the wedding feel like a prayer.

The theme for the day was family. You could really see and feel just how much Katie and Jorge's families loved them.

Their families gave so much of themselves to the couple, sharing their gifts and talents to make the day beautiful and memorable.

I learned that flowers on Katie’s veil, which her mother made for her, came from her First Holy Communion gown and she had a broach with their family’s crest on it attached to her bouquet.

Katie’s uncle sang and played most of the music during Mass, as well as Billy Joel’s “Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)” for the Father/Daughter dance. Her mother wrote a song and sang it to the newly married couple after communion and her sisters sang a beautiful hymn during the presentation of flowers to Mary.

However, my favorite part of the day was at the end of the maid of honor speech, which was one of the most heartfelt and sincere speeches I have ever heard. Moira, Katie’s sister, began to sing the song “You’ll Be In My Heart” and then each of her siblings joined in and they all sang it together. It was amazing!

Katie and Jorge's day was filled with so much joy. Their families truly lived out the verse "This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad."