Now, here’s something you don’t hear about every day: six generations of brides being married walking down the same aisle, in the same Catholic church, over nearly 150 years. This has all the makings of a made-for-TV movie on Lifetime. But you can read about it here, first, courtesy the Twin Cities Pioneer Press:

When bride Amber Crosby walked down the aisle of the old stone church in Mendota in July, she was a 21st-century bride following in the path of five generations of brides before her, dating back to the 1862 pioneer wedding of her great-great-great-grandparents. Amber felt the lineage of 145 years of love with each step.

“I remember feeling really honored to become part of that history,” she says. But this family’s wedding history also tells a broader story — of farming and fashion trends, of tuberculosis and tuxes, of constancy and change.

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When they got engaged, Ken liked Amber’s idea of getting married at the family church.

“I thought it was a pretty unique and cool tradition to keep going,” Ken says. “And, if I was going to get married in a church, I wanted it to feel like that one, like I imagine a church to be, small and beautiful and lots of stained glass that the sun shines through, a really warm feeling.”

The couple wed on an auspicious date – 7/7/07 – as about 200 guests watched. The bride wore an $800 cap-sleeved gown with a lace overlay, and she carried a bouquet that included lots of hydrangea, her favorite flower. She also wore her grandmother Marceline’s pearl necklace, and her parents’ wedding rings were tied to a chain and affixed to the bridal bouquet.

Read the whole thing, and all the incredible history. And then take a break to dab your eyes and blow your nose. You’ll be blinking back tears at the end. Really.

Photo: St. Peter’s Church, from the Pioneer Press file