'That's a long, long time': Mt. Lebanon couple mark 50 years of marriage and of faith — in each other - Pittsburgh Union Progress

'That's a long, long time': Mt. Lebanon couple mark 50 years of marriage and of faith — in each other - Pittsburgh Union Progress

Pat and John Collins’ 50-year marriage they built on faith. That story, they agree, starts at St. Bernard Catholic Church in 1969. Pat, who’d graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School in 1954, was teaching children religion — faith formation — at the landmark church. The story will come back to her. John, who grew up in Beechview, had graduated from the then-all-boys South Hills Catholic High School (now Seton LaSalle) in 1965. The Vietnam War was …