WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT

Collins’ granddaughter weds in Brunswick, Maine

Posted 8/3/16

Katherine Judd and Rafael Garcez da Luz were united in marriage on July 23. The Reverend Carolyn Eklund officiated at the service of holy matrimony at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Brunswick, …

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WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT

Collins’ granddaughter weds in Brunswick, Maine

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Katherine Judd and Rafael Garcez da Luz were united in marriage on July 23. The Reverend Carolyn Eklund officiated at the service of holy matrimony at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Brunswick, Maine.

Judd, 27, is a communications analyst with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington, D.C. After graduation from Wellesley College she worked in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on community journalism, sustainable development, and urban planning as a Madeleine Korbel Albright Global Affairs Fellow. She subsequently worked for the United Nations Development Program in Brasilia, Brazil while completing a master’s degree in International Relations from the Universidade de Brasilia.

The bride is the daughter of Robert and Cristle Collins Judd of New York City and Brunswick, Maine. The bride’s mother, a graduate of Mineola High School, is a senior program officer at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The bride’s father is the executive director of the American Musicological Society, whose offices are at New York University. The bride’s grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Collins of Mineola and Polly Judd and the late Donald Judd of Columbia, South Carolina. Mr. Collins, 92, and Mrs. Judd, 85, were guests at the wedding.

Garcez, 29, is a finances and control analyst at the Comptroller General of Brazil. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in International Relations from the Universidade de Brasilia. He is the son of Angelo and Wania Garcez da Luz of Brasila. The groom’s father is the administrator of the Sarah Kubitschek Hospital in Brasilia and his mother is a budget and policy specialist for the Brazilian federal government.

The bride was escorted by her father. She wore her mother’s formal dress of ivory taffeta trimmed in alencon lace with a fingertip veil trimmed in matching lace, which had been updated for the occasion. The back of the dress had tiny buttons and a flowing chapel-length train bordered with alencon lace and a pleated taffeta ruffle. The bride wore pearls that her grandfather had given her grandmother Frances Collins for their wedding in 1948, and she carried an embroidered handkerchief that belonged to her great-grandmother, Kathryn Collins.

Co-maids of honor were Hannah and Sarah Judd, sisters of the bride. Bridesmaids were Carolyn Posner of Washington, D.C. and Christine Miller of San Francisco, California. Luiza and Bianca Nepomucenoer, nieces of the groom from Brasilia, Brazil, served as flowergirls. Danilo Lobo of Rio de Janiero served as best man and groomsmen were Andrey Perez, Eduardo Ramos and Kaue Garcez of Brasilia, Brazil.

Organist for the ceremony was Randy Day, who was joined on trumpet for the processional by Clay Collins of Austin and Craig Collins of Washington, D.C., both formerly of Mineola and uncles of the bride. Claire Butler of New York City and Brett Butler of Philadelphia, cousins of the bride, served as ushers.

Following the ceremony a reception was held in the great hall of the church, after which dinner and dancing took place at Mere Point, Maine. Music for the first dance was provided by a jazz combo that included the bride’s sisters, Hannah and Sarah Judd, and uncle Craig Collins playing the fluegelhorn.

After a brief honeymoon in Middle Bay, Maine, the couple will be at home in Washington, D.C.