Dolores Catania’s son Frankie Catania is getting married!
Frankie, 26, popped the query to Nicole Perricho on Saturday, Feb. 22, inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York Metropolis. Perricho shared images of the romantic proposal on Instagram on Sunday. One snapshot exhibits Frankie down on one knee in entrance of his now-fiancée, who fittingly wore white for the event — a easy knit costume with ornamental feathers on the sleeves.
One other shot exhibits the newly engaged couple sharing a hug, as Perricho rested her hand on Frankie’s chest, exhibiting off her dazzling diamond ring. Different images within the carousel seize the pair posing and celebrating with their respective mother and father and different members of the family and pals.
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Perricho captioned the submit merely, “2.22.25 ♥️.” Proud mother Dolores, 54, wrote within the feedback, “Sooooo stunning !!! ❤️❤️.”
Frankie’s sister, Gabby Catania, additionally cheered the information of the engagement — and the truth that she’s going to quickly be gaining a sister-in-law — by sharing a collage of images of the couple on her Instagram Tales with the message: “THAT’S MY SEEEEESTER!”
Forward of the proposal, Dolores shared a hilarious submit on her personal Instagram Tales that includes a photograph of herself standing exterior the famed cathedral with a black scarf overlaying her face. The Actual Housewives of New Jersey star wrote over the picture: “Me incognito whereas ready for the proposal.”
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Frankie and Perricho’s engagement comes months after Dolores revealed in November that her son — whom she shares with ex-husband Frank Catania, together with Gabby, 29 — had moved out of the household house. “Frankie moved in together with his girlfriend,” the fact star instructed Bravo’s The Daily Dish. “So now Gabby lives there along with her six canines and herself.”
Whereas she did not share Perricho’s title on the time, Dolores did reveal some particulars about her future daughter-in-law’s occupation.
“She is known as the Lip Boss of New Jersey on Instagram. She does injectables. They’re stunning,” Dolores instructed The Every day Dish.
She additionally shared that the younger couple’s two households had an opportunity to satisfy and join in Europe. “We went to Portugal, we met the household in Portugal. Her household’s stunning,” she stated. “She’s the nicest lady. She will get together with Gabby so nicely.”
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The Catania household will quickly be celebrating not one however two weddings. Dad Frank is ready to marry fiancée Brittany Mattessich on March 29. The couple had deliberate to tie the knot again in November on Captiva Island off the coast of Florida, however back-to-back hurricanes within the space pressured them to postpone their nuptials attributable to harm at their venue.
On the time, Frank instructed PEOPLE that whereas he and Mattessich had been disenchanted concerning the scenario, they felt delaying the occasion was the most effective plan of action as a result of they “wished [the wedding] to be a contented and enjoyable time for everybody with out anxiousness or worrying.”
He stated the method of rescheduling the marriage on the Captiva venue was “a lot smoother” than anticipated. “All of our distributors labored with us extremely,” he instructed PEOPLE. “They had been all accessible for the brand new date and allowed us to vary our contract to the brand new date with none extra prices and inconveniences.”
