Casa Maria Marianists

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Salisbury steak, chocolate cake with ice cream and a community stroll through the River Walk to see the Christmas lights were the festivities that celebrated the birthday of our brother, Bill.

A group of lay Marianists gathered for lunch at Casa María on Sunday, Dec. 19—and the brothers certainly didn’t mind at all that the group even washed their own dishes!

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Celebrating the end of the fall 2010 semester with the brothers of Casa María at the post-baccalaureate party.

The last Casa Tuesday of the fall 2010 semester included Hawaiian prayers, spontaneous Christmas caroling and a surprise visit from Santa Claus.

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StMU students took a break during “study week” to observe the vigil of the Immaculate Conception, to pray for wisdom on their final exams next week and to celebrate the spirit of Advent at Casa Maria, which was recently decorated for the Christmas season. Following a spaghetti dinner, snow-white Mexican wedding cookies were served to commemorate two of St. Mary’s upcoming feast days (Immaculate Conception on Dec. 8 and Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the Americas, on Dec. 12).