Casa Maria Marianists

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The community celebrated Brother Bob’s birthday with a dinner of crispy tacos, chicken-and-beef nachos, rice and a green-and-pink-colored chocolate ice cream cake on Thursday, May 13—the ‘vigil’ of his actual birthday.

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The Marianists of Casa María celebrated the conclusion of the year with a dinner at Rudy’s Bar-B-Q on Monday, May 10.

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Brother Roberto Rivera received his bachelor of art’s degree in theology from St. Mary’s University on Saturday, May 8. Following the ceremony, approximately 30 guests visited Casa María to celebrate Brother Roberto’s achievement at a reception held in the community which is located less than 100 yards from where the ceremony was held.

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On the last Casa Tuesday of the academic year, Casa María celebrated with a graduation theme on Tuesday, May 4. Above, Phil, Roberto and Stephanie hold up a special dessert, chocolate graduation cookie caps. The menu featured ‘island-style barbecue chicken,’ rice, veggies, salad and blue-and-white mini-cupcakes in honor of Mary.

Ribs, fries, ice cream cake and surprise cascarones marked the celebration of Brother Roberto’s birthday at Casa María on Monday, April 26. See more photos on our Flickr set.

Family and friends of Brother Bob visited San Antonio and the Casa María community during the second weekend of Fiesta. Their visit concluded with a barbecue at the community with an early birthday celebration for Bob on Sunday, April 25.

In the photo above, Brother Leo Willett, S.M., joined in with the Hoosiers to pose for the picture. See more photos on our Flickr set.