The Marianists were represented along with many other Brothers, Sisters and Priests at the World Day For Consecrated Life. The afternoon consisted of Vespers, presided by Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, M.Sp.S., and then a reception complete with a chocolate fountain.
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Brothers of Casa Maria attend the World Day For Consecrated Life
February 13, 2011Casa Tuesday celebrates Valentine’s Day
February 8, 2011“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”
~Mother Teresa
Several hungry students, staff, Marianists and guests enjoyed sharing the spirit of love and friendship when Casa Tuesday celebrated an early Valentine-themed dinner with bread, casseroles, salad and red velvet cupcakes.
Casa María, St. Mary’s blessed with snow
February 4, 2011
A light dusting of snow sprinkled the campus in the early hours of the morning on Friday, Feb. 4, prompting the university to close for the day.
We awoke to find our campus blessed with snow—a unique sign of God’s blessing that makes a rare appearance in San Antonio; old-timers (such as our brothers from the Marianist residence at the north side of campus) say that this is the first time since 1984 that snow has accumulated on the ground.
See more of our snow photos on our Flickr set.
Casa Tuesday celebrates Chinese new year
February 1, 2011A happy hare hopped on by to Casa Maria where more than 40 students, staff, Marianists and guests, some of whom wore the auspicious color of red, welcomed the Year of the Rabbit during an Asian Lunar New Year-inspired celebration.
This week’s menu included stir-fried rice, spring rolls, Mandarin oranges, Chinese almond cookies and fortune cookies. Bright red bookmarks with a blessing from Casa Maria were distributed with the opportunity for guests to stamp them with Chinese characters, such as “love,” “peace,” “truth,” “forgiveness” and “friend.” Happy new year—again!
Casa Tuesday – January 25, 2011
January 25, 2011Casa Tuesday celebrated the conclusion of Christian Unity Week with evening prayer, a spaghetti supper and three types of homemade brownies. Blonde brownies vs. fudge brownies? Or how about marbled cream cheese and chocolate brownies to represent the best of both worlds? It’s a sweet symbolism of Christian Unity!
Casa’s first guests of 2011
January 20, 2011
Visiting from the Province Communication Office in St. Louis, Diane Guerra and Michael Bitter were the first visitors to stay at Casa María in 2011.
Casa Tuesday kicks off Marianist Heritage week
January 18, 2011Casa Tuesday kicked off Marianist Heritage week with an evening prayer that recounted the beginnings of the Marianist Family in post-revolutionary war France, the Marianist doxology sung in English-Spanish-Hawaiian, Tex-Mex style chili dogs and an assortment of international cookies from Malaysia, Poland, Germany, France and Croatia.
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