Casa Maria Marianists

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Happy birthday to José, a Star Wars fan, who was (Boba) feted during this week’s Casa Tuesday with a Star Wars-themed celebration. Star Wars sweets were served, such as a Darth chocolate cake topped with a Darth Vader candle, “lightsaber” pretzel sticks, Wookieee Cookies and Ewok Teddy Grahams. Star Wars action figures and toys were used to decorate the dessert table. Approximately 40 students, faculty, staff and friends of the community shared in the celebration. May the Lord bless José on his birthday and always. And May the Force be with him, too!

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In honor of Thanksgiving Day in Canada, Joseph cooked Poutine, a French-Canadian dish, for the community dinner on Monday, October 14, 2013. Justin also contributed a pumpkin pie which he admits was yet “another one of my accomplishments, next to completing [Saturday’s] 5K.”

…after a full day of rain
aspirants stayed in
to watch the ball games.

The Tigers on one channel
and Dallas on the another
Joseph, Justin and Eric
gathered as brothers.

They took out a game
and played into the night
for tomorrow they can sleep in
rather than get up at first light.

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To celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of the Pillar, Joseph, Justin, Eric and Dennis joined a team of six others from St. Mary’s to run in the 4th annual Great Pumpkin Run 5K hosted by St. PJ’s Children’s Home in San Antonio on Saturday, October 12, 2013.

Dressed in their bright orange, official event t-shirts and race bibs, the brothers ran the 5K route which took them around the St. PJ’s property, through the neighborhood, along the San Antonio river and back.

At the finish, they enjoyed free fruits and water, breakfast pancakes courtesy of Magnolia Waffle Haus, a visit from the San Antonio Spurs’ official mascot, the Coyote and an awards ceremony where Dennis received a first place medal for having the fastest time in his age group.

A total of 391 runners were registered and the official results were recorded by iaapweb.com.

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In what is becoming an annual tradition for the Casa María community during the feast of Our Lady of the Pillar, a celebration of cookies and ice cream desserts were on the menu during an evening celebration hosted by the Marianist Sisters at their community on Friday, October 11, 2013.

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As part of the aspirancy formation program, Joseph, Justin and Eric got a personalized tour of the Marianist Archives housed in Treadaway Hall on the campus of St. Mary’s University on Friday, October 11, 2013.

Marianist Archivist and Brother Earl guided the aspirants through the facility and collection which included hand-written materials from Blessed Chaminade, founder of the Marianist family, historical photos of  Marianists in San Antonio, Marianist literature and a step inside “the vault.”

Brother Earl offered the aspirants a few books to keep and, from among the selection, they all chose to get a copy of The Rule of Life (1984 edition)—ones which were owned previously by a Marianist religious as identified with a name appearing on the inside covers.

Brothers from the Casa María Marianist community got a close up view of the Saint John’s Bible at St. Mary’s University during a special presentation and lecture on Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at the University Center Conference Room A. University Chaplain Rev. Tim Eden, S.M., offered the invocation.