Casa Maria Marianists

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).

Casa Tuesday celebrated the start of the new liturgical year with Advent Fest 2010, an event organized by University Ministry to promote a stronger awareness of the Advent Season.

Over 50 students, faculty and staff attended the event which included a special evening prayer session led by The Bridge, an Advent-themed relay race and supper at the the Casa Maria Marianist residence.

See more photos on our Flickr set.

With a special dinner consisting of pork, tamales, apple pie and pumpkin pie—along with the singing of the traditional Las Mananitas, the Casa María community celebrated Mark’s birthday on Monday, Nov. 29.

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The brothers of Casa María welcomed the new liturgical year by celebrating the start of Advent while on retreat at the Omega Center in Boerne, Texas.

Inspired by the most recent circular by the Superior General of the Society of Mary, Rev. Manuel Cortes, S.M., the brothers focused on the life of the founder, Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, as the theme of the retreat.

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Brother Brandon shares a few words of Aloha with newly installed Archbishop Gustavo

This Thanksgiving holiday, the Church of San Antonio has a lot to be thankful for, as we continue to feel the joyful remains of the installation of our new Archbishop. Casa María community member, Brother Brandon K. Alana, S.M., represented the Marianist Family at the installation Mass for Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, M.Sp.S. Read about his experience and view more pictures from the mass on our sister site, www.malianika.com