“Here Begins a New Life” NY Encounter 2025
By Sr. Madeleine Marie, SsEW Over Presidents’ Day weekend, Sr. Marie Francesca and I made the trek out to New York City for the annual New York Encounter. The Encounter,…
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January Fun!
Blessed 2025! Birmingham has been finishing out the Christmas season with the excitement of a snow day! From all of us at Casa Maria, we hope you have had a…
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2024 Pond and Road Restoration Project
Our convent and retreat house property has a retention pond which helps with water control and drainage. Over the years the pond and the road that runs around it suffered…
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Merry Christmas from the Sisters!
Let us all rejoice in the Lord,for our Savior has been born in the world.Today true peace has come down to us from heaven. – Entrance Antiphon for Midnight Mass…
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2024 Fountain Construction
The fountain in the courtyard developed several leaks over the years which required extensive repair and rebuilding of the stonework. A generous donor covered half of the costs at the…
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A Visit to the Convent
Last week, Casa Maria was happily overrun with fifty middle school girls from a parochial school in south Alabama! Their chaplain, a friend of the community, wanted the young ladies…
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“Beauty is not an accessory…”
“Beauty is not an accessory. It is a necessity that has transformative, healing, and encouraging power. It brings us to its source and makes us better without effort on our…
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Sisters at the Spanish Catechesis Day
Our Sisters recently participated in a Spanish catechesis day for the Diocese of Birmingham, with about four-hundred attendees. We have been working to expand the Spanish materials we sell in…
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Sister Mary Michael’s Final Profession of Vows
Last First Saturday, September 7th, anticipating the feast of our Blessed Mother’s Birth, we had the joy of witnessing Sister Mary Michael’s Perpetual Profession! It was a great and joyous…
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Sister Mary Thomas’ First Profession of Vows
Please join us in celebrating with great joy and gratitude, Sister Mary Thomas’ First Profession of Religious Vows! Sister was blessed to take this new step in Religious Life on…
