Santa Maria Parish and School Celebrate Anniversaries
Choir members from Santa Maria parish raise their voices in song at a Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Bronx parish and the 65th anniversary of Santa Maria School. The school and parish community filled the church Oct. 2 for the special occasion. A reception followed in the parish hall.
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Parishioners fill the church.
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Gathering before Mass are, from left: third-grader Katie Toro, sixth-grader Kailyn Mendez, Sister Dolorita, Sister Maureen, seventh-grader Krismely Ortiz and fifth-grader Sabrina Salgado.
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At the altar are Father Casasús; Father Martin Esguerra, M. Id., pastor; and Father Fernando Real, M. Id., general procurator of the Idente Missionaries.
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Father Luis Casasús Latorre, M. Id., general superior of the men’s branch of the Idente Missionaries, the religious order that administers Santa Maria parish, congratulates Sister Dolorita Colianni, A.S.C.J., the school’s founding principal. To their left is Sister Maureen Flynn, A.S.C.J., current principal.
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A Mass celebrating the 90th anniversary of Santa Maria parish and the 65th anniversary of Santa Maria School, both in the Bronx, was offered Oct. 2.