Maria Blog
60th Birthday
What do LEGO building blocks, the musical Grammy Awards, the actor Alec Baldwin, the singer Madonna, Maria College, and yours truly—Anne Devlin—all have in common? (Oops! The picture above may be a giveaway!) Yes, this year—2018—we all turn 60 years old. OK, I am hyperventilating here a bit, so let me just catch my breath. Where did the time go? I still remember as if it were yesterday playing with LEGOs to build castles, watching…
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Temptation: Keeping our Mission in check!
This week the universal church heard Mark's telling of the temptations of Jesus. For years I didn't connect with this story, seeing Jesus as the God who could not authentically be tested. It was not…
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Hair Today, Hair Tomorrow!
As I sit here on a rainy President’s Day Monday, a local news story has really piqued my interest...and, believe it or not, the story is about hair! Well, not just any old hair, but…
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Share Your Story: Christine Gryscavage, 1969
I am so glad my high school guidance counselor made me aware of Maria College. He said there was a small two-year Catholic college which had been exclusively for women entering the Sisters of Mercy.…
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I Think I Can
Welcome back to a new semester at Maria College! As the new year and the new semester get underway, a word keeps repeating itself in my mind— “persistence.” I’m actually reminded of that word almost…
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