…and Dinner to mark the Feast Day of St Mary’s University is on Dec 9th, as the Univ. is under the patronage of Mary in her Immaculate Conception. Having spent much of the past two years researching and writing the history, I think I will find it be rather moving to be attending this Mass and celebrations. The Univ was founded as St Mary’s College in 1850 – next year, 2020, marks its 170th anniversary…