|
The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Euccharist, some of whom teach at the Donahue Academy, will be profiled on The Oprah Winfrey Show, which airs locally at 4 p.m. Tuesday on WINK-TV, channel 5. Some taping was done at the Motherhouse in Ann Arbor, MI, and several of the nuns went to Chicago to be interviewed in the studio. Tuesday is also the 13th anniversary of the founding of the community. Click here for a slideshow on the order's site |
|
The Respect Life Committee of the Ave Maria quasi parish will be available after masses Feb. 7 and Feb. 14 to sign up volunteers to participate in vigils outside Planned Parenthood in Naples as part of a nation-wide 40 Days for Life campaign.
|
|
Click for full story
|
|
 Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago, opened Ave Maria University's conference on Catholicism and America with an address before the university's spring-term convocation. Above, Cardinal George receives an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from AMU President Nick Healy. Left-right: AMU Board Chairman Michael Timmis, Bishop Frank Dewane, Cardinal George, Mr. Healy, and AMU VP Jack Sites.
|
|
Click for full story, more pictures
|
|
The Ave Maria Classic Film Series starts up again in February with a showing of the Orson Welles classic Citizen Kane. There's also live jazz in La Piazza every Thursday afternoon and "meet and greet" sessions twice a week with sculptor Márton Váró.
|
|
Click for full story
|
|
The bishop led hundreds of protestors, including many residents and students from Ave Maria, in a walk along Creech Rd. to pray in front of the Planned Parenthood offices, where abortions are performed on Mondays. Click for story from Naples Daily News |
|
The Ave Maria service organization Our Lady's Leaders has announced a scholarship for daughters of quasi-parish members.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
The Ave Maria town center bustled for the Family Fun Festival Saturday. Attendance at the fund-raising event for the Donahue Academy was bolstered by a Little League tournament and clinic at North Park, which drew kids from Naples and Ft. Myers. (Left, a climbing wall was one of the more popular attractions, which also included a bounce house, paintball and horseback riding)
|
|
Click for more pictures
|
|
Cardinal Francis George, the archbishop of Chicago, will deliver the keynote speech at a conference on Catholicism and America that will be held at Ave Maria University Feb. 2-5. Noted Catholic writer George Weigel is among the other speakers at the conference, sponsored by the graduate programs of Theology at AMU.
|
|
Click for full story
|
|
Florida Community Bank, which had planned to move its headquarters to Ave Maria, was closed by bank regulators Friday.
|
|
Click for full story
|
|
|
 Parishioners gathered Friday night to wish Happy Birthday to Fr. Robert Tatman, administrator of the Quasi Parish of Ave Maria Oratory. Above, Fr. Tatman with Marilyn Cole
|
|
Click for more pictures
|
|
 The softball team won its first-ever game Friday, beating Calumet College of St. Joseph, Indiana, 4-3 in the first game of a double-header. The Gyrenes dropped the second game 8-1. Above, winning pitcher Angela Mulally, who pitched 5 scoreless innings for AMU. Click for story from AMU Athletics
|
|
 A garden at the Ave Maria Law School will be dedicated to the memory of the niece of Jack and Moira Fennnessey, on Tuesday February 2. The Fennesseys are long-time supporters of Ave Maria University, and Moira has served as co-chair of the Festival of the Arts. The AMU schola will sing at the dedication, and afterwards, a luncheon will be held at the Vineyards Country Club.
|
|
Click for full story
|
|
Ave Maria University is one step closer to possible accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools following a visit by the association's Commission on Colleges. A decision could be announced this June. Click here for story from Naples Daily News
|
|
Click for AMU news release
|
|
Games, music, family contests and other fun activities are featured at the fundraising event for the Donahue Academy Saturday in the town center. There's also a pancake breakfast after morning Masses on Sunday.
|
|
Click for all the details
|
|
Bishop Frank Dewane will lead a march to pray at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Naples Monday morning.
|
|
Click for details, directions
|
|
A new leadership group was announced Tuesday for the Ave Maria Founders Club chapter, which has been headed since its inception by resident Carlos Figueroa. Right, AMU Chancellor Tom Monaghan thanking Mr. Figueroa. The Tuesday night meeting heard a talk from theologian and author Michael Novak.
|
|
Click for full story
|
|
The Ave Maria University baseball team played its first-ever game Tuesday night, losing 9-5 to Warner University, currently ranked #20 in the national poll of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Click for story from AMU Athletics |
|
Career Coach Therese Marie Boldt, author of Yes! You Can Land a Job (Even) in a Crummy Economy will conduct a workshop Monday night, Feb. 1, open to university students and residents.
|
|
Click for full story
|
|
 The combined group from Ave Maria University and the town youth group was one of the largest contingents of students at the March for Life in Washington Friday. (photo by Roy Lenardson)
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

 |
Queen Mary Pub now open for lunch Tues-Sunday! Click here for hours at the pub and The Bean.
|

Boot Camp in Ave Maria! Get in shape after the holidays. New session begins Feb. 22 Click here for details ______________________________________
Join Ave Maria Founders, including Ralph Martin and Tom Monaghan, on a 2-week Baltic Cruise. LIMITED TIME OFFER: Book now for free air fare! Click here for details ______________________________________ Treasures of Italy Pilgrimage and Tour! Rome - Lucca - Florence - Venice - Assissi Oct 18-30, 2010. Click for details, schedule ______________________________________ Please visit our new advertisers: Publix AveMariaLawyer.com Spoiled Rotten Pet Services TeamWorx Property Management Reliable Power Equipment ______________________________________ New: Important Phone Numbers Parish News and Announcements Passages -- Births, Wedddings, Etc. Mass Schedule and Oratory Information Ave Maria University AMU Athletics (scores, schedules) AMU Library Catalog Rhodora Donahue Academy _______________________________________
 |