 Ave Maria University senior Emily Huber was one of 10 women's basketball players from across the U.S. named to the Allstate Women's Basketball Coaches Association "Good Works" team, recognizing outstanding off-court service.
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For Ave Herald Editor Patricia Sette, Ave Maria's celebration of the Feast of the Annunciation brings to mind festivals in towns throughout Italy, she writes in her column in the Naples Daily News Collier Citizen.
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The Student Government Judiciary at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore has voted unanimously to grant official status to a pro-life group on campus, overturning a decision by the school's student government. The effort to re-establish the group was spearheaded by Donahue Academy graduate Andrew Guernsey (above left) and was extensively covered in mainstream media.
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Residents and students in Ave Maria turned out in large numbers for several activities marking the Feast of The Annunciation Monday. Above, Fr. Robert Tatman leading a Eucharistic Procession after the noon Mass. Below, the Celtic band Scythian entertaining on the university mall in the evening.
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These girls were among 21 children who received their First Communion at the Ave Maria Oratory Saturday.
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Easter in Ave Maria on Saturday and Sunday included the traditional blessing of the Easter food, welcoming new Catholics into the Church, and the annual Easter Day egg hunt.
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A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed on procedural grounds Ave Maria University's lawsuit against the Obamacare contraceptive mandate, saying that a ruling would be premature because AMU is not facing immediate penalties and regulations are still evolving. The decision mirrors many similar decisions involving Catholic dioceses and universities.
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Recent events in Rome drew journalists from around the world to the Eternal City -- but also to Ave Maria, as southwest Florida media sought the "local angle." Ave Herald Editor Patricia Sette reflects on the quest for this local angle in her column in the Naples Daily News Collier Citizen.
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Governor Rick Scott will be Ave Maria University's 2013 commencement speaker, the school announced Thursday. Kevin "Seamus" Hasson, founder of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, will receive an honorary doctorate degree at the commencement exercises May 4. Above, Gov. Scott visiting AMU in 2011.
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Pumps are in and work continues at the gas station/convenience store on Ave Maria Blvd. Opening now is expected May 1, about a month behind schedule, said Phil Toye of Automated Petroleum and Energy, which will operate the station. Above, top, pumps being delivered and below, as they are installed.
The planned Maple Ridge development in Ave Maria represents the largest outside investment in the town since original construction started about eight years ago. The investment by homebuilder CC Devco in more than 600 acres also will provide some financial benefit to Tom Monaghan and Ave Maria University, part owners of the land.
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Ave Maria University students spending this semester in Rome were among the hundreds of thousands who attended the inauguration Mass for Pope Francis in Rome. Photo: Erin DeCleene
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 The Catholic News Agency has published a column by Fr. Matthew Lamb, chair of the Ave Maria University theology department, dispelling allegations that Pope Francis did not speak out against the kidnapping of two Jesuits during the country's civil conflict in the 1970s.
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 The Ave Maria University baseball team, behind an impressive pitching performance by junior Joe Bocchino, upset FGCU 8-6 Sunday in AMU's first win in any sport over a ranked NCAA Division 1 opponent.
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The Ave Maria Choraliers performed an Irish program March 15 as part of a series of appearances at Naples nursing homes in the last few months. The Choraliers were joined for this performance by two Emerson Park children -- Kathleen Kelly sang and Brielle Flood danced
 Patrick Novecosky, who works in Ave Maria as Editor of Legatus Magazaine, had a bird's-eye view of history at the Vatican Wednesday -- and found out that the view was for the birds.
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Cheers erupted in the Ave Maria University cafeteria Wednesday, where students had gathered to see the first public appearance by Pope Francis. Later, many students and residents offered prayers for the Holy Father in the Ave Maria Oratory. (photo: Charlene Doman)
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About a dozen Ave Maria University students are studying in Rome this semester and some are sending their thoughts and some pictures to The Ave Herald. Many students are spending a lot of time in St. Peter's Square these days, some there all night to ensure they'll be there when the new pope is announced, writes AMU student Kim Scharfenberger. Alexandra Clark is struck by how many people are in the square praying, and at the media circus that has erupted. Above, AMU students were among those spending a rainy night in St. Pater's Square Tuesday.
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 Thirteen Donahue Academy students chose to forgo the usual diversions of spring break to spend a week on a mission trip serving the poor in Nicaragua. Donahue senior Peter Scheck (right) wrote about what they did, and how the trip was "the experience of a lifetime," for The Ave Herald.
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 A statue of Our Lady of Fatima, which has been touring the world for more than 65 years, will be at the oratory in Ave Maria March 14 and 15. Specialactivities, including a procession and a talk by the statue's current custodian, are planned for Thursday evening.
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