The Ave Herald

The Ave Maria Radio broadcaster will speak at the Queen Mary Pub and Grille Thursday, March 18, at 8 p.m. on the subject of "The Gospel According to Hollywood." Theology on Tap is sponsored by Ave Mara University and is open to everyone with no admission charge. (Right, Mr. Kresta broadcasting last year at AMU)

The Ave Maria University music department is putting on an innovative evening that combines Shakespeare and opera in a way few have probably heard either performed. Shakespeare in Tune will be presented March 27 as part of a dinner-theater fundraiser for the university. Above, at a recent meeting of the Naples Ave Maria Founders Club, sisters Jamille (L) and Alia Seaberg performed the duet Sull'aria from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro which will be part of Shakespeare in Tune.

For Barry Fagan, the chance to start up the Ave Maria University football program is an opportunity he's wanted for several years. The Ave Herald spoke with Coach Fagan, and looks at the future of football at Ave Maria and the experience of another small Florida college that started its program eight years ago.

The two-day workshop March 19-20 is for beginning as well as advanced musicians.

The ceremony is at 10 a.m. on the grounds of the Corkscrew Middle School. A press release on the groundbreaking in the Naples Daily News also has more details about the project, such as where streetlights, sidewalks and bike/cart trails will be located.
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A proposal to establish a Design Review Board for Ave Maria will soon go to the county for approval following Tuesday's meeting of the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District. The meeting also got an update on Oil Well Road construction.

The women's team posted the first winning season of any Ave Maria University sports team. Coach Bob Batson was named the Sun Conference Coach of the Year and Emily Huber (right) was picked Freshman of the Year. The men won 6 of their last 8 games and were in 4th place in a 12-team conference.
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"I have never lived in a more Catholic culture than Ave Maria's," the noted author and theologian writes in the National Review Online. Mr. Novak (left) recently returned to his home in Washington, D.C., after spending eight weeks teaching and writing in Ave Maria, which he says he has come to love deeply.
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The poems ranged from modern to classics, and people recited from computers, iPhones, memory and old-fashioned paper at a fun poetry reading Friday night at The Bean of Ave Maria. More than 30 people attended and readers included university and high school students, town residents, clergy, and university professors and administrators. (Above AMU student Zach Harned reading classic poetry from his laptop.)

The Dominican Sisters of Mary who appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show earlier this month presented Oprah with a rosary and taught the TV star how to pray it, Sr. Teresa Benedicta told a packed gathering at The Bean of Ave Maria Tuesday night.