The Ave Herald

Irish music, fun and games will be featured Saturday, March 6, at the "Touch of the Irish" event in the Ave Maria town center. Things get under way at 11 a.m. There is music from the West Galway Irish band along with traditional food and drink, games and activities for all ages. Click here for more info from Ave Maria Development.

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

Two experts in Irish family history will be giving a one-day workshop and seminar on researching Scots-Irish ancestry Tuesday at Ave Maria University. The two, Fintan Mullan and Brian Trainor, are from the Ulster Historical Foundation, one of the leading organizations providing genealogical research and resources.

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.
Click here for story from Naples Daily News

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.
Click for story from Naples Daily News

"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.
Click here to read his reflections on National Review Online

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 Ave Maria Stewardship Community District at its meeting Tuesday will consider the creation of a design review board that would have authority to approve plans for all non-residential construction in the town. The recommendation is one of several items on the agenda for the AMSCD meeting at 9 a.m. March 2.

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.