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A Bluesy Afternoon in Ave Maria
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Published on Saturday, 23 February 2013 23:14
The sound of the blues filled the Ave Maria town center Saturday afternoon as for the Blues, Brews and BBQ event which drew people from throughout southwest Florida. Above, a couple from Naples, and their toy poodle, danced to Little Eddie and the Fat Fingers.
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"Celebrate Ave Maria," Cardinal Wuerl Tells AMU Fundraising Dinner
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Published on Saturday, 23 February 2013 01:55
 Cardinal Donald Wuerl, just three days before leaving for the papal conclave in Rome, praised Ave Maria University for its committment to quality education and its mission to instill values in young people. The cardinal spoke at an AMU fundraising dinner in Naples, at which an honorary doctorate degree was conferred on AMU supporter Rhodora Donahue. Above Mrs. Donahue with Cardinal Wuerl, her husband, Jack, and AMU President Jim Towey.
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A Dance for the Ages
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Published on Sunday, 17 February 2013 19:57
About 100 Ave Maria University students journeyed back in time Saturday night for the annual 19th-century ball. Above, l-r, Leah Johanni, John Miller, Colleen Kilpatrick and David Kiernan were among those who donned traditional 19th-century dress for the occasion.
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Chant Explored at Ave Maria Conference
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Published on Monday, 18 February 2013 18:55
About 60 people from across Florida and seven other states explored making the ancient art of Gregorian Chant part of 21st-century liturgies, among other topics at the Musica Sacra Florida Gregorian Chant Conference at Ave Maria Univeristy. Above, Edward Schaefer directs a men's schola at an ordinary form Mass Saturday.
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An Unusual All-Night Party
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Published on Saturday, 16 February 2013 02:58
 One of the most unusual all-night parties in Southwest Florida was the 24-hour "Homerathon" reading of the entire Iliad at Ave Maria University, writes Ave Herald Editor Patricia Sette in her column in the Naples Daily News Collier Citizen. Pictured is Prof. Stanley Lombardo of the U of Kansas, who capped the event by reading from his modern translation of the epic poem.
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