The Ave Herald

New Health Care Contraceptive Policy Announced; AMU's Towey "Disappointed"

Published on Friday, 01 February 2013 20:56

Ave Maria University President Jim Towey said Friday that he was "disappointed" with the announcement earlier in the day by the federal government which the Obama administration called a "compromise" on the issue of mandating organizations to provide health care coverage for birth control services. "The Obama administration blew it again," Mr. Towey saId, with new regulations that "do not appear to settle anything."

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I'll Take 1,500 Steaks...and Make It Snappy

Published on Friday, 01 February 2013 18:36

It's one thing to be able to grill a steak, and quite another to be able to serve up 1,500 of them in short order as organizers were able to do at the Sunshine State Steak Cook Off in Ave Maria, as Ave Herald Editor Patricia Sette writes in her Collier Citizen column.
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Click here for previous Ave Herald story on cook off 

Epic Reading of the Iliad in 24-Hour "Homerathon" at AMU Feb. 8-9

Published on Friday, 01 February 2013 18:43

Students and faculty at Ave Maria University will read the entire Iliad by Homer over 24 hours Feb. 8-9. The reading, which is open to the public, will use a modern translation for the 21st century by classics scholar Stanley Lombardo, who will read the final book himself. Right, AMU professor Travis Curtright who organized the Homerathon.
Click for details: It's Not All Greek to Them in Naples Daily News  

"Living Rosary" at Donahue Academy

Published on Wednesday, 30 January 2013 18:28

Students at the Donahue Academy in Ave Maria prayed a "living rosary," in which each student was a bead, Wednesday as part of the school's events marking Catholic Schools Week.

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