The exhibition hall that explores the life of Mother Teresa will open to the public in Ave Maria Wednesday, April 2, Ave Maria University announced Monday. (Above, two sisters from the Missionaries of Charity at the dedicatiion of the exhibition hall in February)
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The Seminole Tribe is hoping to build a 110-room Hard Rock Hotel behind the Immokalee Casino this year, according to a report in the Naples Daily News, which bases the story on plans discusssed with the Immokalee Water and Sewer District. A spokesman for the tribe had no commnent, but the report says the casino would also be expanded, with a hoped-for completion date by the end of 2014.
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Arthur Keiser, Chancellor of Keiser University which took over the Latin American campus last year, pledged to keep the Catholic culture and identity of the school at a "grand opening" that also paid tribute to several people in the American AMU community who helped build the school. :Pictured, the sign at the Nicaragua campus illustrates the continuing Catholic tradition.
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 Kevin Cieply, currently Associate Dean of Academics at the John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, will become the Ave Maria School of Law's third president and dean effective July 1, the law school announced Friday.
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The Ave Maria University rugby team, The Papists, captured the Florida state championship on the weekend and will play in the U.S. south regional championships March 15-16 in Pensacola, FL. The rugby team, a club sport at AMU, was undefeated this year and has lost only once in the last two seasons.
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Green was the color of the day at Ave Maria's annual Touch of the Irish festival Saturday, as people flocked to the town center for Irish food, drink and entertainment. (pictured, dancers from Kellyn Celtic Arts)
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 Ave Maria Univerity announced Thursday that its 2014 commencement speaker will be James Hadley Billington, who has served as the Librarian of Congress for 26 years.
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Ave Maria University literature professor Michael Raiger was honored as the first recipient of the Laub-Novak Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Arts and Humanities at a reception Sunday night. The award is a private initiative of the Novak Family Foundation.
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Carol DiFlorio supervised an intense tug of war Friday, one of many games and activities at the monthly Family Fun Friday in the Ave Maria town center.
Susan Dix Lyons, who started medical clinic in an impoverished area of Nicaragua, was one of about 50 people recognized as an "Unsung Heroes of Compassion Award" by the Dalai Lama at a ceremony in San Francisco earlier this week.
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Bob and Erin Campbell and Carole Carpenter, who work out of the real estate office in the Ave Maria town center, received special recognition from their company, John R. Wood.
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The ballroom at Ave Maria University seemed to be transported to an earlier time Saturday night as almost 100 people stepped lightly in dances from a bygone era at the school's annual 19th-century ball. This year's dance had a mysterious element, as dancers were masked for the early dances, in the tradition of a masquerade ball.
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The Ave Maria Town Center rocked Saturday afternoon -- at least until a downpour shortened the Blues, Brews and BBQ event.
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Ave Maria University briefly opened the doors of its new Mother Teresa museum Friday to dedicate the exhibition hall and give supporters of the university a look at the displays that show her life. The museum will open to the public March 19. Pictured, Sister Lima Marie of the Missionaries of Charity who attended along with Sister David (right)
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Ave Maria University's annual scholarship dinner Thursday night have more than 400 people a closer look at plans for a new performing arts center, and raised about a half-million dollars for student scholarships. The dinner honored Myra Daniels , pictured above with AMU President Towey, for taking on leadership of the project to build the center.
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Ave Maria University is launching a major fundraising drive to build a performing arts center, AMU President Jim Towey confirmed Saturday night. The fundraising effort will be led by Myra Janco Daniels, the founder of the Naples Center for the Arts, now called Artis Naples.
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More than 50 fathers and dauighters stepped out on Friday at the annual Donahue Academy Father-Daughter Valentine's Day Dance. Above, Lucy Baird with her father (photo Mary Stuller)
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In the wake of yet another move by the Obama administration to delay portions of the Affordable Care Act, Ave Maria University President Jim Towey asks in a column in Investor's Business Daily: Why won't the Administration respect religious liberty?
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An aggressive Sarasota Christian School team beat the Donahue Academy Shamrocks 59-20 in Sarasota in the semi-finals of the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) Class 2A regional playoffs. "I am very proud of what they accomplished in their first year of FHSAA basketball," said Head Coach Tim Donohue.
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A first-class relic of St. Jude -- part of the apostle's forearm -- came to Ave Maria for two days Tuesday, brought by Fr. Michail Ford, director of the Shrine of St. Jude in Chicago (above, with students from the Donahue Academy). The relic is available for veneration at the noon and 5 p.m. Masses Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 11-12.
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