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Dr. Travis Curtright's Shakespeare in Performance class has just finished its spring performances that played to enthusiastic sold-out audiences and "rivaled many a professional production," writes Ave Herald Editor in her column in the Naples Daily News Collier Citizen.
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The "ancient world" was the theme of the Donahue Academy of Ave Maria's annual historical festival Thursday, where students wore costumes representing historical figures, such as Moses (above) and historical periods.
 Ave Maria University President Jim Towey and his wife, Mary, were in Texas for the dedication of the Geroge W. Bush Presidential Library. Mr. Towey served in the Bush administration as Director of Faith-Based Initiatives. Above, Mr. Towey with presidential adviser Karl Rove. Left, Mrs. Towey with former Bush Chief of Staff Andy Card.
A film crew from Mercedes Benz used Ave Maria as a backdrop for television commercials Monday morning.
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The Donahue Academy of Ave Maria JV Scholar Bowl team took first place in a county-wide competition Saturday. The winning team above, (l-r): Joan Cheffers, Thomas Dauphinais, Max Towey, C.J. Smith and Thomas Smith.
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 There will be an opportunity Sunday to see a different Catholic liturgical tradition when a Mass in the Maronite Rite will be celebrated by Maronite Chorbishop Michael G. Thomas at 7 p.m. in the Oratory, in place of the Roman Rite Mass.
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 Ave Maria University senior Emily Huber was one of 10 women's basketball players from across the U.S. named to the Allstate Women's Basketball Coaches Association "Good Works" team, recognizing outstanding off-court service.
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For Ave Herald Editor Patricia Sette, Ave Maria's celebration of the Feast of the Annunciation brings to mind festivals in towns throughout Italy, she writes in her column in the Naples Daily News Collier Citizen.
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The Student Government Judiciary at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore has voted unanimously to grant official status to a pro-life group on campus, overturning a decision by the school's student government. The effort to re-establish the group was spearheaded by Donahue Academy graduate Andrew Guernsey (above left) and was extensively covered in mainstream media.
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Residents and students in Ave Maria turned out in large numbers for several activities marking the Feast of The Annunciation Monday. Above, Fr. Robert Tatman leading a Eucharistic Procession after the noon Mass. Below, the Celtic band Scythian entertaining on the university mall in the evening.
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These girls were among 21 children who received their First Communion at the Ave Maria Oratory Saturday.
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Easter in Ave Maria on Saturday and Sunday included the traditional blessing of the Easter food, welcoming new Catholics into the Church, and the annual Easter Day egg hunt.
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A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed on procedural grounds Ave Maria University's lawsuit against the Obamacare contraceptive mandate, saying that a ruling would be premature because AMU is not facing immediate penalties and regulations are still evolving. The decision mirrors many similar decisions involving Catholic dioceses and universities.
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Recent events in Rome drew journalists from around the world to the Eternal City -- but also to Ave Maria, as southwest Florida media sought the "local angle." Ave Herald Editor Patricia Sette reflects on the quest for this local angle in her column in the Naples Daily News Collier Citizen.
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Governor Rick Scott will be Ave Maria University's 2013 commencement speaker, the school announced Thursday. Kevin "Seamus" Hasson, founder of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, will receive an honorary doctorate degree at the commencement exercises May 4. Above, Gov. Scott visiting AMU in 2011.
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Pumps are in and work continues at the gas station/convenience store on Ave Maria Blvd. Opening now is expected May 1, about a month behind schedule, said Phil Toye of Automated Petroleum and Energy, which will operate the station. Above, top, pumps being delivered and below, as they are installed.
The planned Maple Ridge development in Ave Maria represents the largest outside investment in the town since original construction started about eight years ago. The investment by homebuilder CC Devco in more than 600 acres also will provide some financial benefit to Tom Monaghan and Ave Maria University, part owners of the land.
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Ave Maria University students spending this semester in Rome were among the hundreds of thousands who attended the inauguration Mass for Pope Francis in Rome. Photo: Erin DeCleene
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 The Catholic News Agency has published a column by Fr. Matthew Lamb, chair of the Ave Maria University theology department, dispelling allegations that Pope Francis did not speak out against the kidnapping of two Jesuits during the country's civil conflict in the 1970s.
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 The Ave Maria University baseball team, behind an impressive pitching performance by junior Joe Bocchino, upset FGCU 8-6 Sunday in AMU's first win in any sport over a ranked NCAA Division 1 opponent.
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