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Career Coach Therese Marie Boldt, author of Yes! You Can Land a Job (Even) in a Crummy Economy will conduct a workshop Monday night, Feb. 1, open to university students and residents.
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The combined group from Ave Maria University and the town youth group was one of the largest contingents of students at the March for Life in Washington Friday. (photo by Roy Lenardson)
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 Amanda Hudson of Emerson Park and her dog Turbo (left) were among those attending Posh Pets in La Piazza Saturday in the Ave Maria town center. The event raised money for the Collier County Humane Society.
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About 150 university and high school students from Ave Maria left Wednesday to attend the March for Life in Washington, D.C. They were supported in part by the local Knights of Columbus chapter and the parish Respect Life Committee which contributed $1,200 for expenses. Above, Lilly Bermudez of the AMU office of Mission and Outreach directs students to their buses.
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 Spring was in the air Wednesday as almost 300 women filled the Ave Maria University ballroom for the university's 2nd Spring Brunch and Style Show, which raised scholarship money for AMU students. (Right, Brigid Wallace, 11, was a big hit as she modeled a dress on the runway)
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The Festival of the Arts at Ave Maria University will award a $1,000 prize in a competition for the best poem written about The Annunciation. The winner will be announced at the Festival of the Arts, March 28
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A variety of aircraft, including a MiG-21 like the one pictured above, will be on display and demonstrated at Immokalee Airport feb. 6 at the Wings and Wheels event sponsored by the Eastern Collier Chamber of Commerce. Vintage cars will also be shown and dragsters will compete in races Feb. 5, 6 and 7.
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The Queen Mary Pub was overflowing Thursday night for the first Theology on Tap session of the new semester. Above, speaker Douglas Bushman, director of the Ave Maria University Institute of Pastoral Theology, performs a demonstration during his talk. The next Theology on Tap is Thursday, Feb. 4.
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 Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will be the commencement speaker for the Ave Maria School of Law's first graduation ceremonies in Florida, the law school announced. The commencement will be May 15 in the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts.
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The AMU women beat Warner University 77-63 Saturday in their first National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Sun Conference game. The team now is 5-6 overall.
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The Kelly family from Emerson Park (above) won a golf cart from Golf and Electric Vehicles in a raffle to raise money for the Ave Maria Hometown Band. Money will help the band's activities in 2010.
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Nathan Sadasivan (above), a junior at Ave Maria University, has written an epic trilogy set during the Crusades. The first volume, Crown of the World -- Knight of the Temple, was published in the summer of 2009.
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AMU President Nick Healy (above) was one of a half-dozen Ave Maria residents and friends who enjoyed a successful fishing trip recently. (photo: Tony Schweikle)
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The long-awaited project to widen Oil Well Rd. got the green light Tuesday from the Collier County Board of Commissioners. Construction will likely start by February.
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The traditional seasonal concert featured the Ave Maria Choirs and a 12-piece chamber orchestra. Above, Dr. Timothy McDonnell directing.
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The publisher of The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College says it is "relieved and grateful" that Mr. Golisano has publicly stated his opposition to legalized abortion in a letter to Ave Maria University. Mr. Golisano has donated $4 million to AMU for construction of an athletic building that will be named in his honor.
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An international perspective on Christmas can be seen in the dozens of nativity scenes on view in the shops and businesses in the Ave Maria town center. The crèches were donated by a private donor, Isabelle Staffeldt, and university Chancellor Tom Monaghan. (Above, a crèche from Italy shown at Beckner Jewelry - photo by AnnaMarie Sanderson)
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Bishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva, who led the diocese in which Fatima is located from 1993-2006, will be spending most of the week in Ave Maria. He will celebrate Mass daily Monday-Thursday and also address the Naples Founders Club Tuesday night.
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Ave Maria Dance Academy
Registration Now Open for 2010-2011 Season!
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Buy a "Yes to Life" car magnet from
Ave Maria Inspirations. A portion of
the proceeds supports Pro-life
organizations. Click here.
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 College in the Catholic tradition, in the
beautiful Gulf Coast area of Florida!
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 Boot Camp in Ave Maria!
New Session Aug. 30
6 a.m. Monday-Friday
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New: Important Phone Numbers
Parish News and Announcements
Passages -- Births, Wedddings, Etc.
Mass Schedule and Oratory Information Ave Maria University
AMU Athletics (scores, schedules)
AMU Library Catalog
Rhodora Donahue Academy
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Passages
Engaged: Amy Porter &
Harrison Garlick
d: Matthew Alex Klucik
(includes video tribute)
b: Jude William McCullough
d: Cynthia Meche, daughter of Martha Mass of Emerson Park
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Todays News in Ave Maria 
Eugene Milhizer has been named President and Dean of the Ave Maria School of Law, the school announced Friday. Mr. Milhizer had been Acting President and Dean since April, 2008.
Laura Mastandrea (right) has been selected to participate in the next round of the trials. She competed in first round in October and although not initially chosen for the next round, received word recently that she was selected.
