 If the Jackson Laboratory moves to Collier County, Ave Maria will have a neighbor that was responsible for a number of major medical breakthroughs including the development of immune-suppressant drugs that make organ transplants possible. It works with mice as genetic models, and does no human embryonic stem cell research, the lab's senior VP for research, Mike Hyde, said in an interview with The Ave Herald about the lab's history and plans for its Florida facility. (Above, the lab's headquarters in Bar Harbor, ME)
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The Florida Senate Ways and Means Committee has approved at least $50 in spending to help a Maine medical research company build a $710-million facility near Ave Maria University. The Jackson Laboratory, an independent research organization based in Maine, has expressed interest in locating a research center in Collier County. If built, it would employ more than 400 people, according to State Senator Garrett Richter.
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Bishop Frank Dewane celebrated Mass at the Ave Maria Oratory for the Feast of the Annunciation, then led a Eucharistic procession through the town center. The Feast of the Annunciation marks the second anniversary of the opening of the oratory and the creation of the Quasi-Parish of Ave Maria Oratory. (Photo by AnnaMarie Sanderson)
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Carilloneur Wylie Crawford demonstrated a mobile bell carillon outside the Ave Maria oratory Wednesday afternoon. He was scheduled to play a concerts in the town center Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon as part of celebrations of the Feast of the Annunciation.
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Several students, faculty and staff from Ave Maria University and the law school attended a speech by former White House aide Karl Rove Tuesday night in Naples. Mr. Rove referred to Ave Maria University as "the hope for the future," and later posed with them for the above picture. (photo by Stephen Henley)
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The homebuilder's short-term emphasis will be on developing and marketing the Del Webb community at Ave Maria. Pulte's new investments in Del Webb include a $15-million amenities center and a new model home park - and other changes are in store for the community as a result.
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Bees get quite active in the spring and can swarm in large numbers, as seen in the above picture of a swarm of hundreds in a tree outside the Ave Maria oratory recently. These bees departed without incident but there has been at least one instance of a swarm attacking people last week in Phoenix. Click here for that story from the Arizona Republic.
A collaboration between a biblical scholar and a self-taught artist has produced a book relating the Gospel of John in 67 color illustrations. Ten of the original paintings from which the book was eventually made will be displayed March 27-28 at the Festival of the Arts in the Ave Maria town center. The book, Trail of Glory (pictured above), will be available at the Ave Maria Inspirations gift shop.
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 Two Ave Maria families who have known each other for several years recently found out they're related. The discovery led to the reunion of cousins John DeFelice (L) and Charlie Testa,who hadn't seen each other for 60 years.
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The music from 48 bronze bells weighing 13 tons will ring out through the town of Ave Maria Wednesday and Thursday in concerts and other performances from one of the world's few traveling carillons. Above, some of the bells from the Mobile Millenium carillon that will play as part of the university's events for the Feast of the Annunciation.
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Art from all over the world is on display in Ave Maria town center in the first International Exhibit of Children's Art, part of the town's annual Festival of the Arts March 27-28. The above painting by 8-year-old Ostap Chaplya from Ukraine was judged "Best in Show."
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 Cardinal Sean O'Malley, archibishop of Boston, will celebrate the Baccalaureate Mass May 7 at Ave Maria University, the school has announced. The Mass will be at 5 p.m. in the oratory, with graduation exercises the following day.
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The former Speaker of the House, a recent convert to Catholicism, will be in Naples April 18 with his wife for a screening of "Nine Days that Changed the World" -- a film chronicling the 1979 visit of Pope John Paul II to his native Poland. The event is sponsored by the Ave Maria School of Law.
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Ave Maria got into the Irish spirit for St. Patrick's Day. Above, left, bartender John Jochum at the Queen Mary Pub. Above right, Patrick and Virginia Hanley flew the Irish flag from the balcony of their town center condo.
 The Ave Maria Radio broadcaster will speak at the Queen Mary Pub and Grille Thursday, March 18, at 8 p.m. on the subject of "The Gospel According to Hollywood." Theology on Tap is sponsored by Ave Mara University and is open to everyone with no admission charge. (Right, Mr. Kresta broadcasting last year at AMU)
The Ave Maria University music department is putting on an innovative evening that combines Shakespeare and opera in a way few have probably heard either performed. Shakespeare in Tune will be presented March 27 as part of a dinner-theater fundraiser for the university. Above, at a recent meeting of the Naples Ave Maria Founders Club, sisters Jamille (L) and Alia Seaberg performed the duet Sull'aria from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro which will be part of Shakespeare in Tune.
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 For Barry Fagan, the chance to start up the Ave Maria University football program is an opportunity he's wanted for several years. The Ave Herald spoke with Coach Fagan, and looks at the future of football at Ave Maria and the experience of another small Florida college that started its program eight years ago.
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The two-day workshop March 19-20 is for beginning as well as advanced musicians.
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The ceremony is at 10 a.m. on the grounds of the Corkscrew Middle School. A press release on the groundbreaking in the Naples Daily News also has more details about the project, such as where streetlights, sidewalks and bike/cart trails will be located.
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