Jim and Jean Dudek (above in their Emerson Park home) have arranged a visit to Ave Maria later this year by the bishop emeritus of the diocese that includes Fatima, Portugal. The Dudeks, who have been to Fatima 17 times and led 11 pilgrimages, will speak Oct. 13 on the The Story and Message of Our Lady of Fatima.
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A delegation from the Florida state senate visited Ave Maria Thursday, meeting with faculty and staff, and touring the campus. Above, Senator J.D. Alexander, chairman of the senate ways and means committee, addresses a political science class at AMU.
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The first full-service restaurant and bar in Ave Maria -- The Queen Mary Pub and Grille -- opened Friday to an enthusiastic clientele who praised its food and atmosphere. Above, pub owners Monica and Daniel Dix watch as Fr. Robert McTeigue blesses the establishment (and the beer) at its opening.
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Dr. Waldstein, a prominent Catholic scholar, now holds the Dr. Max Seckler professorship of Theology at Ave Maria University. The presentation was made at AMU's fall convocation Friday.
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Religion does have a place in public life, Bishop Frank Dewane said at a Mass opening the academic year for the Ave Maria School of Law, and he warned students and graduates to guard against what Pope Benedict called "a dictatorship of relativism."
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"It's a joy to be with you," Bishop Frank Dewane told a packed Ave Maria Oratory Monday at the opening Mass for the academic year. Above, Bishop Dewane greets faculty members after Mass.
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The Ave Maria town center was "Rockin' with Randall" Sunday night as a large crowd of students and residents attended a benefit concert for 6-year-old Ft. Myers boy, Randall Nychyk, who is being treated for a brain tumor. The concert was organized by Ave Maria University senior John Jochum, above with Randall.
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The Donahue Academy of Ave Maria added more than 30 new students this year and also welcomed several new teachers, including Sister Teresa Benedicta, pictured above with her Freshman Theology class.
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Robert Klucik, one of the first residents of Ave Maria, has opened the first law office in the town center.
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Sculptor Márton Váró is in Carrara, Italy, this summer working on the sculpture for the Ave Maria Oratory façade.
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 Ave Maria is a major development, a new town and new university. But State Senator Larcenia J. Bullard apparently was not aware until Wednesday that the town and university are within her state senate district.
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The final statues of the 12 apostles were added to their niches over the main doors of the Ave Maria Oratory Thursday.
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The Martha J. Burke Adoration Chapel opened today at Ave Maria University. Above, the ribbon is cut by (right to left): Fr. Robert Tatman, parish administrator, AMU Chancellor Tom Monaghan and Fr. Robert Garrity, director of campus ministry, as Deacon Forrest Wallace looks on.
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Dennis Meyer, Ave Maria University's new golf coach, brings a wealth of professional playing and teaching experience to the school's golf program. He'll coach both the men's team as well as the new women's golf team that will start play in the coming academic year.
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AMU has launched an effort to involve more priests in the mission of the university, in part by providing financial aid for students that priests recommend to the school.
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Samples were in abundance at the opening of the Ave Maria Publix Thursday morning. Above, 5-year-old Annika Allan reaches for a breakfast sandwich.
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 Ave Maria University has named Bishop Frank Dewane of the Diocese of Venice to its Board of Trustees, and also elected Cardinal Adam Maida, former archbishop of Detroit, to the board. The appointment of Bishop Dewane appears to signal a closer relationship between the university and the diocese.
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Members of the Class of 2009 perform the traditional cap toss outside the oratory after the commencement.
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Joseph Gates (left), whose family lives in Ave Maria, pictured on Divine Mercy Sunday after his Admission to the Rite of Candidacy for ordination. With him above are fellow seminarians Peter Dionne, whose family intends to move to Ave Maria, and Richard Pagano, AMU 2008.
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