The Donahue Academy of Ave Maria Varsity Scholar Bowl Team placed third in the Collier County championships held Saturday. Michael John Dauphinais also was chosen to participate in the Varsity All-Star Team that will represent the county in the state tournament in April in Orlando. Above, Michael John Dauphinais and Christine Lenardson are in the foreground, Joe and Andrew Guernsey in background.
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UPDATE: Fire crews from Immokalee, Big Corkscrew and the state forestry department quickly contained a brush fire that broke out shortly after 11 a.m. Monday just north of the Donahue Academy of Ave Maria.
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The top-seeded Lady Gyrenes walloped Penn State-Beaver 80-55 Saturday to win Ave Maria University's first national sports title -- the championship of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association. The AMU Men lost in the finals to Southern Virginia.
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A one-day conference put on by a group of Ave Maria University students March 19 aims to help young women sort out options as career professionals and mothers. Speakers include Kathryn Lopez, an editor with National Review magazine, and Leah Darrow, a former contestant on America's Top Model who now speaks on Catholic issues. Above, Mary Hardy (L) and Eileen Gallagher, two of the conference organizers.
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Mr. Robilette, an international concert pianist and cultural ambassador, will perform a program of "Catholic Composers" at 8 p.m. March 16 in the Ave Maria University Student Union ballroom.
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Opera Naples is auditioning for people to sing in the chorus for the Verdi Requiem Mass, which will be performed in Ave Maria March 27 and in Naples March 31 and April 2.
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The Jackson Laboratory, which had planned to build a facility to anchor a biomedical research village near Ave Maria, has announced it will establish its lab in Sarasota County, pending local approvals.
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The Ave Maria women's basketball team is the top seed in the national championships of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association, an organization of schools with enrollment under 2,000. The tournament begins today in Pennsylvania. Above, the team with coach Bob Batson (photo AMU Athletics).
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The Major League Soccer Chicago Fire is heading north after spending about two weeks training in Ave Maria. Players and coaches said they loved their time in Ave Maria and hoped training in town would be part of their annual routine. Above, the team presented a jersey to Ave Maria University founder Tom Monaghan outside the oratory. (photo by Michael Mastandrea)
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La Piazza sparkled with reflections from chrome and high-gloss metalic paint on hot rods and muscle cars as members of the West Coast Muscle Car Club displayed their prized posessions Saturday. Above, the Dixieland Jazz Band plays behind a custom Model T.
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Jim Towey said he plans to spend time in Ave Maria every week as he prepares to assume the role of CEO and president of Ave Maria University July 1. He spoke with The Ave Herald about his plans, priorities and what influenced his decision to take the job. Above, Mr. Towey (l) with AMU history professor Dr. Geoffrey Hass at a faculty reception. (photo courtesy AMU)
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About 100 students, faculty and town residents enjoyed watching the classic Frank Capra film It Happened One Night outside The Bean of Ave Maria on a balmy night Thursday. Above, scholar and critic Dr. Morris Dickstein delivering a talk on Frank Capra after the screening, a presentation of the AMU Film Society.
The shop, located across from The Bean in the Ave Maria town center, caters to families, selling new kids' clothing as well as "recycled" clothes on consignment, accessories and toys. Above, proprietor Brooke Rowe, at right, with store helpers Christina and Nicole Ledesma.
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A crowd estimated at as many as 1,000 people jammed the east sideline at North Park Thursday night for an exhibition soccer game between the MLS Chicago Fire and Florida Gulf Coast University. The teams played three 30-minute periods, with FGCU coming from behind in the third to tie the game 2-2.
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 A new volume showcases the work of nine poets who submitted entries in a national contest for poems about The Annunciation. The poems in The Annunciation in Poetry and Sculpture are set against the backdrop of color photographs of the creation of the marble sculpture of The Annunciation carved for the façade of the Ave Maria oratory.
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 The Ave Maria University Chamber Choir will perform a program entitled "Mozart and the Glory of Salzburg" with a professional orchestra at Moorings Presbyterian Church in Naples Sunday afternoon.
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Jim Towey, the next president and CEO of Ave Maria University, told the National Catholic Register his visit to the town and campus in January was the key factor in his decision process. "What really swung me was the visit to the campus in January to speak there. I was so surprised. It was something I had never seen before." He also said that Cardinal Wuerl of Washington " twisted my arm a little bit when I was discerning to take the job. That, to me, is a good sign that so much of America’s Church leadership is excited about Ave Maria."
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The Mass for "Terri's Day" will be held at Ave Maria University for the third consecutive year at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 31, with Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life as the principal celebrant.
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Ave Maria University announced Thursday that Jim Towey, a lawyer with experience in academia, government and Catholic missionary work, will be the university's president and CEO effective July 1. Current President Nick Healy will remain involved as President Emeritus and founder Tom Monaghan will step back from day-to-day management, the university announced. Above, Mr. Towey at the lectern with (l-r) Mr. Healy, board chairman Michael Timmis and Mr. Monaghan.
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