Weekends At Ave
On Sunday I watched Ave Maria University vans unload supplies and luggage after an off-campus retreat that our Campus Minister Fr. Rick led the previous three days. It was a huge success and over 100 students attended. Last week, too, saw dozens of Ave students in the Mother Teresa Project go to Immokalee to mentor the youth of this farmworker community at the Immokalee Soccer School (and tonight another group will go for weekly engagement with those kids). Last night Mary and I hosted some of our Mother Teresa missionaries for a cookout as they reminisced about their experiences in Calcutta, Haiti, Mexico, Brazil, the DR, Washington, DC, and Uganda.
Value + Values.
An incredible experience at an exceptional price.
NAIA, The Sun Conference, and NWLL
Competing in sixteen varsity sports.
The Ave Maria University Athletics Department strives to enable students to live out Pope John Paul II’s vision of sports and the overall idea of physical, moral and social development through its athletic programs. The program provides students with a constructive learning experience that enables significant growth and enhances the development of values that will be critical for personal and professional success in the future.
Vibrantly Catholic
Ave Maria University is a Catholic, liberal arts institution of higher learning devoted to Mary the Mother of God, inspired by St. John Paul II and St. Teresa of Calcutta, and dedicated to the formation of joyful, intentional followers of Jesus Christ through Word and Sacrament, scholarship and service.
Ave Maria, Florida Our Home
Ave Maria is located in beautiful southwest Florida, just thirty minutes east of Naples, and an hour and a half from Miami.
Located in the center of town is the Ave Maria Catholic Church, an architectural feat. Surrounding the Church is the Piazza Town Center, with popular student food favorites like Avecado’s, The Pub, Tropical Smoothie Cafe, and Gino’s Italian Restaurant.
Ave Maria is also home to the Braden Clinic, Publix grocery store, Mobil Gas Station, and First Florida Integrity Bank.
