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SPRING 2016
OUR LADY OF
GUADALUPE PRAYER
GARDENNEW STATUE
DEDICATED
The Ave Maria University community gathers at the
annual Feast of the Annunciation celebration in April.
PHOTO BY DAVID ALBERS
Contents 03 Letter from the President04 News07 Faculty11 Speaker Series26 Campus Community28 University Digest31 Giving32 Athletics Update34 In Memoriam36 President’s Blog
12COVER STORY: AM I NOT HERE, I, WHO AM YOUR MOTHER?Ave Maria University dedicates the Our Lady of Guadalupe Statue and Prayer Garden.
16WHERE ARE THEY GOING?Meet nine graduates from the Class of 2016 that have hopes of changing the world.
20THE FIFTH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP DINNERHis Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan provided lots of laughter in his keynote address, and also shared his heartfelt belief that AMU students are making a difference through the recipe of reason, love, and joy.
22LEAVING LEGACIESAve Maria University is known for its nobility. Meet just a few of the University’s many legacy families that have put their faith in Our Lady’s hands and supported AMU since its infancy.
24IT’S IN THE DETAILSCanizaro Library Director Jennifer Nodes works to keep the library crisp with content to inspire and intrigue.
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SPRING 2016VOLUME 6, ISSUE 1
PRESIDENTJIM TOWEY
EDITORCOLIN VOREIS
CONTRIBUTORSSTEPHEN AKERSJOSHUA AMBEAUSARAH BLANCHARDJOSIE HARTNEYSTACY LAFFEREVERONICA MACIASEMMA MARTIN
PHOTOGRAPHYDAVID ALBERSGRACE CABREYCHRIS DECLEENENICHOLE KENDALLTHOMAS GREENFIELDJEREMIAH RAPPLEYOSCAR VALLE
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and dedicated to the formation of joyful, intentional
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scholarship and service.
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Letter from President Towey
This academic year had many
significant milestones: our
reaccreditation through 2025;
growth to over 75 faculty
members, with new professors bearing
diplomas from Stanford, MIT, and other
prestigious universities; a new high in the
number of service hours by our students
in the Mother Teresa Project; and new
heights of intellectual rigor with a wide
range of conferences, guest speakers, and
topics (such as Thomism and the mystery
of predestination, Humanae Vitae, poverty,
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s
life, and religious liberty, among others).
This issue of the magazine details the
impressive scholarship of our faculty and
underscores their vital importance to the
University.
This year had other highlights. My wife
Mary and I had the privilege of personally
conveying AMU’s love and prayers directly
to His Holiness Pope Francis at the con-
clusion of his trip to the United States. The
group of AMU students and Vice President
Julie Cosden who accompanied us on the
trip will never forget the Pope’s farewell
liturgy in Philadelphia that put the “Mass”
in massive.
And this year, having two American Car-
dinals – Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese
of New York and trustee Seán O’Malley
of Boston – address AMU audiences,
underscored the merciful plan of God in
conveying the keys of the Kingdom to St.
Peter, his successors and those bishops in
communion with them. One would expect
no less during the Jubilee year of Mercy!
This year a group of AMU students
joined me in a regular study of the Gospel
of Luke. We concluded with a look at the
Easter story of the two disciples heading
toward Emmaus at sunset. We read how
Jesus led them gently to greater under-
standing, revealed Himself in the breaking
of the bread, and turned their disillu-
sionment into joy. Subsequently Jesus
appeared to the Eleven and said, “Remain
here in the city until you are clothed in
power from on high.” It was a new day for
all of them.
A faithful Christian journey is about
sunrises, not sunsets. It is about hope and
wonder and community. AMU students
“remain here in the city” for four short
years and by God’s grace are “clothed with
power” to engage a fallen culture and
change it, not flee it. They do this joyfully,
and this year our largest graduating class
ever (our first over 200) will be sent out
with hearts burning like those who met
the resurrected Jesus in Emmaus. Like the
disciples, AMU students leave our campus
ready to set the world on fire.
That’s the Ave difference. I hope you get
a glimpse of it in this edition!
Kind regards,
Jim Towey
President
President Towey shares a laugh with men’s basketball student-athletes Martez Harris (‘16, left) and Eric Richardson (‘18, right).
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AMU REACCREDITED THROUGH 2025
On December 8, 2015, Ave Maria’s regional accred-itation association, Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), reaccred-ited the University through 2025. Regional accreditation allows the University to receive Federal Financial Aid (Title IV) for students in the form of grants and loans.
Reaccreditation was a three-year process, which began in 2012 with the implementation of institutional effectiveness and assessment processes. A SACSCOC leadership team was formed, chaired by then
VPAA Dr. Michael Dauphinais, to guide the process. In 2013, the Uni-versity began work on its Compli-ance Certification report, consist-ing of over 500 pages of narrative and 1000 exhibits demonstrating that AMU meets the 90+ standards outlined by SACSCOC. The report was commended by an off-site review committee for being clearly written, thorough, and well-docu-mented.
The University is grateful to the members of the University commu-nity who put in so much hard work during the 30-month affirmation process, especially Drs. Michael
Dauphinais, Seana Sugrue, Gabriel Martinez, Jorge Calvo, Keith Houde, and Christopher Alexan-der, as well as administrators Bob Farnham, Eddie Dejthai, Helen Altomari, and Christy Dorer.
Dr. Michael Dauphinais, who oversaw the reaccreditation pro-cess, commented: “I am grateful to have been a part of the Universi-ty’s first ten-year reaffirmation of accreditation. It was a delight to have worked closely with so many dedicated professionals among the faculty and staff, who together made this process successful.”
—Sarah Blanchard
I N F E B R U A R Y, A M U ’ S B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S A P P R O V E D T H R E E N E W M A J O R S :M A R K E T I N G , C H E M I S T R Y, A N D M A N A G E M E N T I N F O R M AT I O N S Y S T E M S
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D I D Y O U K N O W ? C A R D I N A L O ’ M A L L E Y R E C E I V E D A N H O N O R A R Y D E G R E E F R O M A M U I N 2 0 1 0
CARDINAL O’MALLEY TO ADDRESS CLASS OF 2016
Ave Maria University welcomes His Eminence, Seán Cardinal O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., as the commencement speaker for the University’s 13th commencement exercises on May 7.
“We are thrilled that Cardinal O’Malley is able to be with us on this special day and I know our graduates will be eager to hear his remarks,” said President Jim Towey. “His life experiences, his close friendship with Pope Francis, and his consistent advocacy for the sanctity of life, the dignity of the poor, and the need for joy and mercy in the lives of Christians, make him the ideal speaker in this Jubilee of Mercy the Holy Father has institut-ed this year.”
Cardinal O’Malley is in his 13th year as Bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston, and 46th as an ordained priest. He was elevated to the rank of Cardinal-Priest in 2006 and is a key advisor to Pope Francis, serving as a mem-ber of the group of eight Cardinals assisting
the Holy Father on reforming the Church’s governance and central administration. His Eminence holds both Master’s and Doctor-al degrees from The Catholic University of America. He was a professor there for four years, and also serves as the Chairman of Catholic University’s Board of Trustees. He also is no stranger to Florida, having served as Bishop of the Diocese of Palm Beach prior to his appointment in Boston.
A record 211 undergraduate students are expected to receive diplomas this year. Re-cent commencement speakers at Ave Maria University include former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Governor Rick Scott, Librarian of Congress James Billington, and Dr. Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute.
Cardinal O’Malley is in his 13th year as Bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston, and 46th as an ordained priest.
GEORGE MARTELL/PILOT NEW MEDIA
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AMUNEWS
A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE: ST. GIANNA’S DAUGHTER VISITS AMU
St. Gianna Molla’s daughter, Dr. Esmeralda Molla, visited Ave Maria University during several months of travel throughout the United States. Esmeralda played a significant role in Pope Francis’ World Meeting of Families in the U.S. because her mother was selected as the patron saint for the event. St. Gianna Molla, Italian pediatrician, wife, and mother, is a great representative of motherhood and the pro-life movement. While pregnant with her fourth child, St. Gianna had to choose between saving her own life or her child’s. Despite the inevitable risk of death in giving birth during time of illness, she refused an abortion and hysterectomy. Esmeralda is devoting her life to spreading the message of selfless, genuine love which her mother exemplified.
On January 29, students were able to meet Es-meralda, a once in a life opportunity. She shared the stories of her parents’ holy marriage and life of sacrifice which led to the heroic decision of her mother giving up her own life for Esmeralda. St. Gianna’s daughter provided students with a firsthand witness of her parents’ conversations shared through letters before and during their marriage. “Esmeralda talked not only about her mother’s bravery, strength and love in giving her life for her daughter, but she also talked about her joy in caring for her father when he was unable to care for himself,” said sophomore Nora Anderson. “When I met Esmeralda, she encour-aged me to continue to be actively pro-life and that is something I will never forget.”
AMU Students for Life, the largest student organization on campus, attended the event, as well as a household devoted to St. Gianna Molla. One of the household members, freshman Katy Sherman, said of her experience, “it had such an impact because I was able to meet and speak with someone who is a living example of St. Gianna, whom I look up to tremendously and have a great devotion to.” Esmeralda plans to dedicate the rest of her life to her mother’s memory. She is raising funds to transform her family’s former home in Italy into a place of prayer and devotion. Many people ask Esmeral-da for prayers because of her spiritual connec-tion to St. Gianna Molla The unique experience of meeting the daughter of a saint is one the students will remember forever.
—Veronica Macias
St. Gianna household members meet Dr. Esmeralda Molla after her testimony to AMU students.
AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY THANKS BERNADETTE RIENZO FOR MORE THAN A DECADE OF SERVICE
Bernadette Rienzo has dedicated more than a decade of service to the Ave Maria community. After volunteering with the University for 12 years, her service was celebrated on her last day on campus in January. Bernadette joined AMU at the old campus in Naples, and continued to dedicate herself to the De-partment of Campus Ministry during the University’s forma-tional years. Her work with students and get-ting to know them on a personal level has had a lasting impact.
“Bernadette offered herself tirelessly for the students,” said Grace Cheffers, Director of the Mother Teresa Project and Service Learning at AMU. “Their problems mattered to her, and she prayed for each individual that she was helping.” Bernadette has always demon-strated an endless supply of care and concern for AMU students and the world around her, making her an integral member of the community. Ave Maria University would like to thank Bernadette for her tireless, self-giving service to the University community.
Ms. Cheffers also echoes this sentiment, “I would like to express gratitude to Bernadette for her many hours of service. She is a woman who exhib-its great faith and lives a thoughtful, deliberative life for God and others.” Bernadette’s service made an impact on everyone that she encountered, and Ave Maria University wishes her well as she moves to Washington D.C. to live with the Little Sisters of the Poor.av
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ABELLA, DAYAMI (SPANISH)PRESEN T ED PA PERS : “Desencanto y aniquilación en la obra de Gina Picart Baluja” and “Novela negra y ciencia ficción en manos femeninas. Análisis de la novela cubana en los últimos años,” at Taller Nacional de Literatura Fantástica “Espacio Abierto,” La Habana, Cuba. (August 21, 28)
BARBOSA, ANTONIO (BIOLOGY)SUBMI T T ED T WO PAT EN T S : US 62/175,066 and one filed. (January 6)
BAXA, PAUL (HISTORY)IN V I T ED ONLINE A R T ICLE : “Death at the Autodrome: Fascism, the Vatican, and the 1928 Italian Grand Prix,” for the AllRounder.com. (June 11)
BLANCHARD, MARY (HISTORY)ORGA NIZED SESSION: “Life, Death, and Family Connections in Anglo-Saxon Communities,” at International Medieval Conference, Leeds, UK. (July 6)
PRESEN T ED PA PER: “Servi Regis: Episcopal Preferment in the Community of the King’s Councillors,” at International Medieval Conference, Leeds, UK. (July 6)
BREIDENBACH, MICHAEL (HISTORY)AWA RDS : Shortlisted for the Prince Consort and Thirlwall Prize from the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge, for original historical research.
PRESEN T ED PA PERS : “Dignitatis Humanae and American Religious Liberty,” at Religious Liberty: 50 Years After Vatican II, Ave Maria University. (December 9)
IN V I T ED: “Conciliar Constitutional Theory in the American Founding,” at Rothermere American Institute Seminar in Constitutional Thought and History, University of Oxford. (November)
IN V I T ED: “Medieval Liberty and Libertas Ecclesiae,” at Intercollegiate Studies Institute Honors Program Conference. (July)
IN V I T ED: “American and Catholic at
the Founding: Dual Citizenship?” Intercollegiate Studies Institute Society Lecture, Ave Maria University. (April 22)
COLMAN, JOHN (POLITICS)PRESEN T ED PA PERS : “Diamonds From Dunghills: Thomas Jefferson, Religious Liberty and Free Inquiry,” at Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans. (January 17)
“Belonging to Oneself: Montaigne on the Art of Autonomy,” at Asso-ciation of Core Texts and Courses Annual Conference, Plymouth, Massachusetts. (April 10)
CURTIS, NICHOLAS (BIOLOGY)A R T ICLES : with N.E., M. Middlebrooks, J.A. Schwartz, and S.K. Pierce. 2015. Kleptoplastic sacoglossan species have very different capacities for plastid maintenance despite utilizing the same algal donors, Symbiosis 65: 23-31.
With Pierce, S. K., and M. Middlebrooks 2015. Sacoglossan sea slugs make routine use of photosynthesis by a variety of species-specific adaptations. Invert. Biol. 134: 103–115.
CURTRIGHT, TRAVIS (HUMANITIES)LECTURE: “Marina and Forensic Speech in Shakespeare’s Pericles,” American Shakespeare Center, Blackfriars Conference. (October 28-November 1)
SEMIN A R PA PER: “Ingenium, Rightly Understood: Augustine’s City of God and Sallust’s War with Catiline,” for The Center for Thomas More Studies and The Terrrence J. Murphy for Catholic Thought, Law, and Public Policy, University of St. Thomas, at “Utopia and the Roman Republic: Sallust, Augustine, and More in Dialogue.” (November 6-7)
A R T ICLES : “From Thomas More’s Workshop: De Tristitia Christi and the Catena Aurea,” LOGOS: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 18:4 (Fall, 2015): 100-126.
“Wolf Hall: Tudor History through an Anti-Historical, Anti Catholic Lens,” Public Discourse. (April 9)
“Why Thomas More is the Patron Saint of Statesmen?” Crisis Magazine. (July 30)
BOOK : Thomas More: Why Patron of Statesmen? editor and contributor, (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books: 2015).
CH A P T ERS IN A BOOK : “Introduction” to Thomas More: Why Patron of Statesmen?
Ave Maria University Faculty: Scholarly Publications, Presentations, Performances, and Honors
FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
BREIDENBACH, JANICE (PHILOSOPHY)SPECI A L SEMIN A R: “Thomistic Animalism,” University of Oxford, Blackfriars Hall. (November 27)
IN V I T ED LEC T URE : “Aristotle’s Political Animal and the Metaphysics of Freedom,” at Intercollegiate Studies Institute Honors Program Conference, “Traditions of Liberty,” Seattle. (June)
PRESEN T ED PA PER: “Against a Causalist Approach to Divine Action,” University of Edinburgh, School of Divinity, at “The Uniformity in Nature: natural laws, natural powers, or divine action? Conference,” with Sarah Broadie as commentator. (May 30)
CONFERENCE SPE A K ER: “Is Beauty Fashionable?” Fashion Institute of Technology, at Fashion Intelligence Conference. (April 11)
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FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
“Sir Thomas More and his Opposition to Henry VIII in 1533” in Why Patron of Statesmen?
DAUPHINAIS, MICHAEL (THEOLOGY)A R T ICLE : “Laudato Si ’ and the Selling of Body
Parts,” Crisis Magazine online. (September 22)
DINAN, ANDREW (CLASSICS)IN V I T ED RESPONSE : to Luca Codignola-Bo, “Roman Catholic Libertinism in a New North Atlantic World,” Ave Maria
University. (January 27)
PRESEN T ED PA PER: “Neo-Latin and the Jesuits in America,” at The Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington. (April 25)
FROULA, JEFFREY (THEOLOGY)CH A P T ER IN A BOOK : “The Passions: Some Key Thomistic Distinctions,” in Thomas Aquinas: Teacher of Humanity, ed. John P. Hittinger and Daniel C. Wagner (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015).
GUERNSEY, DAN (EDUCATION)RESE A RCH: with Donohue, D., Faith and Morals Language in Catholic School Teacher Employment Documents: Best Practices Brief, The Cardinal Newman Society’s Catholic Education Report, Manassas, VA. (June)
A R T ICLES : “Challenges and Ambiguities at the World Congress on Education,” Crisis Magazine. (November 25)
“A look at San Francisco’s new teacher contract,” Crisis Magazine. (August 21)
“Gay activists target Marin Catholic high school in San Francisco,” Crisis Magazine. (April 24)
“Reflections on an interview with David Coleman, College Board president and common core architect,” Catholic Education Daily,
Cardinal Newman Society. (December 14)
with Donohue, D., “Disconnect between common core’s literary approach and Catholic education’s pursuit of truth,” Issue Bulletin, Cardinal Newman Society. (May 28)
IN T ERV IE WS : related to education given in this past year to the Associated Press, US News and World Report, Breitbart News, EWTN radio, EWTN NewsNightly, Rome Reports, the Cardinal Newman Society and Our Sunday Visitor.
LAMB, FR. MATTHEW (THEOLOGY)BOOKS : Theology Needs Philosophy: Not Acting in Accord with Reason is Against the Nature of God. (Catholic University Press, 2016).
EDI T ED: with Matthew Levering, The Reception of Vatican II after Fifty Years: Retrospect and Prospect (Oxford University Press, 2016) 512 pages.
A R T ICLES : “Giovanni Sala on Lonergan’s Recovery of the Theoretical Way of Living,” Nova et Vetera, Fall 2015 Vol. 14, No. 3.
“Theological Indebtedness to Jacques Maritain” in the Proceedings of the American Maritain Association 2016.
CH A P T ERS IN BOOKS : “Fr. Bernard J. F. Lonergan, S.J.: The Gregorian Years” in Fr. Gerard Whelan, S.J. Lonergan’s Anthropology Revisted: The Next Fifty Years of Vatican II (Pontifical Gregorian University, 2015).
“St. John Paul II’s Thomism: Why
Aquinas is a Teacher for Humanity” in John Hittinger (ed.) St. Thomas Aquinas as a Teacher for Humanity (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholar Publishers, 2015).
“Christianity as Trans-political in the Work of Fr. Ernest Fortin, A.A.” in David Franks (ed.) God and Political Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Fr. Ernest Fortin (Boston: St. John’s Seminary Press, 2015).
LEE, SEUNGHEE (MUSIC)PRESEN T ED ORIGIN A L COMPOSI T ION: ‘Parakeet Dancing’ at the recital of pianist EunMi Ko, The Timucua Arts White House, Orlando, Florida. (December 6)
MCNULTY, DENISE (NURSING)PRINCIPA L IN V ES T IGAT OR: for “The Effectiveness of Using the Journey to Empowerment Professional Development Seminar to Enhance Nurses’ Sense of Empowerment,” presented at the Sigma Theta Tau International 43rd Biennial Convention, Las Vegas. (November 9)
NEW, MICHAEL (ECONOMICS)A R T ICLE : “Analyzing the Impact of State Level Contraception Mandates on Public Health Outcomes,” Ave Maria Law Review, Vol. 13:2 (Summer 2015).
NOVAK, MICHAEL (VISITING PROFESSOR)BOOK : with Paul Adams and Elizabeth Shaw, Social Justice Isn’t
LONG, STEPHEN (THEOLOGY)BOOKS : The Teleological Grammar of the Moral Act, second edition (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2015).
CH A P T ER IN A BOOK : “Is Thomism a Humanism,” in John Hittinger (ed.) St. Thomas Aquinas as a Teacher for Humanity (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholar Publishers, 2015).
A R T ICLE : “Brief Comment on Marín-Sola and Torre regarding Grace and Freedom,” trans. Fr. Philippe-Marie Margelidon, O.P., Revue thomiste, n° CXV (115), Année 2015.
S Y MPOSIUM PA R T ICIPA N T: “Creation ad imaginem Dei: The Obediential Potency of the Human Person to Grace and Glory,” Thomistic Institute of the Dominican House of Studies, “What is a Human Person?” Symposium. (March 20)
IN V I T ED LEC T URE : “Pruning the Vine of La Nouvelle Theologie in the Garden of Thomism,” Academy of Catholic Theology, Washington DC. (May 20)
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What You Think It Is (New York: Encounter Books, 2015).
NUTT, ROGER (THEOLOGY)BOOKS : Thomas Aquinas’ ‘De Unione Verbi Incarnati,’ Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations 21 (Peeters Publishers: Louvain, 2015).
PAKALUK, CATHERINE (ECONOMICS)A NNUA L C A LIH A N LEC T URER: “Liberty & Dependence,” Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, held at Ave Maria University. (November 18)
AWA RD: Acton Institute’s 2015 Novak Award Winner.
CH A P T ERS IN BOOKS : with JA Burke and A Widmer, “Solidarity and Job Creation: Substitutes or Complements” in The Challenge of Charity: Freedom and Charity Working Together, edited by Martin Schlag, Juan Andres Mercado, Jennifer E. Miller (Rome, IT: MCEBooks, 2015).
“With Motherly Care: Addressing the Crisis of Human Flourishing in Our Time” in Promise and Challenge: Catholic Women Reflect on Feminism, Complementarity, and the Church, ed. Mary Rice Hasson (Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 2015).
With D Allen and J Price, “Normal Progress through School: Further Results” in No Differences? How Children in Same-Sex Households Fare, ed. Ana Samuel (Princeton, NJ: Witherspoon Institute, 2015).
PAKALUK, MICHAEL (PHILOSOPHY)PRESEN T ED PA PERS : “Aristotle a Living Authority for the American Founders,” Research Seminar in Political Philosophy, Pembroke College, Oxford University. (February 18)
“The Notion of the Kalon in Aristotle’s Ethics,” and “Aristotle on the Missing Sense,” Research Seminars in Ancient Philosophy, University of São Paulo. (March 30-April 3)
“The Consistency of Rawlsian Liberalism with the Public Philosophy of the Founders,” American Political Science Association Meeting, San Francisco. (September 4)
IN V I T ED LEC T URES : “Aristotle on the Missing Sense,” University of St. Thomas, Houston. (April 9)
“The Notion of the Kalon in Aristotle’s Ethics,” Rice University, Houston. (April 10)
“Aristotle on Mildness,” Aristotle Workshop, Union College. (October 15-18)
“Aristotle a Living Authority for the American Founders,” Torrey Honors Institute Lecture Series, and seminar on “Mildness as a Virtue,” Biola University. (November 7-10)
RESPONSE : to Thomas Pink, “Dignitatis Humanae and the problem of Church and state,” Dignitatis Humanae Conference, Ave Maria University. (December 9)
A R T ICLES : “The Folly of Lifestyle Ecumenism,”
First Things. (September 15)
“Mercy and Lawfulness in Human Sexuality,” Catholic Answers. (November 18)
PARKER, BLANFORD (LITERATURE)SCREENPL AY: “Forgiveness,” sold to an LA production company. (July)
RAIGER, MICHAEL (LITERATURE)CH A P T ER IN A BOOK : “Cocteau, Opium, and Art: A Coleridgean Account of the Imagination as a Cognitive Power” in A Piercing Light: Beauty, Faith, and Human Transcendence, ed. James Jacobs (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2015).
RITTER, BRADLEY (CLASSICS)BOOK : Judeans in the Greek Cities of the Roman Empire: Rights, Citizenship and Civil Discord (Leiden: Brill, 2015).
ROMMEL, LYLAS (LITERATURE)PRESEN T ED PA PERS : “The War and the Ballet Parade,” Florida Conference of Historians, Florida Southern University. (February 13-15)
“Parade and the Avant-Garde ‘Total Work of Art,” NeMLA Conference, Toronto, Canada. (May 1-4)
SALLAI, LADISLAV (BIOLOGY)PRESEN T ED: Florida Academy of Science 79th Annual Meeting on March 20-
21, 2015 at Saint Leo, Florida.
“Taxonomic Revision and List of Cyanoprokayrota from Florida, USA.” T.E. Smith and L. Sallai. Florida Academy of Science. 2015.
“Determination of Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Oxygen Concentration and Algal Assemblages in Locations of Lake Okeechobee” L. Sallai and T. Smith. Florida Academy of Science. 2015.
“Determination of Nitrogen and
Phosphorous and Oxygen Concentration and Algal Assemblages in Caloosahatchee Canal.” M. Jones, L. Sallai, T. Smith. Florida Academy of Science. 2015.
“Determination of Nitrogen and Phosphorous Concentration and Algal Assemblages in Nubin Slough, Kissimmee River and Nicodemus Slough.” H. Dennehy, L. Sallai, T. Smith. Florida Academy of Science. 2015.
“Determination of Concentration of
TRABBIC, JOSEPH (PHILOSOPHY)A R T ICLES : “The Gods of Atheism,” Crisis Magazine. (December 11)
“Vatican II Followed Ottaviani on Church and State,” Crisis Magazine. (July 14)
RE V IE W: of In the Self’s Place: The Approach of Saint Augustine by Jean-Luc Marion (Stanford University Press, 2012) in International Philosophical Quarterly 55 (2015): 259-262.
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FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
Phosphorus and Nitrogen and Algal Species in Agricultural Fields.” J. Guernsey, L. Sallai and T. Smith. (Florida Academy of Science, 2015).
SCHECK, THOMAS (THEOLOGY AND CLASSICS)BOOK : St. Jerome: Commentary on Isaiah; Origen: Homilies 1-9 on Isaiah, Ancient Christian Writers No. 68 (New York: The Newman Press, 2015).
SMITH, THOMAS (BIOLOGY)BOOKS : with CJ Smith & T. Annang, Taxonomic Catalogue of Algae from Ghana (Africa) and New Additions (Algae Press, 2015).
Fundamentals of a Botany Lab Manual (Dubuque, IA: Kendal Hunt Publishing, 2015).
A R T ICLE : “Revised List of Algae From Sudan and New Additions,” (2015) International Journal on Algae 17(2):159-192.
SURMANSKI, SR. ALBERT MARIE (THEOLOGY)RE V IE WS : of Revolutionary Ideas by Jonathon Israel, in Heythrop Journal, Volume 56, Issue 3 (May 2015): 478-479.
of Aquinas and the Nicomachean Ethics, ed. Tobias Hoffmann, Jörn Müller, and Matthias Perkams, in Heythrop Journal, Volume 56, Issue 4 (July 2015): 692-693.
TAMISIEA, DAVID (THEOLOGY)MODER AT OR: and speaker, Society of Catholic Social Scientists, 2015 Annual Conference,
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CELEBRATING RESURRECTION POWER! by Sarah Blanchard
What exactly is “Resurrection Power?” The phrase is taken from The Letter of Paul to the Philippians, in which St. Paul writes that he desires to know Christ and “the power of His Resurrection” (Philippians 3:10). “Resurrection power can help us to rise above difficulties or to live well with unresolvable challenges,” Fr. Bob explains. “Resurrection power helps us to use both our reason to understand God’s victory over death and our faith to grow in our relationship with the God Who raised Jesus bodily from the dead.”
Fr. Bob’s new book features examples from Scripture and from the lives of the saints that illustrate victorious daily living and the conquering of ordinary anxieties. Life in our “anxious age” is often flooded with distractions and we can become weighed down by a multitude of concerns. Reviving the spirit of Easter, and letting the power of the Resurrection operate in our lives, is a sure path towards spiritual renewal, joy and peace.
Resurrection Power: Spiritual Solutions for an Anxious Age (Hobe Sound, FL: Lectio Publishing, 2016).
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ve Maria University’s Office
of Institutional Advance-
ment hosted a Speaker Series
highlighting the University’s
extraordinary faculty. Beginning in
early November, a featured speaker was
showcased every two weeks during the
high season months. Faculty members
presented on a varying range of subjects,
from the Presidential Primaries to the
message of faith and sport by Saint John
Paul II. Each presentation was held in the
Bob Thomas Student Union on AMU’s
campus.
A
To learn about future Institutional Advancement events like the speaker
series, visit avemaria.edu/events
January 29, 2016—Keith Houde“Athletes of the Spirit: Saint John
Paul II on Faith and Sport”
February 12, 2016—Seana Sugrue“Politics and Populism”
Dr. Sugrue discussed the rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders
as current manifestations of the populist impulse in America
and will put this current wave of populism in historical
perspective.
February 26, 2016—Paul Baxa“History and Hollywood: On the Uneasy Relationship between Historians and Filmmakers”
April 1, 2016—Catherine Pakaluk“The Future of Alternative Educa-tion: What Economists Have Con-
tributed to the Study of Education “
March 11, 2016—Michael Dauphinais“C. S. Lewis: Narnia and
the Crisis of Our Age” This talk considered C. S. Lewis’s legacy in his fictional stories and his philosophical writings. Using
some of the stories from Narnia as a starting point, Dr. Dauphinais
introduced listeners to central themes of his major works. Lewis
had an uncanny ability to state clearly objections to the Christian faith and then respond to them by rational argument as well as by a kind of disenchantment from the
myths of modernity.
November 20, 2015—Thomas Smith“The South Florida Ecosystem
– Habitats, Wetlands, and Wildlife”
November 6, 2015—Michael Pakaluk“Religious Liberty and Ethics in Light of HHS Mandate and
Supreme Court decision on Gay Marriage”
December 4, 2015—Roger Nutt“Expecting the Messiah:
Principles of Advent Mysticism” In conjunction with the beginning
of Advent, Roger Nutt answered five theological questions
that pinpointed the spiritual significance of the Advent season
and its relation to Christmas.
January 15, 2016—Michael New“Iowa, New Hampshire, and the
2016 Presidential Primaries”
SPEAKER SERIES
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UNIVERSITY DEDICATES OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE PRAYER GARDEN AND STATUEby SARAH BLANCHARD
Am I not here, I,
who am your
Mother?
J“Why did God look upon him?” Pope
St. John Paul II asked in his homily for
the canonization of Juan Diego. Why
was Juan Diego, a poor Christian Indian,
chosen to see and bear the message of
Our Lady? Quoting scripture, the Pope
continued in his homily: “God chose what
is low and despised in the world ... so
that no human being might boast in the
presence of God” (1 Cor 1:28, 29). The
proud and the mighty fight for attention
on the world stage, but it is the meek and
lowly—like Juan Diego—who reflect the
greatness of the Lord. God shines unob-
structed through the lives of those who are
humble.
With this in mind, it isn’t hard to
imagine why the Blessed Virgin Mary
appeared to Juan Diego. Who better than
Mary understands how the soul of the
humble magnifies the Lord? She too was
an insignificant member of her communi-
ty when God plucked her out of obscu-
rity and made her Mother—first of Jesus
Christ, and then, at Calvary, of the whole
world. Her motherhood sprung from
her humility; with an unadorned Fiat!
she accepted her calling to overflow with
God’s compassion and love, signatures of
maternal care.
These two things—the humble and the
maternal—are intimately united in the
Virgin of Guadalupe. Understanding from
her own experience how God loves “what
is low and despised in the world,” the
Virgin has a special care for the insignifi-
cant and rejected children of society. Juan
Diego’s childlike trust in God was met
with Mary’s maternal care. She responded
to the humble child with her own humble
motherhood.
It is with this same childlike confidence
that Ave Maria University has placed itself
in Our Mother’s care, first in invoking her
name as patron at its founding, and then
again in publicly consecrating itself to her
Immaculate Heart last year. The University
has united itself in her care for the “low
and despised in the world,” both in its
work defending religious
liberty, and as it fosters
compassionate care for
the poor through the
Mother Teresa Project.
On December 8, the feast of the Im-
maculate Conception of Mary and the
beginning of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, the
University once again embraced the Virgin
as Mother with the opening of the Our
Lady of Guadalupe Prayer Garden. At the
opening ceremony, students processed out
from Mass in the Oratory, crossed the canal
by way of a newly constructed footbridge,
followed a gravel path, and arrived at the
base of a 10-foot bronze statue of Our
Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Ameri-
cas. There, they renewed their consecration
to Mary’s Immaculate Heart.
On February 19, Bishop Frank J. Dewane
of the Diocese of Venice presided over the
official dedication of the prayer garden, of-
fering a blessing of the statue. “Under the
title of Our Lady of Guadalupe,” he said,
“this image will remind us of the close ties
of Mary to Jesus, to her Church, and to
Ave Maria.” Jerry and Linda Stafford, who
generously donated the statue in memory
of their son, Jerry T. Stafford (1966-1982),
stood by.
Deacon John Jarvis read from the Gospel
of St. Luke the account of the Visitation of
Mary, in which Elizabeth cried out: “Most
blessed are you among women, and bless-
ed is the fruit of your womb. And how
does this happen to me, that the mother of
my Lord should come to me?” In reflec-
tion afterwards, President Towey invited all
gathered at the dedication—trustees, mem-
bers of the President’s council, the Univer-
sity’s Founder, Tom Monaghan, Chairman
Michael Timmis, faculty, administration,
staff and students—to look to the example
of Juan Diego’s humility and ask, with
Elizabeth, “Who are we, that the Moth-
er of Our Lord should come to us?” The
JUAN DIEGO WAS AN insignificant member of his community when the Blessed Vir-gin Mary appeared to him. One day, as the Christian Indian made a path through the rocky terrain on his way to Mass, he noticed a light coming from the top of Tepeyac hill. There, the Virgin Mother appeared to him and called him “Juanito, my son!”
Left: Jerry and Linda Stafford stand by the Our Lady of Guadalupe statue.
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answer, he said, lies in the mercy of God,
which shines brightly in the person of Our
Lady. In God’s mercy, she was chosen to
be Mother; in her humility, she carries His
mercy to the world.
It is appropriate that the University be-
gan this Jubilee Year of Mercy by throwing
itself on the mercy of God through Mary.
With confidence in her maternal love,
the community takes shelter beneath her
blue mantel, there carrying out its work
united to her in compassion for the poor
and lowly, the meek and despised. “What
unites people at Ave Maria University,”
Towey said, “is a desire to be joyful,
intentional followers of Jesus, a love of
our Church, and a special devotion to la
Guadalupana, la Morena, la Virgencita. A
real desire to find ourselves through our
work beneath her mantel.”
The dedication ceremony closed with
a Rosary led by students. AMU junior
Victoria Antram said it was a blessing to be
a part of the event. “This statue serves as a
reminder that Ave Maria lies in the shadow
of Mary’s mantel of grace,” she went on.
“I gaze out from my dorm room window
every morning, and she reminds me to live
out her Fiat to joyfully accept God’s will. I
love the statue and all the goodness it fore-
shadows in this University’s future.”
The garden currently stands across the
canal on the westernmost edge of campus,
but, as the University expands over time, it
will eventually stand at its center. Although
not yet the geographic heart, the prayer
garden has already become a spiritual
one. Students are at the foot of Our Lady
morning, noon, and night. The garden
gives students something they have been
in “desperate need for,” John Gargano,
President of the Student Government Asso-
ciation, remarked. “It is a place of prayer,
peace, and consolation outside where they
can be with Our Lord and his Mother,
contemplating life under the watchful
eyes of the beautiful 10-foot statue of Our
Lady.” He expects the garden to become a
place of pilgrimage, one “where miracles
and conversions will unfold.” Who knows?
Maybe even a few AMU engagements.
“The Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer
Garden belongs at AMU,” Scott King,
Director of Mission and Outreach, said.
“Here, where the Blessed Mother is woven
into everything.” She desired a church to
be built on Tepeyac hill, he explained, “in
order that she might be present to us.” The
message of her miraculous image is that
she wants to be with us, and she wants us
to know that she is there by our side. The
statue of la Guadalupana in AMU’s prayer
garden is likewise a daily reminder to the
University community of Our Mother’s
presence. Her blue mantel is spread wide,
ready to cover those who, like Juan Diego,
place their trust in her. “I am reassured,”
King continued, “in knowing that Our
Lady of Guadalupe will be gazing upon
the students, faculty and staff of Ave Maria
University from Her prayer garden.”
The Virgin of Guadalupe continues to
speak to our times. There is a reason John
Paul II declared her Patroness of the Amer-
icas; her motherhood and her humility
continue to be relevant. We must work on
practicing the humility of Juan Diego and
look to our Mother for care. She will never
fail to respond to our childlike trust with
her maternal compassion.
“And should we be frightened…or
should worldly pusillanimity threaten us,”
Pope Francis said in a homily for the Feast
of Our Lady of Guadalupe, “may She re-
turn to speak to our heart and enable us to
hear her voice ... ‘Why are you afraid? Am I
not here, I, who am your Mother?’”
AMU students, faculty, staff, administrators, and community
members process from the Oratory to the Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer Garden.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
MEET A FEW OF OUR 2016 GRADUATESgoing?
The Class of 2016 is getting ready to take their last set of AMU finals, solidifying plans for next year, and visiting the soft-serve ice cream machine as many times as they possibly can before graduation. As they move forward to life in the real world, we asked some of our seniors to take a look back at their time spent at Ave.
Paula ShutePsychology; Shakespeare in Performance minorPlans: Going on to work in the psychology field or doing mission work with NET.What I’ve learned at Ave: My friends have been beautiful examples of true friendship to me over the years here, and I can’t ever repay all that they have taught me about love and self-sacrifice. And I have, hopefully, learned a few things about Psychology and Shakespeare. I have also learned to abandon myself and my plans into God’s hands. Ave helped me grow in many different ways, and for that I will always be grateful.
Joe GuernseyBiologyPlans: Attending University of Florida Medical SchoolWhat I’ve learned at Ave: AMU has helped me discover how to truly balance my academic, athletic, and spiritual life and has introduced me to the joy of a life in Christ in service to others.
Michael John DauphinaisPolitics and HumanitiesPlans: Attending law school (already accepted at University of Notre Dame, Duke University, and University of Michigan)Favorite AMU memory: Moot Court with Dr. Seana Sugrue in her Constitutional Law class. Nothing like a trial by fire to show that you have what it takes. Success feels so sweet when it’s earned.
Lexie HammerquistBiochemistryPlans: Attending medical school at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, NebraskaHow Ave has changed me:The Mother Teresa Project at Ave Maria University was very influential in my decision to go to medical school. The opportunities to work with the Missionaries of Charity have been truly life-changing. My immersion in their service and spirituality changed the way I see others and gave me a love for service which I will carry into my career in healthcare. I am very grateful for having received such wonderful formation.
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Sarah DownesBiochemistryPlans: Attending University of Louisville Dental SchoolHow Ave has changed me: Ave has formed me into a well-rounded person and a stronger follower of Christ. Ave has challenged me in countless ways and thus has served to strengthen me. This school has given me the opportunity to cultivate endurance, perspective, and hope. Life will bring much larger challenges, but with the experiences here, I am confident I can handle them well.
Jack YvarsBusinessPlans: Financial Advisor for Boston Partners Financial Group. Some future goals I have set for myself are to be selected for ACE (“achieving client excellence”) as an Advisor and to pass the CFP exam by 25.What I’ve learned at Ave: As a student athlete at AMU I have learned time management, discipline and self-sacrifice. Baseball demanded a large portion of my time and with a significant academic workload I quickly found that I would have to be disciplined and make sacrifices if I was going to be successful throughout my four years.
Emma MartinBusiness, Psychology minorPlans: Career at Walt Disney World, Inc.Favorite AMU memory: Some of my favorite Ave memories have been our Feast Day celebrations that we hold for All Saint’s Day, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the Annunciation. The whole AMU community comes together to eat, dance, and celebrate. You really feel the familial bond that is very unique to our university, and is definitely one of my favorite things about Ave.
Charlotte KunklerBiochemistry, Math minorPlans: Pursuing a Ph.D. in Biochemistry at University of Notre DameFavorite AMU memory: Performing with my friends in Ave Idol sophomore year. Ave Idol is one of our biggest, most popular annual events, and always promises a good time. Our lip sync rendition of “Dark Horse” featured our famous costume change mid-song, which won us runner-up for People’s Choice.
Daniel O’RourkeFinance and EconomicsPlans: Working for Raytheon in their Finance Leadership Development Program. My first rotation will be Indiana for a year, with my location and function changing yearly after that.What I’ve learned at Ave: Your college experience and postgraduate opportunities are entirely up to you. Your outlook and attitude totally define how much you enjoy and grow from your college experience. The school offers plenty of opportunities: you have to take advantage of them and work to make the opportunities your own.
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Nearly 400 friends of Ave Maria Uni-
versity gathered at The Ritz-Carlton-Na-
ples for a memorable evening to raise
money for scholarships and celebrate how
AMU students are “Changing the World”
through service opportunities with the
Mother Teresa Project. No other college in
the United States has a closer connection
to Mother Teresa than AMU, with hun-
dreds of students giving their hearts to
love and their hands to help the poorest
of the poor.
“When we created the theme for the
evening, we didn’t know that His Holi-
ness Pope Francis would soon approve
a second miracle for Mother Teresa of
Calcutta and plan her canonization for
later this year,” said President Jim Towey
during his address to the attendees. “It
seems tonight’s program to highlight the
experiences of our Mother Teresa Project
Scholars in her homes in India, Haiti, and
Mexico was divinely arranged!”
President Towey then was joined on
stage by Founder and Chancellor Tom
Monaghan and Chairman of the Board
of Trustees Michael Timmis to bestow
an honorary degree upon His Eminence,
Timothy Cardinal Dolan. In his keynote
address, the Cardinal provided lots of
laughter and his heart-felt belief that Ave
Maria University and its students are
changing the world through the recipe of
reason, love and joy. “You see the reason
in the very rigorous program of schol-
arship at Ave Maria University. You see
the love in things like the Mother Teresa
Project, and you see the joy in the smiles
on the faces of each student,” Cardinal
Dolan stated.
The second half of the evening opened
with AMU junior, Marianna Vargas
Ingoglia, a native of Barquisimeto,
Venezuela, who added to the evening’s
international theme with a beautiful
flamenco performance.
Four AMU students then took guests on
a trip around the world, speaking about
CHANGING THE WORLD
The Fifth Annual Scholarship Dinner
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their personal experiences during service
immersion trips through the Mother
Teresa Project.
Senior psychology major Paula Shute
traveled to Calcutta and worked in Daya
Dan, the home for handicapped children.
Sharing a personal experience, Paula
was singing a praise and worship song
when one of the very deformed and blind
boys reached out and touched her. And
in that moment, Paula realized that boy
had Christ in him and was sharing Christ
with her.
Michaela Cheffers, a sophomore and
Mother Teresa Scholar, participated in a
mission trip to Mexico City at the end
of her freshman year at AMU. Michaela
worked in two very different facilities
while abroad. Her difficult experience at a
government run facility for handicapped
and dying women gave her a greater
appreciation for a home with similar pa-
tients run by the Missionaries of Charity.
Catherine Popik, a senior biology
major, traveled to Haiti in 2015 and
shared a lighthearted story about helping
a Missionaries of Charity home with the
daily task of laundry. Her lesson: blessings
can be found everywhere…even in the
laundry!
Senior politics major Michael Reilly
spoke of his love of soccer and how he
was able to share his love of the sport
with underprivileged children at the
nearby Immokalee Soccer School. Mi-
chael shared how his time with the pro-
gram made him a better person, coach,
and Catholic.
The evening came to a close with a
candlelight recessional and a soul render-
ing vocal benediction by the AMU choir
that was received by thunderous applause
and rave reviews.
Plans already are underway for the 6th
Annual Scholarship Dinner to be held on
Thursday, February 16th, 2017. In light of
the choir’s magnificence, Cardinal Dolan’s
unforgettable address, and the students’
spellbinding stories, this year’s dinner
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Leaving LegaciesBY JOSIE HARTNEY
AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY IS KNOWN FOR ITS NOBILITY—many families have sent several
children to the University because of its faithfulness to the Magisterium of the Catholic
Church, its excellence in academics, exceptional faculty, and the tight-knit community
that has formed over the years. More than ten families have sent at least five children to
Ave Maria, and a dozen members of the Class of 2019 follow in the steps of two or more siblings.
Here are just a few of Ave Maria University’s many legacy families that have put their faith in Our
Lady’s hands and supported AMU since its infancy.
THE DEMASI CLAN
The DeMasi family from Munsonville, New Hamp-shire, will send their seventh child, Antonia, to
Ave Maria in the Fall of 2016, where she will join two siblings currently enrolled (Lily, ’17 and Kolbe, ’19). Surprisingly, each individual seems to have taken a unique road to get here. Lily began her undergradu-ate career at a private college in New Hampshire, but transferred to Ave after one semester. She loved what she found at Ave Maria, and encouraged her younger siblings to follow. “I told them that going to Ave was the best decision I ever made, and that Ave would chal-lenge them to be the best version of themselves.” Going to school with a sibling can make the jump into college life easier, something Lily really enjoys: “I love having [Kolbe] here. He is someone who understands me more than anyone else.”
THE HARTNEY SISTERS
All five of Dr. Tom and Judy Hartney’s daughters have attended Ave Maria University. While
there was no obligation to carry on the tradition, each felt a certain tug when it came time to choose the college they would attend. “While growing up, I heard my sisters talk about the same professors and their bonding experiences while attending Ave, so naturally I wanted to be able to share those experiences and memories,” recalls Bernadette Hartney, currently a freshman and a member of the women’s soccer team. The lessons learned and experiences gained at the University extend beyond the classroom and even past graduation. Annie (’14) reflects on the impact Ave has had on her sisters over the years. “I’ve witnessed genuine growth. Each of my sisters has been able to make her faith her own and to personalize her walk with Christ at Ave Maria.”
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A BUNCH OF BLANCHARDS
The Blanchard family from Littleton, Colorado, has sent five of their nine children to Ave Maria Uni-
versity—and even more impressive, four of the five that attended AMU married an Ave alum. Jacob Blanchard, a 2006 grad, is currently an Instructor of Biology at Ave Maria and is also pursuing a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Western Michigan University. His wife, Mary, also a 2006 graduate of Ave Maria, is a D.Phil candidate at the University of Oxford. Corey Blanchard (’17), is the only Blanchard currently enrolled at AMU, and is thankful that his brothers and sister paved the way for him. “I was able to really get a good feel of what to expect in college because of my siblings’ experienc-es at Ave,” said Corey.
MEET THE MULLALLYS
The Mullally family has sent five family members to AMU, with two currently in attendance. Thomas (’17) and Marie
(’19) are continuing the family legacy in the classroom and are also members of the Gyrene cross-country teams. Thomas feels that his older siblings have paved the way for him. “They have left an amazing reputation which I am proud of and honored to have the opportunity to live up to,” Thomas said. “I am extremely glad to have had siblings to volunteer with, pray with, play with and do every other activity on Ave’s incredible campus. However, by engaging in activities unique to my personality, such as run-ning, I have been able to form my own identity at AMU.”
A LOT OF LITTLETONS
In the 13 years since Ave’s founding, nine Littleton family members have pursued
higher education at Our Lady’s Univer-sity. Parents James and Kathleen Littleton wanted to send their chil-dren to an “authentically Catholic” university and have been pleased with their decision to invest in Ave Maria. “We have not had any regret. Each of our children has had an enriching and happy experience attending Ave Maria University,” the Littletons ex-plained. Four of their daughters have earned degrees from AMU, as well as the mother, Kathleen, who received her Masters in Theology in 2014. The Littleton legacy is alive and well with sophomore Fiona and freshman twins Maura and Clare currently attending.
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A L I B R A R Y C A N S I M P L Y B E a building filled with books, but it has the potential to be
so much more. At AMU, it’s a place where professors do a lot of their thinking, and
students do a lot of their studying. Research happens, classes meet, study groups
gather, and ideas are formed. All day long, there is a steady stream of people coming
in and out of its doors. For
many, there isn’t a day of
the semester that passes
without their setting foot
into the library.
“The Library is the heart
of the University; it may
not draw much attention
to itself, but it is vital.”
That’s how Jennifer Nodes
expresses the role of the
library in the life of the University. Miss
Nodes, who is Director of the Library,
works behind the scenes to help make this
heartbeat possible.
In 2005, Miss Nodes came to AMU to
found the Rare Books Department and to
start the University archives. As Curator
of the Rare Books and Special Collections
Department, she oversees the University’s
holdings of rare books, manuscripts, and
artwork. “When I heard about a collec-
tion being developed at a new campus,” she reflects, “I was interested in the challenge
of building something from the ground up.” She left her position as a member of the
Research staff of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and came down to Southwest Florida.
Miss Nodes received her Bachelor’s degree in English and Art from Northwest
IT’S INTHE DETAILS
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Jennifer Nodes works to keep the library crisp with content
to inspire and intrigue.
Missouri State University, and
her Master’s in Library and
Information Science with an
emphasis in Museum Studies
from Dominican University,
Chicago. Her educational back-
ground made it a natural fit for
her to oversee the installation
of the University’s art collec-
tion as Ave Maria settled into
its permanent campus. During
that process, Miss Nodes saw
the potential for using the second floor of
the Canizaro Library as a gallery space. In
2008, she had a picture hanging system
installed.
Left: Marie Constantin’s “Photographs of Mother Teresa” exhibit
Right: Director of Library Services Jennifer Nodes
Below: Students prepare for final exams in the library
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Since then, Miss Nodes has established
an exhibition program featuring several
curated exhibits per year of works by
local, national, and international artists.
Two exhibits of note for the University
are: “One Aim/One Vision: The Bolshoi
Ballet in Still Photography” and “Faith in
His Hands: The Annunciation Sculpture by
Márton Váró.” The former featured a series
of photographs, which are now in the
University archives, taken by internation-
ally acclaimed dance writer and photog-
rapher Marc Haegeman. The latter exhibit
documented the installation of sculptor
Márton Váró’s Annunciation Relief above
the entrance to Ave Maria’s Oratory.
Miss Nodes was also appointed Cu-
rator of the University’s Mother Teresa
Museum, which tells the story of Mother
Teresa’s life and works through story-
boards, photographs, personal docu-
ments, correspondence, memorabilia,
and relics. Overseeing the University’s
permanent and rotating exhibits involves
great attention to detail. For each exhibit,
Miss Nodes must decide what to display
and how to display it—from the logistics
of transporting the pieces to campus, to
the creative process of displays and sto-
ryboards, to working out the lighting of
the area around the exhibit. For example,
at the time of this interview, Miss Nodes
had just received an envelope containing a
checkered bed sheet from the Missionar-
ies of Charity—one of the numerous tiny
details involved in her current project for
the Mother Teresa Museum: a replica of
Mother Teresa’s room.
In spite of these various concerns, Miss
Nodes never looses sight of the whole. She
has a habit of applying the same standard
across the board; whether curating rare
books or setting up exhibits, she always
asks the question: “How does this fit in
with the University’s mission?” She looks
to interest the students and the faculty,
hoping that the books she curates or the
exhibits she creates will be opportunities
for deepening knowledge through discus-
sion and reflection.
She arranges receptions for the opening
of new exhibits, where students and
faculty have the occasion to meet with
the artist in person and discuss his or
her works. For example, local artist Joan
Brechin Sonnenberg was present for the
opening reception of the current exhibit,
“Boundless.” In 2010, principal ballet
dancers came to cut the ribbon at the
opening ceremony for the exhibit featur-
ing Marc Haegeman’s photographs of the
Ballet.
Miss Nodes has also initiated a program
of displays of material from the Rare
Books and Special Collections as a way to
introduce students to items in the Univer-
sity holdings that they would not other-
wise encounter. “The feedback I get is not
usually immediate,” she says. “Sometimes
it’s years later that a student will approach
me and mention a past exhibit and the
impression it made.”
Although she always tries to develop
new ways to generate direct response,
Miss Nodes is encouraged by the frequent
indirect feedback she receives, as profes-
sors pause to look at a painting on their
way to teach class, or students lean over
to ponder a displayed book while waiting
for the rest of their study group to arrive.
If the library is the heart of a university,
then Ave Maria’s is working hard to stay
in shape.
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1. Front Row, L to R: Prudence Robertson (‘19), Paula Shute (‘16), and Mary Catherine Beller (‘16) perform a scene from Newsies at the AMU drama club’s cabaret showcase.2. Students dance the night away at the Sadie Hawkin’s.3. Anna Richart (‘19) and Liz Kennedy (‘19) flash a smile during the annual Snowball in December.4. Students anticipate the synchronized swimming competition of Dorm Wars.5. Mother Teresa Hall, the 2015-16 Dorm Wars Champions!
DRAMA, DANCING, AND DORM WARSStudents enjoy campus life beyond the classroom
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1. Students attend one of 14 Bible studies led by President Towey throughout the academic year.2. Renowned Catholic author Christopher West speaks to students about Theology of the Body.3. The Ave Maria community gathers for a special Rosary procession to honor the Feast of the Annunciation.4. Dr. Scott Hahn attracted a standing-room only crowd for his talk titled “The Lamb’s Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth” this spring.5. Kristina Stark (‘16) enjoys a talk hosted by Campus Ministry at the Bean of Ave Maria.
JOYFUL, INTENTIONAL FOLLOWERSCampus Ministry immerses students in
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U N I V E R S I T Y D I G E S TRELIGIOUS LIBERTY: 50 YEARS AFTER VATICAN IIIn commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Dignitatis Humanae, the History, Theology and Philosophy Departments at Ave Maria University sponsored a one-day conference reflecting on the impact of the Second Vatican Council’s declaration on religious freedom. Dr. Michael Breidenbach, Assistant Professor of History and conference organizer, explained: “The recent threats to religious liberty—globally, nationally, and locally—have given the fiftieth anniversary of Dignitatis Humanae a renewed importance and urgency.”
The conference, which was funded by Ambassador Michael Novak and the Henkels Lecture Fund, featured internationally acclaimed scholars representing a range of academic disciplines. Speakers included Thomas Pink (King’s College London), David L. Schindler (Pontifical John Paul II Institute), Michael Breidenbach (AMU), William McCormick, S.J. (Fordham), Joe Trabbic (AMU), and Steven Long (AMU). Ave Maria professors Michael Novak, Michael Pakaluk, Fr. Matthew Lamb, and Seana Sugrue provided commentary.
The interdisciplinary nature of the conference enabled the scholars gathered to engage in a free exchange of ideas across academic fields. Breidenbach hopes to capitalize on the new paths of inquiry generated by compiling an edited volume.
THOMISM AND PREDESTINATIONThe Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal at AMU teamed up with the Thomistic Institute to offer a three-day symposium on “Thomism and Predestination.” The event brought in eminent Catholic scholars from around the world to discuss the question of predestination, drawing upon theological sources ranging from the early Church Fathers to contemporary scholarship. Fr. Serge-Thomas Bonino, OP, President of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas, and Secretary General of the International Theological Commission, delivered the keynote address: “Contemporary Thomism Through the Prism of the Theology of Predestination.” Other speakers included: Fr. Romanus Cessario, OP (St. John’s Seminary), Fr. Christopher Cullen, SJ (University of Fordham), Dr. Thomas Osborne (University of St. Thomas, Houston), Fr. Michael Sherwin, OP (University of Fribourg), and many more.
“Of course the distinction of our speakers was remarkable—minds of international prominence known for their theological and philosophic engagement with the tradition,” Dr. Steven Long (Theology, AMU) reflected. “The conference was tremendously successful, and its proceedings will be published and doubtless will be cited in scholarly conversations for decades to come.”
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REIMAGINING CARE FOR THE POORA group of thinkers from academic, business, and non-profit sectors, all with a passion for the poor, met to engage in creative discussion about the possibility of developing new, Church-based solutions to poverty in the United States, emphasizing the necessity for strong church communities in effecting social change. The conference was organized by the Stein Center for Social Research at Ave Maria University, with the support of the Mother Teresa Project.
Keynote speaker David Lapp (Institute for American Values) spoke on “A Poor Church for the Poor: How We Can Accompany Our Neighbors in Need – and Save Our Souls in the Process.” Lapp urged those gathered to heed Pope Francis’ words and think how we can be true to our roots as “a Church that is poor, for the poor.”
Other speakers included: Andreas Widmer (Catholic University of America), Erika Bachiochi (Ethics and Public Policy Center), Jonathan Reyes (Executive Director of the Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops), Robert Keith (co-founder & CEO of two high profile startups), and Robert Reynolds (Founder and Partner, Avesta).
RE-ENGAGING HUMANAE VITAEIn anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Paul VI’s Encyclical Letter Humanae Vitae, which was first issued on July 25, 1968, the Stein Center for Social Research, in conjunction with the Mother Teresa Project, held a conference to take a new look at the encyclical, its reception, and its continuing relevance. The interdisciplinary event, which featured scholars from the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, served as a commentary on the encyclical in light of relevant theological and scientific developments—such as Natural Family Planning, NaPro Technology, and John Paul II’s Theology of the Body—since the letter’s original publication.
Joseph Arias (Notre Dame Graduate School of Theology, Christendom College), Mark Regnerus (University of Texas, Austin), Andrew Beauchamp (Wright State University), Timothy Muldoon (Boston College), and Jana Bennett (University of Dayton) were just a few of the speakers present. Stephen Bullivant (St. Mary’s University, Twickenham), and Brett Salkeld (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina, Saskatchewan) were influential in organizing the conference with an eye towards producing a 50th anniversary collection of essays.
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GENUINE FEMININE 6TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE: “THE NEW FEMINISM” The student organization Genuine Feminine hosted its sixth annual conference at AMU this year, “The New Feminism.” Past conferences have looked at topics ranging from work/family balance, to the role women play in shaping social and cultural norms, to considering woman in her capacity as artist and muse, to the function of women in the political sphere. Each year, Genuine Feminine brings in speakers of note—such as Kathryn Jean Lopez (National Review), Kay S. Hymowitz (Manhattan Institute), Meghan Cox Gurdon (Wall Street Journal), Sr. Jane Dominic Laurel, OP (Aquinas College), and Dr. Pia de Solenni (Augustine Institute-Orange County)—who join in the students’ ongoing discussion of the nature of femininity and the practical implications of being a woman in modernity.
Christina Hoff Sommers, American Enterprise Institute scholar and author of Who Stole Feminism?, gave this year’s keynote address, “Freedom Feminism: What’s Right (and Badly Wrong) with Feminism.” Speaker Erika Bachiochi (Ethics and Public Policy Center) offered her personal testimony over lunch. The daylong event also featured papers and presentations by a number of AMU professors.
BUSINESS LECTURE SERIESThe Ave Maria University Business Department initiated and sponsored a lecture series aimed at introducing AMU students to the wealth of knowledge and experience found in business leaders and executives in the Naples area. “It is a unique way to introduce them to our students and to offer our students a wide range of real world knowledge in a broad array of business related fields,” said Mary Hunt, Assistant Professor of Business and Psychology and Chair of Business.
This academic year’s series featured: Myra Janco Daniels (former President of Roche, Rickard, Henri, Hurst, Inc.; Founder and former CEO of The Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples), Tom Hoban (Founder and CEO, Coast Group of Companies), Kevin Lawhon (Managing Partner, The South Florida Group of Northwestern Mutual), Antonio Lopez (Managing Director, The Access Global Group), Tom Monaghan (Founder and former CEO of Domino’s Pizza; Founder and Chancellor of Ave Maria University), Michael Timmis, Sr. (attorney, businessman and former Chairman of Prison Fellowship International), and Joseph Vumbacco (Consultant in healthcare sector for Equity and Hedge Funds).
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Detroit, Michigan native,
Louis Argenta joined the
faculty at Wake Forest
Baptist in 1988 and is best
known for co-inventing
Vacuum-Assisted Closure
®, a negative pressure
wound therapy that has
helped more than 10 mil-
lion patients worldwide.
Dr. Argenta is internation-
ally recognized as an expert in the science
of mechanobiology and its applications to
clinical medicine.
Argenta grew up an avid reader. He
discovered books by humanitarian phy-
sicians Albert Schweitzer and Thomas
Anthony Dooley III. By high school, he’d
chosen medicine as his field of study and
was class president and valedictorian.
He completed his undergraduate de-
gree, medical school, and internship at
the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
The Vietnam War brought a three-year
stint in the Navy, after which he returned
to Michigan for residencies in general and
plastic surgery. After tens of thousands
of surgeries, Argenta retired from clinical
practice in 2014.
Argenta and his wife, Ginger, a nurse
he married during medical school, have
eight children, including Sara (‘15) and
Claire (‘17). Over the years, the Argenta
family has made medical missions to 25
nations, repairing cleft lips, palates, and
burns.
Credit: Portions of this article originally appeared
on the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Intranet.
MEET TRUSTEE DR. LOUIS C. ARGENTA
ATop: Dr. Argenta speaks to a large group of
AMU students interested in entering the field of medicine.
Bottom: Biochemistry students Charlotte Kunkler (left) and Lucy Schlink (center) visit
with Dr. Argenta.
GIVING
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ATHLETICS UPDATE
A Sensational SpringAve Maria Athletics are in full swing as several sports teams have taken to the field and court this spring. The AMU baseball team picked up its
first conference win early in the season, defeating Webber International University 7-5 in
February. Senior catcher and two-time Gold Glove winner Conor Sullivan has re-estab-
lished himself as a defensive leader behind the plate after missing the entire 2015 season
due to injury. Sullivan recorded a perfect fielding percentage through the Gyrenes’ first
34 games.
In only their second full season of play, the AMU women’s lacrosse team has already
made a name for themselves. The squad upended fourth-ranked Tennessee Wesleyan Col-
lege by a score of 12-11 in March. Fresh-
man Mackenzie Tourville netted six goals
in the contest, including the game-win-
ning goal with 2:02 remaining.
Coming off of a strong 2015 season, the
Lady Gyrene Softball team was victorious
in 10 of their first 12 games to begin
2016. Senior All-American centerfield-
er Kingsley Avery and junior shortstop
Marinna Shadley have led the offensive
effort, each compiling an impressive
.373 batting average midway through the
season. The Lady Gyrenes hope to compete
for a Sun Conference championship again
in 2016, after finishing second in the
2015 conference tournament.
To learn more about athletics at Ave Maria University, visit www.avemariagyrenes.com
Go Gyrenes!
Left: Lacrosse midfielder Mackenzie Tourville (‘19) advances upfield in the Gyrenes’ 18-5 victory against the University of Pikeville.
Below: Infielder Marissa Conde (‘17) prepares for a ground ball during a 5-1 victory against Peru State College.
Bottom: Ryan Keegan (‘19) hits a single in AMU’s 18-2 victory over Florida Memorial in March.
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ATHLETICS UPDATE
As Ave Maria Football prepares for their 2016 campaign, they will be led by new head coach Joe Patterson. Patterson
joins the Gyrenes after spending the past twelve years as the head coach at St.
John’s College High School in Washington D.C. During his time at St. John’s,
Patterson posted a record of 76-54, including 10 playoff appearances.
Academics are important for Patterson, as his team at St. John’s achieved an
average GPA of 3.0 or higher in nine out of twelve seasons. Patterson grad-
uated Summa Cum Laude from Villanova University and received a Master’s
Degree from Catholic University of America. While at St. John’s, he taught
Honors Literature and won multiple Teacher of the Year Awards.
Patterson looks forward to leading the Gyrenes in his first season this fall.
He commented, “I’m excited about the future of AMU football. There is
a great energy on the team.” The Gyrenes look to rebound from a 4-9 sea-
son in 2015, and hope to compete for a Sun Conference Championship.
Ave Maria hired former MLS midfielder Eddie Gaven as the new Men’s Soccer head coach this spring. Gaven played
11 seasons in the MLS for the New York Metro Stars and the Columbus
Crew. During his professional soccer career, he received two Humanitar-
ian of the Year awards for the Columbus Crew in 2008 and 2010 and was
named the team’s Most Valuable Player in 2010.
Athletic Director Kimberly King is excited to have Coach Gaven on
board. “Eddie is a perfect fit for AMU. He cares about the mission of the
school and can help us get to the next level of play because he has been
there,” Mrs. King said. “We are lucky to have someone with so much
talent and heart to coach here at Ave.”
—Josh Ambeau
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In Memoriam
AMU students met Sr. Gertrude during their time volunteering
with the Missionaries of Charity Sisters in Calcutta.
Remembering Sister GertrudeSister Gertrude, the second woman to join Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity,
passed away in December of 2015. Sister Gertrude lived a full and blessed life. Born in 1929, she
met Blessed Mother Teresa in 1946, and then joined the Missionaries of Charity three years later.
She was a doctor by trade and worked side by side with Mother Teresa caring for the sick. Sister
Gertrude wrote of her close relationship with Mother, “We became truly mother and daughter,
more than a sister or a doctor.” She shared Mother Teresa’s spirit and continued to radiate that
same spirit after Mother’s passing. Sister Gertrude’s fervent faith and passion for service and love
in action set an example for everyone she encountered.
Several Ave Maria students met, worked, and prayed with Sister Gertrude during their mission
work in Calcutta. John Gargano (‘17), reflected on his time with Sister Gertrude: “[She] was the
embodiment of love and joy. We had the opportunity to sit down and talk with her for an hour.
When she talked, you knew you were talking with a living saint. Her love for others could be
seen in her joy. What I saw in her were the charisms and joy that characterized Mother Teresa. It
was an unforgettable experience.”
Sister Gertrude will always be remembered for her tireless service and devotion to the poorest
of the poor.
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Modern-day MartyrsFour Missionaries of Charity Sisters, and 12
volunteers who helped them were massacred
by Islamic terrorists in the country of Yemen
in March. Ave Maria University mourns the
tragic death of these lovely women from Mother
Teresa’s order, and honors their heroic faith
and witness. Because Ave Maria University is
uniquely dedicated to honoring Mother Teresa’s
memory and continuing her work, our hearts
are particularly heavy with grief. Even the
thought of their reunion with Mother Teresa in
heaven is of no consolation at this moment.
These Sisters cared for the elderly and disabled
in war-ravaged Yemen and went to bed each
night wondering whether they, too, would be
carried off in the waves of cruel hatred that roil
parts of Africa and the Middle East. On March
4th, they were.
Let us pray for those grieving these senseless
deaths and the repose of the dead, as well as
for the safety of Fr. Tom, who is still missing.
Fortunately, Sr. Sally, M.C. survived. May our
consciences be awakened and enlivened by the
example of the Church’s latest martyrs.
-Jim Towey
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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Thanks To The kindness of eusTace MiTa, The
man who spearheaded the fundraising for
the Philadelphia leg of the papal journey,
and Carl Anderson, the Supreme Knight
of the Knights of Columbus and his wife,
Dorian, Mary and I were at the airport
hangar for Pope Francis’ departure and
his final U.S. event, and along the rope
line as he exited the stage. We kissed the
Holy Father’s ring and hand and, in my
awful Spanish, assured him of the love
and prayers of Ave Maria University.
I can’t say that he responded, “Wonder-
ful. How are the Gyrenes doing?” In fact,
he might have been puzzled by the mix-
ture of Spanish and Latin that he heard,
coupled with “University.” So he paused a
moment before he spoke.
And then he simply looked in our eyes
and asked for our prayers. Humbly, sin-
cerely, emphatically.
F R O M P R E S I D E N T T O W E Y ’ S B L O G
Pope Francis and Ave Maria UniversityH i s H o l i n e s s P o p e F r a n c i s k n o w s w i t h o u t a d o u b t t h a t Av e M a r i a U n i v e r s i t y l o v e s h i m . H o w ?B e c a u s e b y t h e g r a c e o f G o d , I w a s a b l e t o t e l l h i m .
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Moments later, as his tiny Fiat 500
drove past the hangar, I yelled to him
through his open window, one more
time, all of the love of our entire com-
munity. The assurance of Ave Maria
University’s love was one of the last of
the multitudes of expressions of affection
that he encountered during the scores of
events and countless dignitary lines he
walked during his six days in America.
Our Lady made sure that Ave’s voice was
in the chorus of acclaim.
What I do know is that Ave Maria’s flag
was firmly planted there, starting with
the stirring musical performance by our
very own Martin Doman, accompanied
on stage by his wife Charlene. He sang
two original songs that were well-re-
ceived by the huge throngs of people that
had already assembled in advance of the
liturgy.
The Lord allowed our group these
opportunities, I believe, because we are a
University after Pope Francis’ own heart:
humble yet proud, hidden yet already
national, rich in people, not money, and a
community of joyful, intentional followers
of Jesus Christ. We were there representing
all of the students, faculty, administrators,
staff, alums, donors, and friends.
And so I hope you will join with me
and do as the Pope asked, and pray for
him. Pray for him daily. Pray for his lead-
ership as he preaches the joy of the Gos-
pel. Pray for wisdom to guide his steps.
After this historic visit, he now under-
stands America much better and appreci-
ates it a great deal more.
And he knows that Ave Maria Universi-
ty loves him!
To r e a d t h e P r e s i d e n t ’ s B l o g , v i s i tb l o g . a v e m a r i a . e d u
From top left, clockwise
President Towey (left) and Vice President for Student Affairs Julie Cosden (far right)
with AMU students in Philadelphia during the Pope’s visit to the United States.
Assistant Director of Student Life Martin Doman performs prior to the Papal Mass in
Philadelphia.
Pope Francis celebrates the closing Mass of the 2015 World Meeting of Families.
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TAKE A TOUR
Student Ambassador Josh Ambeau (far right) shows AMU’s beautiful campus off to visiting students from St. John Francis Regis Parish in Hollywood, Maryland.
If you are a high school student interested in touring Ave Maria University, visit us online: www.avemaria.edu/visitcampus