Ave Maria University News

Former Ave Maria University President Nick Healy is assisting a group dedicated to creating a new Catholic college in Ireland.

Standard and Poor's Rating Services has reviewed Ave Maria University's finances and gave Ave Maria a "stable outlook" and a "BBB-" investment rating.

CBN News recently featured a story on Ave Maria University's decision to continue to defy the federal government's HHS mandate.

"Despite assurances from the Administration to the contrary, this mandate would still insist that every employee at Catholic universities and colleges be enrolled in an insurance regiment that includes abortion causing drugs," said Monsignor Stuart Swetland.

A U.S. District Court judge dismissed Ave Maria University's lawsuit against the HHS mandate.

Ave Maria University in Florida recently announced the creation of two new undergraduate majors in Education and Accounting.

Ave Maria University President Jim Towey and University of Notre Dame history professor R. Scott Appleby recently faced off with Ray Suarez on the PBS NewsHour.

In response to Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, several Catholic university presidents participated in an exclusive Cardinal Newman Society symposium examining the Holy Father's legacy on Catholic higher education.

In honor of Pope Benedict XVI, Ave Maria University is hosting a number of events taking place Feb. 26 and Feb. 27.

Professor John M. Rist, the Chair of the philosophy department at the Catholic University of America will give the Third Annual Aquinas Lecture today at Ave Maria University.

This week’s 40th anniversary of the tragic Roe v. Wade ruling is marked by the participation tomorrow of several faithful Catholic colleges and universities in the Washington, D.C., March for Life.

The founder of Ave Maria University  is suing the federal government over the HHS mandate which will force companies and religious institutions to provide coverage for contraceptives, abortifacients, and sterilization procedures.

Ave Maria University President Jim Towey reportedly told faculty, staff and University supporters in an end-of-year message that the faithful Catholic college had a good year in 2012, but things look even better for the future.

Austin Ruse, president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, recalls some of the growing pains that occurred at Ave Maria University’s School of Law in years past and said that the troubling times are behind the Catholic law school.

Many Catholic colleges and universities are taking part in the “Year of Faith” proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI, with spiritual and academic activities aimed at strengthening faith on campus, according to a new report published by The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS).

The Cardinal Newman Society today released the 2012-2013 edition of The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College with significant new features, as well as a new companion magazine for Catholic high school students and their parents titled My Future, My Faith.

Three colleges that appear in The Newman Guide for their fidelity to Catholic teaching were recently honored by the American Council of College Trustees and Alumni for the strength of their curriculum. Many others received high marks as well.

Given the large numbers of Catholic students who compromise or even abandon their faith while in college, especially at secular institutions but even at many historically Catholic universities, Catholic families no doubt appreciate good advice on “keeping your faith at college.”

It started in response to scandal. A group of professors at the University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law lost their jobs after protesting a decision to have a pro-abortion judge give the oath of commitment at the end of a school-sponsored Red Mass for lawyers.

Jim Towey, president of Ave Maria University writes about the Obama Administration’s assault on religious freedom and laments the loss of pro-life Democrats like former Pennsylvania Governor Bob Casey.

Catholic families have a right to know which theology professors have the mandatum, and Catholic colleges and universities should require it as a condition for employment, affirmed the Vatican’s chief judge Cardinal Raymond Burke in a new report.

In a blow to religious liberty, a federal judge has dismissed a federal lawsuit in which Nebraska and six other states along with a number of other plaintiffs tried to block part of the federal health care law that requires contraception coverage.

Freedom isn’t free.  And it turns out that religious freedom may become extremely expensive in the near future.

Celebrating 20th anniversary of John Paul II's Mulieris Dignitatem

"Advocate for Life" scholarships...

Santorum earned a reputation as one of the most pro-Life senators . . .

"... this fact has radical consequences with regard to the study of his works."

The Diocese of Venice and Ave Maria University announced yesterday that Bishop Frank Dewane will dedicate the “Parish of the Ave Maria Oratory” on Monday, March 31.

As the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision approaches, the Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) applauded the witness of Catholic colleges to the pro-life movement.

As 225 Jesuit delegates meet in Rome to elect a new superior and consider the future direction of the Society of Jesus, the Cardinal Newman Society today called upon Jesuit educators and leaders to take up the renewal of Catholic higher education.

Two of the older colleges included in The Newman Guide to Choosing a Catholic College: What to Look For and Where to Find It have announced that they have record enrollment numbers for the 2007-08 academic year.