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Article: Town of Ave Maria open to all, developers say
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- July 28, 2007
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NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - No, of course not, Ave Maria is not a Roman
Catholic town, its builders say. Why would you think such a thing?
Yes, the streets have names such as Annunciation Circle and John
Paul II Boulevard. The town is laid out to catch the sunrise at a
certain angle each March 25, the day Catholics celebrate the Feast of
Annunciation. And the Catholic university whose towering 10-story
church dominates the landscape bans condoms and warns that premarital
sex can be grounds for expulsion.
But Ave Maria is open to everyone, said Blake Gable, project
manager for the Barron Collier Cos., which is building the new town
in partnership with Domino's Pizza founder Thomas Monaghan, an ardent ...