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Article: Welcome to Ave Maria
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- Winnipeg Free Press
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- August 19, 2007
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face=+Bold; Catholic community in Florida established by Domino's Pizza founderface=-Bold;
By David Casstevens
AVE MARIA, Fla. -- There is no mass transportation in this southwest Florida town.
Neighbours can walk or bike to the new Roman Catholic church.
The new K-12 Catholic school, which opens this month, is within view of the first Catholic university built in America in 40 years.
Welcome to Ave Maria.
"Some say 'That's a pretty name,"' said resident-to-be Stephen Narcisco. "I think of the Holy Mother. It's her town, a spiritual town. It's blessed."
Tom Monaghan, a devout man who founded Domino's Pizza and bankrolled the town and college with $450 million, envisioned Ave Maria (Latin ...