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McTeigue: Goals, resources and allies in the battle to restore the male soul (all present in Ave Maria)

 

In his latest column, Father Robert McTeigue “identif[ies] assets both spiritual and natural that we can bring to bear in this great struggle for men.” Father sent AveMariaLiving.com a note requesting that we link readers to it because in it he favorably mentions the town of Ave Maria, Florida. This is the second of three columns in which McTeigue addresses the cultural and spiritual battle for the male soul. The first column described “some of the academic, legal, social, cultural and economic forces arrayed against men as men, and pointed to [the battle’s] spiritual root.” In the upcoming third column he will “describe a concrete plan of life for the cultivation of authentic masculinity, addressing a man’s role as pilgrim, warrior and king.” The fourth column will discuss distinctively Christian friendship among men.

UPDATE:
1st column in this series: Modern culture has declared war on masculinity.
2nd column in this series: Goals, resources and allies in the battle to restore the male soul.
3rd column in this series: Male role models from Scripture, not GQ.
4th column in this series: Distinctively Christian friendship among men.

High School Rugby in Ave Maria - Papists

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Alex of Ave Maria - Alex Klucik

Saint Josephs Day Ave Maria

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Father Mayer with Bishop Dewane

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New in Town: Ave Maria Car Wash

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Last month a custom car wash opened at the Mobil station in Ave Maria.

They have a facebook page, which offers this information about their services:

We will be open for business daily from 9:30am to 5:30pm everyday except Monday’s. Closed on Mondays. All jobs are done completely by hand with no machines to scratch you vehicle. You definitely will see the difference and we promise to make you a repeat customer.

Sharing Ave Maria 16,000 times in One Year

Ave Maria Living Stats

The graphic below shows our website traffic statistics for the last 365 days. If you like what we are doing here to provide people with information about Ave Maria, then please let your friends know about us. We can always use a boost.

For the lasAve Maria Living Stats 2t seven days the statistics are even better – we had almost 1300 page views in just one week:

Mother Teresa at the Ritz

AMU had its big gala tonight (at the Ritz). The legendary Myra Daniels (may God bless her and this project more and more) and President Towey seem well-positioned to raise the millions needed for the new performing arts theater and Mother Teresa museum. I am a big supporter of this very worthy project, which will be about 300 yards from my front porch. But I couldn’t stop laughing at the first sentence of this story (close your eyes and imagine a wrinkled Sister in a white sari tapping her toes to the music):

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Click to read the original article’s first sentence

which brought this book to mind:

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Monsignor Albacete’s book “God at the Ritz” is excellent (if you live in town I’ll loan it to you)

UPDATE: As ever, the Ave Herald has the best coverage of the gala:

“You have blessed me by giving me the chance to do this,” Mrs. Daniels said. “This is the most exciting thing I have done. It’s needed, it’s wanted, and it will change the life of the students.”

and of the dedication of the temporary home of the Mother Teresa Museum:

Sr. Lima Marie told the group, “I really feel the presence of Mother here. Anyone who visits won’t be the same person when they come out of this room.”

Things to do in Ave Maria

There’s always something going on in Ave Maria. Here are some suggestions. And the Herald is always worth a look:

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