Guy James warned us about Naples.
http://www.detnews.com/2004/schools/0404/03/schools-111502.htmSaturday, April 3, 2004
Monaghan's Ave Maria University emerges in southwest Florida
By Ken Thomas / Associated Press
Scott Martin / Associated Press
NAPLES, Fla. -- Ave Maria University, the nation’s first Roman Catholic university in four decades, aims to be different.
Only months into its first year, the university has outlined plans to build a prairie-style campus surrounding a gleaming, towering church -- expected to be among the nation’s largest -- while offering a liberal arts education that remains faithful to the church’s teachings.
The school befits the example set by founder Thomas Monaghan, who has pledged $240 million of his fortune amassed from Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Domino’s Pizza to build the campus and another $300 million to establish an endowment.
“The bottom line is to help people get to heaven,” said Monaghan, the founder of the pizza chain and a former owner of the Detroit Tigers. “And I feel the best way to do that as a Catholic is to help strengthen the Catholic church.”
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