The Ave Maria Chronicles

The Wanderer has an enormous amount of information on the continuing AMC vs. AMU crisis in its current edition, with online version of the articles available here.

The centerpiece of the material is a major article by Paul Likoudis.

Also included is an article by Likoudis on Ave Maria officials’ denials of charges of deceit.

And a timeline offering AMU’s point of view.

And a lengthy FAQ offering AMU’s point of view.

And an alternative plan by AMC faculty to save the college.

Meanwhile, Dr. Edward Peters responds to charges made against him by AMU officials.

And the Naples Daily News announces the cancellation of AMU plans to build a gigantic glass church which had previously been the subject of much criticism.

Meanwhile, the Ave Maria Parents’ site offers a letter written over a year ago by Dr. Janet Smith criticizing Ave Maria leadership.

And the parents reprint an open letter to Fr. Fessio and Nick Healy, calling for their resignations from the AMC board of trustees due to conflict of interest and signed by members of the AMC faculty and staff.

Current reports (not yet documentable online) indicate that AMC president Ron Muller has given a letter to the board of trustees calling for Fessio and Healy’s resignations and that an emergency board of trustees meeting has been called for today.

May I recommend prayer for the board meeting and for all involved in this crisis?

DEVELOPING HARD.

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

2 thoughts on “The Ave Maria Chronicles”

  1. This situation has prompted us to remove Ave Maria University (and Ave Maria College} from the list of potential colleges for our son. It had been on the top of the list.
    If they get things squared away before he has to make a commitment, we may reconsider.
    Ruthann

  2. how anyone can even consider sending their children to a college funded by a guy like this is beyond me not to mention the idiotic idea of moving out to the town that he’s building. Who does he think he’s kidding?

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