Pilgrimage Statistics

Consecutive Days Riding: 50                             Consecutive Days Blogging: 51

Today’s Mileage:  10                                        Total Trip Mileage: 439

Holidays and Holy Days on November 29:

First Sunday of Advent – Christian time of preparation for observing the birth of Jesus Christ and is the beginning of the Christian worship year.  Advent is observed with the lighting of advent candles, display of wreaths, and special ceremonies. The season continues through December 24.

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 As I ride the bike this morning I am visited by contrasting emotions.  One is positive and tied to memories of my youth, the second is somewhat unsettling and associated with the pilgrimage site we are visiting today.

Advent Wreath

Today is the first Sunday of advent and will be accompanied by the lighting of the first of four candles on the Advent Wreath. The memories of the advent wreath in the Catholic churches of my youth bring a smile to my face!  It always fueled my anticipation for the arrival of Christmas.  I remember the excitement I felt as each week past, moving us closer to the white candle in the center of the wreath signifying Christmas day.  I wish I could report that I cherished the immense spiritual significance of the day, but like many, perhaps most children, it was the promise of Santa’s bountiful gifts that I anticipated.  One of the features of spiritual rituals and symbols is that they can become strong emotional cues which may or may not have direct

Santa bearing gifts!

bearing on the doctrine based teaching supporting the activity. Free enterprise and mass marketing provide us with a plentiful selection of gifts.  However, as a result of commercialism,Santa overshadows the “Christ child” at Christmas, and a Bunny carrying a basket of eggs and candies can overshadow the “risen savior” at Easter. While Santa no longer receives my wish list, the fond memories of simple, joyful times, of family and community still visit me at this special season.

Our Pilgrimage Site visit today, the ninth in our continuing series, is to a somewhat controversial site about 30 miles east of Naples Florida.  The site of Ave Maria Catholic University and the surrounding community. I struggled a bit with whether to include this location as a pilgrimage site.  It is not my

Ave Maria city center.

intention to blog on controversial or divisive topics. However, I don’t believe that one can be open to the diversity of religious and spiritual beliefs without recognizing the presence of differing opinions. In the end, I decided to include it because of the artistic efforts underway at the site.  Part of what is controversial about the site is the combining of a conservative religion with a university and a surrounding community, a community that is being constructed as an integral part of the church and university’s development.  The town center is dominated by the Ave Maria Oratory, reminiscent of a medieval European village with a cathedral dominating the center of town. Some people may see the community as one large religious entity.  They raise questions about who (business and/or individuals) is welcome to move into the community and whether voicing concerns about the community is the same as voicing concerns about the religion. Some have argued that this community is a shining example of freedom of religion and our right to congregate based upon principles of our choosing.  Others see it as a continuing trend toward a nation of gated communities, of “haves and have not’s,” of bastions of orthodoxy in opposition to contemporary morals and change.  I suspect both points share some truth. Let each reader decide!

Sunset near Ave Maria

To visit the site click on the Pilgrimage Site tab at the top of this page. If you wish to pursue the controversial issues further, I suggest the community paper web site www.aveherald.com for one perspective and www.theromancatholicworld.com November 23, 2009 and www.abovethelaw.com for other opinions.

Por Eugenio Perdomo

La noticia del día de hoy es el reconocimiento por parte de la Procuraduría General de la República, de que los acusados del supuesto y muy sonado secuestro al joven de Nagua, fueron ejecutados o fusilados por La Policía Nacional.

Ello figura en titulares del periódico Hoy, del periódico Listín Diario y muchos mas.

Como siempre la soga rompe por lo mas fino y se encubren responsabilidades dadas por ordenes superiores, pues señores esos policías no tenían razón para actuar así por si solos. Dios se apiade de ellos y les permita superar el terror para sacar la verdad a la luz y pueda aplicarse justicia si es que así puede llamarse a lo que se administra en nuestros tribunales.

En fin el Procurador ni menciona a los directivos de la institución, ni recomienda nada en cuanto a ellos, la cosa es que quizás como el no es mas que otro empleado del Presidente, después de consultarle a este, se viera compelido a exhimirse de hablar del Jefe de la Policía Nacional, a cuya compañía constructora el Estado debe sendo$ millones de pesos y perdurará en el puesto, al igual que otros familiares, socios y amigos, hasta que Don Leonel honre su deuda, independientemente que bajo su jefatura, se perciba a la Policía Nacional como a un verdugo medieval, del cual los ciudadanos tenemos que cuidarnos, en vez de como debiera ser.

Por todos esos atropellos el jefe continuará rezando, a fin de que se cumplan todas sus peticiones y se siga derramando sobre su persona, la dicha de la impunidad que le brinda el ser parte del clan Leonel.  Y  como católico al fin, cada vez solo necesitara confesarse con Agripino y rezando una que otra Ave María, mas un par de Padre Nuestro, le quedarán absueltos todos sus pecados.

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The Mac and Retna have once again gone big. The two artists paired up to paint a huge mural entitled Ave Maria, on the side of a building in Salt Lake City.

The day after Thanksgiving is informally known in the US as Black Friday. This is the day when many families buy Christmas presents. The highways and byways are generally clogged with traffic. Yet, with the economy the way it is, who knows how this year’s shopping trips will go?  If nothing else, there are sure to be some unseasonal bargains available.

If you’re staying close to home and want something new to look at on the Net, why not check out what’s been happening in Ave Maria, Florida?  If you’re unfamiliar with the name, this is the town that Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan brought to life in the spring of 2007.  He originally intended it to be a town for orthodox Catholics who wanted the freedom to attend Tridentine Mass and send their children to traditional Catholic schools, from kindergarten through university.  With everyone sharing the same values and devotions, it sounded like a dream come true.  Although I am naturally suspicious of any private-enterprise town, e.g. Celebration, the Disney town, I thought that maybe the Holy Spirit would work through Monaghan to make this an exemplary community.

I first read about Ave Maria in August 2008 in NaplesNews.com, which featured a report on the Dominican Sisters of Mary which established a teaching mission in town.  They wear the same habits that the order of Dominicans I had in high school wore.  And, just like in my day, they sound ideal for serious Catholics:

Assumpta, the Dominican’s founder, used to be a member of the Nashville-based Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, another popular orthodox order for young women. She started the new order in 1997, and quickly met up with Ave Maria founder Tom Monaghan, who has supported the group in many ways, including financially…

For Dan Guernsey, headmaster at Ave Maria’s grammar school, the Dominican Sisters teaching at his school was a Godsend. The nuns embodied an alternative, Guernsey says, to the objectification of women in popular culture. They showed that a rejection of that culture and an embracing of a holy life was not only possible, but, more important, is the path to happiness.

‘They are the curriculum,’ he says.

My hopes for success were further boosted last May when I read that Dr Thomas Hilgers, who gave the Commencement address at Ave Maria University, came down hard on Fr John I Jenkins, Notre Dame’s president, for giving a pro-abortion President an honorary Doctorate of Law degree.   

Now, on Les Femmes I see that all is not so heavenly in the town borrowing the Angel Gabriel’s greeting to Our Lady.  On November 15, 2009 Mary Ann Kreitzer covered the news that Ave Maria resident and journalist, Marielena Montesino de Stuart, is forbidden from setting foot in much of the town, which, let’s remember, is private property!  This is why I object to this type of community. This journalist has investigated the darker side of Ave Maria for the Catholic newspaper, The Wanderer. Mary Ann says:

With Mrs. de Stuart, the iron fist is up close and personal. The university has banned her from its property. But much of Ave Maria town belongs to the university so the de Stuart family who live there are forbidden from their own neighborhood. FOX news covered the story which described how her children are now afraid to leave the house. Makes one thrilled at the thought of living in that town, doesn’t it?.

That this type of action could take place at a campus founded specifically to advance orthodox Catholicism is shocking, but it’s become typical of how Ave Maria operates. Fr. Fessio was fired (the second time) because he PRIVATELY took concerns about the financial stability of the university to the head of the board of directors. Obviously the stability of Ave Maria town is directly related to the health of the university, so Mrs. de Stuart’s concern is well founded.

Mary Ann adds:

My husband and I welcomed Ave Maria with outstretched arms. We signed up for the Founders’ Club and began giving a monthly donation. When things started to come apart early on we reluctantly withdrew …

Pray for all who have been hurt during the building of this so-called Catholic University and town and pray especially for Tom Monaghan. A man with money who can call the shots that impact people’s lives had better be sure he’s doing God’s will.

Ave Maria University has undergone administration changes to both its undergraduate and law schools like a revolving door.  There’s too much to detail here.  But, you can click the links below to follow the story:

Ave Maria Law in Toilet — Tier Rankings, Again.  How?

Dean is Paid by School Board but has a Private Salary Contract with Monaghan and His Foundation

Ave Maria – The Promise, The Reality (Part 2)

Then, there is Ms de Stuart’s personal story, which she tells here in Ave Maria – The Promise, The Reality (Part 1). This woman cannot even attend Mass because, although she is allowed to enter the church, she cannot set foot on the property around it.  She wrote this account in August 2009, three months before that happened, though.  Here’s a taster:

Ave Maria is my second ‘prom­ised land’. When my family and I freed ourselves from the grip of the Communists in Cuba and arrived in the promised land of the United States, we left behind years of per­secution, political imprisonment, executions, and hunger. But most of all we left behind the inhuman practice of silencing dissent— si­lencing our ability to speak the truth of the injustices we suffered. Free speech, and the ability to express dissent is what separates civilized societies from uncivilized ones. It is what my father was im­prisoned for — and many mem­bers of my family gave up their lives for, as devout Roman Catho­lics. So, it is in this spirit of free­dom, truth, and loyalty to the Church, that I tell the following story…

Anyone who visited Ave Maria in the spring of 2007 could have easily compared it to the surface of another planet. The remoteness, and the absence of topographical prominence, other than the church and a few buildings, made it seem almost surreal. A place so barren could only be supported through the lure of big promises…

Within the first year, the disap­pointments and the exodus began. The moral conditions needed to support a project of the magnitude of Ave Maria were not there — not because there weren’t participants and residents supporting the moral conditions needed — but because many of the key players had gone in another direction…

Some of the faithful Catholic fam­ilies that purchased homes in Ave Maria, with great joy, sacrifice, and enthusiasm, have subsequently sold them at a great loss. Some seem to be ’walking away’ from their property. Others came, hoping to buy — then saw the disconnect be­tween the promise and the reality, then withdrew their offers on the purchase of homes. The remarks from those who have left or are try­ing to leave include, ‘it wasn’t what we thought it would be’ to ‘we want to put it behind us’ or ‘we cannot discuss it’. The Naples Dai­ly News reporter could hardly ever obtain an attributable statement about problems concerning the uni­versity and the town from a resident in nearly a year and a half, since the town opened.

It also turns out that Tom Golisano, a divorced billionaire who supports pro-choice candidates, will have an Ave Maria University building named after him.  Find out more here. 

You can keep up with the story at AveWatch.com in the blogroll.

Let’s hope that the good sisters are keeping Mr Monaghan, Ms de Stuart and Ave Maria’s other residents in their prayers. There’s a message here.  I’m just not sure what it is at the moment.

The Latin text of the Ave Maria prayer
set to the music by Franz Schubert

Ave Maria Gratia plena
Maria Gratia plena
Maria Gratia plena
Ave, ave dominus
Dominus tecum

Nunc et in hora mortis
In hora mortis, mortis nostrae
In hora mortis nostrae
Ave Maria!

Ave Maria Prayer : The Latin text of the Ave Maria prayer
set to the music by Franz Schubert

Ave Maria
German translation by Adam Storck from
“The Lady of the Lake” by Sir Walter Scott

Ave Maria! Ave Maria! maiden mild!
Listen to a maiden’s prayer!
Thou canst hear though from the wild,
Thou canst save amid despair.
Safe may we sleep beneath thy care,
Though banish’d, outcast and reviled -
Maiden! hear a maiden’s prayer;
Mother, hear a suppliant child!
Ave Maria!

Ave Maria! undefiled!
The flinty couch we now must share
Shall seem this down of eider piled,
If thy protection hover there.
The murky cavern’s heavy air
Shall breathe of balm if thou hast smiled;
Then, Maiden! hear a maiden’s prayer;
Mother, list a suppliant child!
Ave Maria!

Ave Maria! stainless styled!
Foul demons of the earth and air,
From this their wonted haunt exiled,
Shall flee before thy presence fair.
We bow us to our lot of care,
Beneath thy guidance reconciled;
Hear for a maid a maiden’s prayer,
And for a father hear a child!
Ave Maria!

Ave Maria

Sci-fi is all the rage these days. Made a sneaky comeback (or not) with Star Trek: NextGen and grew in popularity during the 90s until today. However, it is, by enlarge, on the soft side of the scale (downright mushy if you ask me). In the beginning (somewhere in the middle of of the 19th century) science fiction was truly speculative  fiction. New scientific discoveries accelerated the pace of technological advancement. They in turn opened up a universe of possibilities for adventure in far away places, like Venus, Mars, or the moons of Saturn. When man managed to reach earth orbit, hard science fiction became popular and distinct from the softer fluff of pulp fiction, which came to be known as space opera (as in soap opera).

The authors like Arthur C. Clarke took a hard look at the science in front of them and extrapolated entire universes bound by the laws of physics.  Overtime the science became a straight jacket to story telling and confined sci-fi to a sub-class of hardcore fans. Meanwhile franchises like Start Trek and Star Wars (who turned the concept of space opera upside down) went the other way and opened up the genre to millions of fans worldwide. Yet even after they encouraged a new generation of scientist and technologist to go farther in their fields, they still scratched their heads, “But that doesn’t work that way!“

Hollywood sci-fi has gotten so fluffy that all it takes to call something sci-fi is for the producers to declare,  “X IN SPACE” or “Y IN THE FUTURE“. Now not all shows or movies trend that way (recent SW and ST movies not withstanding). A few examples show that you can have a enough science to spice up your narrative without being strap down to a table for a extended session of electroshock therapy at the hands of astrophysicist screaming “THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE!”

Examples include: Firefly (no sound in space, not FTL), BSG/B5 (Newtonian Physics which makes for some cool space dogfights) and a few others (feel free to insert your own examples). By adding a few bits of real science you can break the mold and make your show cool again. Doesn’t mean you have to jettison all the softer parts (artificial gravity, FTL, space dogfights),  especially if you need them to make the story work for you. Just be careful that you keep it consistent and don’t abuse the applied phlebotinum.

In other words, you can still use science to wow your audience without pretending you care for the actual science.

By way of example, look at this short video. If that is not a gorgeous sight perfect for any sci-fi (or even fantasy) story, I don’t know what is:

AQUI PUEDES DESCARGAR GRATIS LA PARTITURA PARA PIANO Y VOZ DEL AVE MARIA DE SHUBERT. FORMATO PDF.

Ave Maria Shubert

Credit: The über-talented jenleighbarry.

When the official announcement was made that David Archuleta would release a Christmas album this fall, many people — including fans — were surprised.

“It’s too early in his career,” warned some. “It’s a cash grab,” snarked others.

Most fans, however — including me — seemed thrilled at the prospect of a CD pairing David’s glorious voice with traditional Christmas songs. For us, it was a no-brainer — after all, David’s often mentioned how much he loves singing those songs. He even included a number of them as encores at last December’s Jingle Ball shows.

What did take me by surprise, though, was David’s recent response to a CNN reporter, explaining the timing of Christmas From the Heart:

“I feel like you have to take advantage of the opportunities that you are given at the time,” said David.” “I don’t know how long I will be in the position with music that I am. … I just felt like while people are enjoying what I am doing and recognizing the work I am doing, it probably is a good time to do it.”

So even after all the accolades, the hit CD, the sold-out solo tour,  and the Teen Choice and ALMA Awards, he’s still taking nothing, NOTHING for granted. It could all disappear tomorrow, he reminds himself, so make the most of today.

Make the most of today. This message hit especially close to home for me this week after some personal sadness led me to reflect on the blessings in my life – not the least of which is discovering David’s music.

Not that David’s Voice blinds me to the pain and suffering in the world – in fact, sometimes it intensifies my awareness of that pain — but as I continue to listen, I feel drawn into a wellspring of love and light that is often overpowering.

While listening to certain songs – Save the Day, Think of Me, Angels – I often have to hit pause so I can catch my breath as the convulsive sobs subside.

Maybe not the effect most pop stars are going for but then again, David Archuleta is not most pop stars.

Photo: jmahrer

Like all true artists, even his most “frivolous” efforts engage your full attention – never mere background, you are a participant … an active listener. Nowhere is this more evident than on CFTH. These are not carols to tinkle blithely off in the distance as you shop for stocking stuffers.

For What Child Is This, I need to sit and close my eyes as I become transported into the story. Riu Riu Chiu and Pat-a-Pan compel me to move and/or sing along – and Ave Maria … oh my … it requires my full and complete attention, not to mention a crate of tissues.

The prospect of David singing these songs live in 12 short days also fills me with gratitude. I don’t know why I’ve been given such a wondrous gift but I vow to treasure and share the sheer joy it brings as best I can.

In that same CNN interview, David was asked what sets CFTH apart from the multitudes of Christmas CDs already out there. This was his answer:

“I tried to give the music a reverence. We could have gone more radio friendly because I am in the more pop vein of music, but I wanted to make sure when people listened to it I got them thinking about what the songs were talking about. Whether it was through the vocals or the arrangement, I wanted people to connect with the songs emotionally.”

I think I’ll go make the most of today and listen again….

P.S. Wow, on this 1st anniversary of the debut CD release, check out this first vlog … where David thanks the fans (and mentions Canada at 2:45 ) …

… and then a look back at how much has happened in the past year in this Happy #DavidArchieVersary vid from musicis4David:

Cipt.: J.S. Bach
Arsm.: J.S. Bach, Paul Widyawan
Modif. Arsm.: A. Henri Yulianto

Ave Maria gratia plena,
Dominus tecum,
Benedicta tu in mulieribus
Et benedictus fructus ventris tui Jesus.

Sancta Maria, sancta Maria, Maria
Ora pro nobis, nobis peccatoribus
Nunc et in hora, in hora mortis nostrae
Amen, amen.

Silakan unduh PDF partitur not angka (SATB) untuk lagu ini. Link terdapat di bawah ini.

Semoga bermanfaat. GBU!

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UNDUH DI SINI:   Ave Maria (Bach).pdf
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Monday – November 9, 2009

OPEN LETTER to the Ave Maria University Board of Trustees

My name is Marielena Montesino de Stuart.  I am a writer for The Wanderer– America’s oldest Roman Catholic newspaper.  The Wanderer is presented every week to Pope Benedict XVI, members of the Roman Curia, as well as Bishops on both sides of the Atlantic.  No one disputes The Wanderer’s history of defending Holy Mother Church.  I also write for The Roman Catholic World (my blog). 

My husband and I own a home in the Town of Ave Maria, where we have resided with our young children, since 2007.  This is our permanent and only residence.

On Thursday, November 5, 2009 I received a telephone call from Branden E. Blackmur informing me that the Ave Maria University administration ordered that I be banned from the Golisano Press Conference, shortly before it was to begin, thereby cancelling an invitation that he had extended to me the day before at 3:49pm.  Mr. Blackmur  works for Falls Communications, and is in charge of extending invitations for Press Conferences at AMU.

In addition, the university administration ordered that I be banned, until further notice,  from the university campus– which they specified is private property. 

The accusation for the basis of this outrageous and unjust measure is that I am “disruptive” at meetings– according to Branden E. Blackmur’s statements to me over the telephone. I responded that I have never been “disruptive” at any meeting, and that there is no reason why my invitation to the Press Conference should be withdrawn.   I asked for further clarification, and Mr. Blackmur would only say that this was the order issued by the Ave Maria University’s administration.  I told him that I would go to the Student Union building in hopes of obtaining further personal clarification concerning this ambiguous accusation.   Mr. Blackmur said nothing further.

My husband drove me to the north side of the Student Union building, with our children.  As I walked towards  the building, I could see T.R. Minick, Head of Security, two Sheriff Deputies, and two security guards approaching me—plus a Sheriff patrol car waiting nearby.  (See photo below).

I was stunned by the presence of so much law enforcement waiting for me.  I had never experienced anything like this, except in Communist Cuba.  When my husband and children realized what was happening they began to quickly follow behind me.     

This show of force, this deplorable act, had been ordered by the Ave Maria University administration—the same administration that claims to uphold the highest moral and Catholic principles. 

Who in their right mind would buy a home here?—where a law-abiding resident is treated as one living in a despotic state. 

I asked Mr. Minick if this extreme and outrageous measure could be because inside that Student Union building a billionaire by the name of Blase “Tom” Golisano, well-known for his pro-abortion stance, was about to be honored by the Ave Maria University administration for having given a large donation?  Mr. Minick would not answer.

It is worthy of note that I have never attended a university meeting, nor have I ever been disruptive on university property, nor elsewhere. 

The only meetings I have attended in Ave Maria are those conducted by the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District in the Town of Ave Maria, and are for property owners. These meetings have nothing to do with Ave Maria University.  The meetings are all audio recorded by the Board of the Stewardship District.  These recordings are made available as a matter of public record, and are evidence that I have never been disruptive. 

I attended the last Stewardship District meeting on November 3^rd– two days before the Golisano Press Conference.  Mr. Paul Roney, Chief Financial Officer  of AMU was present, since he also serves as a member of the District board. 

Most important is the fact  that the university administration is overreaching into town government —by issuing orders to control town residents, based on what they deem acceptable behavior at public meetings.

The Ave Maria University administration stabbed the Town of Ave Maria in the heart, through the terrible choices it made on November 5, 2009.

A ban against me—is a ban against our family.  By issuing this unfair and cruel ban, the AMU administration has expressed total disregard for the closeness of our family, which is sacred. 

My husband and I find ourselves trapped inside this remote town, with two young children—and no access to the institution that promised a church (which is part of the campus) lectures, sports events, a library, chapels, a cafeteria and deli open to the public—all on university property.

On Friday, November 6, I received an e-mail message from T.R. Minick, the Security Guard that waited for me and threatened me with an arrest the day before.  He issued two exceptions to the ban, giving me permission to go to church, and to the Adoration Chapel—without risking trespassing.  This is unacceptable.

Ave Maria University owns so much real estate on campus and in the Town of Ave Maria, all constituting private property, that it is impossible for anyone to know where the university property begins and where it ends—which leads me to an important question:

Who exactly issued the order to ban me, and is acting as my accuser—and does the decision made by this person override the power of the Board of Trustees?  Where is the evidence this person holds that I have been “disruptive at meetings”?

As of the time that I write this Open Letter, I have not received an explanation from the Ave Maria University administration concerning exactly how I have been disruptive.  Who will be banned next—and for what ambiguous reason?

The decision taken by the Ave Maria University’s administration to ban me—not just from the Press Conference, but from all the private property of the Ave Maria University campus, constitutes an attack on my character; therefore, I demand that the administration immediately issue a statement, with detailed evidence explaining this accusation.

Only the legal owner of the private property can lift the ban that is in place—not a security guard; therefore, I am respectfully requesting that this Board of Trustees oversee the complete  lifting of this ban, in writing and in the proper legal manner.

Finally, I would like to kindly request that a member of this Board of Trustees, who is not part of the AMU administration, respond to this Open Letter.

I remain sincerely,

Marielena Montesino de Stuart

Resident and Property Owner in Ave Maria

Reporter for The Wanderer (National Catholic Weekly)

E-Mail:  ContactTRCW@aol.com

Sheriff Deputy and Thomas Minick (Chief Security Guard) threaten me with arrest to keep me out of the Golisano Press Conference at Ave Maria University

sim, esse tb é da Ave Maria!

Ficou no armário esperando a balança coloborar. Ela não colaborou, colabora comigo!

Blusa tipo corset com forro vermelho e cordões de camurça.

Tb com etiqueta, tam 38.

Preço: R$ 90,00 + frete

sim, é da Ave Maria!

Linda, com aquela estampa especial que o Zepa lança, e a gente …compra, claro.

Eu fico feliz, e você cheia de graça!

Blusa estilo quimono japonês, com forro e botões, tam 38/ 40.

Não aceita muito busto. Ainda com a etiqueta!

Preço: R$ 90,00 + frete

Será que um dia, nós brasileiros, vamos dar valor e espeitar os nossos brasileiros???
Você já ouviu falar dessa brasileira (de Belém do Pará)?…
- A Johann Strauss Orchestra é dirigida pelo maestro e violinista holandês ANDRE RIEU. É talvez hoje a melhor orquestra do mundo.
- Suas apresentações são simplesmente maravilhosas, atraem verdadeiras multidões.
- Neste vídeo, Carmen Monarcha, brasileira nascida em Belém do Pará canta Ave Maria, de Gounod.
- Começou a estudar canto com sua mãe, a Mestra pela UFRJ, Marina Monarcha, em 1996.
- Por três anos (2002-2005) foi solista da Cia. Johann Strauss Orchestra, fazendo turnês por mais de 15 países na Europa, América do Norte e Ásia, gravou seis cds e seis dvds ao vivo, apresentando-se também em mais de dez concertos com transmissão televisiva ao vivo para toda a Europa.
- Apresentou-se para audiências de até 25.000 pessoas, em lugares memoráveis como o Walbühne em Berlim, International Fórum Hall em Tóquio, Bercy em Paris, Forest National em Bruxelas, Fox Theater em Saint Louis e Detroit,Skydom em Toronto/ e Bell Center em Montreal, e outros locais.
- Quase ninguém ouviu falar nela aqui no Brasil.
- Aprecie, se emocione e divulgue ‘Carmen Monarcha’.

A few months ago, bride and groom, Jill and Kevin Heinz, entertained us all with the viral video of their wedding march to Chris Brown’s “Forever”. Though this video was wildly popular (getting over 25 million hits on YouTube) a choreographed dance to a pop song isn’t for everyone’s wedding. Looking for something more traditional for your ceremony, but finding classical music to be a bit daunting? Well rest easy. Before you meet with musicians, take a look – and a listen – to my starter suggestions of classical ceremony pieces:

Prelude Music: used as guests are being seated for the ceremony, which can take up to 30 minutes

Air on the G String (Bach)
One of my personal favorites! Beautiful as a string quartet.

Chorale Prelude: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
This piece can also be played on strings or a piano.

Processional Music: signals the beginning of the ceremony, including seating of the parents, bridal party, (sometimes of the grandparents), and finally the bride walking down the aisle

Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
You will feel like an actual princess walking down the aisle to this song.

Trumpet Voluntary The Prince Of Denmark March (Purcell)
The trumpets sound gorgeous and are a nice alternative to the more standard string instruments.

Cannon in D (Pachelbel)
Can also work as a processional, recessional, and postlude.

Bridal Chorus (Wagner)
You can’t go wrong with the classic Here Comes The Bride.

Interlude Music: generally a vocalist will sing these songs as the bride and groom give flowers to their parents, light a unity candle, etc.

Ave Maria (Schubert)
If you would like to add a modern spin to this classic, check out Beyonce’s version.

Recessional Music: played after bride and groom have been pronounced man and wife

Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
A timeless song for the couple to exit the ceremony as newlyweds to.

Ode To Joy (Beethoven)
The last movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is an elegant piece.

Postlude Music: played until all guests have exited the ceremony

Water Music (Handel)
A lovely piece to end the ceremony with.

Happy (Music) Hunting!

I was watching the uncensored version of The Pastoral Symphony from Fantasia. A little FYI, that’s the part where the centaurs were hooking up. Anyway, apparently the parts that were cut involved an African child-like centaur “serving” the “white” centaurs. Because of that, there were quite a bit of comments saying that the clip was racist. But I thought to myself, these people who are saying that the clip is racist aren’t putting Fantasia into context. When Fantasia originally came out in 1940, it probably was more acceptable to show African Americans as subservient. But if Fantasia came out more recently as it, it would have caused controversy and people wouldn’t watch it. I think this a case of how points of view can change within a few decades. Anyway, all I can say is that if you’re watching or reading something that was made a while back or is set in a different time period, remember that you have to put into context.

Fantasia – The Pastoral Symphony – UNCUT

خوندنشو دقیقن سر ساعت 9:20 صبح آغاز کردم در حالیکه هنوز زیر پتو کز کرده بودم و داشتم به این فکر می کردم که هفته ی پیش این موقع کجا بودم و الان چه قدر گشنمه و منتظر بودم تا بابا ازم بپرسه که صبحونه می خوری یا نه تا منم بر خلاف همیشه بگم آره می خورمو اون بحث همیشگی شروع بشه که چقدر چای می خوری برات بریزمو و منم با اکراه تمام بخوام با صدایی کمی بلند تر از معمول بگم که مگه من با بقیه چه فرقی دارم که این سوالی از م می پرسی ؟! پس هر چه قدر واسه همه می ریزی واسه منم بریز و بعد به این فکر کنم که دیروز همچین موقعی تو صف نونوایی بودم و به این فکر می کردم که امروز تو اتوبوس موقع رفتن به خونه بم سخت خواهد گذشت مثل موقع اومدن یا نه !!؟

کتابو با تمایل نه چندان زیادی باز می کنمو توی فهرستش نگاه می کنم تا ببینم نمایشنامه دقیقن از چه صفحه ای شروع شده تا مجبور نشم مزخرفات مقدمه و زندگینامه ی نویسنده رو که اول کتاب نوشته بخونم. صاف می رم صفحه ی 31 و شروع می کنم :

بخش دوم – نمایشنامه ی باغ وحش شیشه ای

شخصیت ها: اماندا وینگفیلد: مادر (زن کوچک اندامی که زنده دلی بزرگ ولی مغشوش است …) لورا وینگفیلد: دختر (بعد از اینکه اماندا نتوانست با دنیای واقعی رابطه ایجاد کند …) تام وینگفیلد: پسر (قصه گوی نمایش. شاعری که در یک انبار شاغل است …) جیم اوکانر: خواستگار (مردی جوان٬ خوب و معمولی.)

صحنه: کوچه ای در سنت لوئیز

زمان: حال و گذشته

قسمت نخست : تهیه و تدارک برای آمدن خواستگار

قسمت دوم: آمدن خواستگار

پرده ی یکم

آپارتمان وینگفیلد٬ در پشت یکی از انبوه ساختمان های مجتمعی قرار دارد٬ که در شهر های پر ازدحام امریکا٬ همچون زگیلی روزانه در حال رشدند. این مراکز درون شهری که ساکنانش از طبقه ی فقیر تشکیل یافته٬ حاصل و نشانه ی هوسی است٬ در دل این دسته از مردمان اسیر و زحمتکش٬ که از اقصی نقاط مختلف دنیا به سوی این شهرها برای بهبود حال خود و فرزندانشان سرازیر شده اند …

دارم به این فکر می کنم که چند روزه پیش یه واژه ای رو خوندم که به جای آپارتمان استفاده شده بود٬ شاید پارمان بود و یا شاید چیزه دیگه ولی درس و حسابی یادم نیست فلسفه این جایگزینی چی بود و اصلن کجا اینو خوندم … به ذهنم می رسه که شاید توی افرای بیضایی خونده باشمش ولی بعد شک می کنم … بیخیال … با بی حوصلگی یه تکونی به خودم می دمو پیش از ادامه دادن یه نگاهی می ندازم ببینم این توضیحات چه قدر طول می کشه و نخستین دیالوگ از زبان چه کسیه٬ و می بینم که 2 صفحه ونصفی ادامه داره و نخستین دیالوگ هم از زبان تام گفته شده :

مامان داره در می زنه که بیاد تو. میوه میاره واسم٬ زیر چشمی تعقیبش می کنم که درو می بنده یا نه٬ درو می بنده و منم از روی کنجکاوی یه دونه انگور سیاه می زارم دهنمو و دونه ی بعدی رم پشتش.

تام : آره٬ من تو جیبم کلک و تو آستینم چیز هایی دارم. تفاوت من با یه شعبده باز اینه که اون حیله و فریبی رو که ظاهرش حقیقیه به شما می ده و من حقیقتی رو که مبدل به وهم شده به شما می دم …

Tom : Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion

کتابو می بندمو یه نگاهی به پشت جلد می ندازم که تا حالا صد بار دیدمو و خوندمش ولی هر بار انگار باره نخستیه که می خونمش.

به نظرم عکسش خیلی مرموز و جالب میاد. انگار نگاهش یه انگیزه ای واسم ایجاد می کنه که انگشتمو از لای کتاب در بیارمو کتابو باز کنم ادامه بدم. دوباره شروع کردم. به پشت دراز کشیدمو یه درد خاصی توی کمرم احساس می کنم پس کمی اینور و اون ور می شم ولی فایده ای نداره. ران و لگنم انگار یخ زدن پس پتو رو می پیچم دورم و ادامه می دم. بی حرکت و ثابت مثل همیشه.

Tennessee Williams - The Glass Menagerie

یه دونه انگور سیاه دیگه٬ شراب …

صبحونمو خوردمو حالا توی اتاقم در حالیکه پتو رو پیچیدم دورم و به دیوار تکیه زدم دارم تلاش می کنم بالش رو با فشار هل بدم میون کمرم و دیوار و پاهامو جمع کردم تو شکمم. دستامو از زیر پتو میارم بیرون و کتابو جلوی صورتم باز می کنم و تلاش می کنم یه ژسته خوبی بگیرم تا بتونم به راحتی شروع کنم به خوندن دوباره. 45 در جه ای نشستمو و احساس می کنم استخون دنبالچه –م داره میشکنه ولی اهمیتی نداره.

ظهر شده و می خوام برم یه چای بخورم.

بلافاصله بعدش ناهار می خورم.

حرفای چرت و پرت همیشگی بعد از ناهار و کمی اعتراض به در و دیوار این کشور لعنتی … باید واسه 13 آبان آماده بشیم … شال سبز٬ تو نباید خودتو تابلو کنی پس بیخیالش شو … [بی اهمیت٬ مثل همیشه تنها گوش می کنم وبی بعد کار خودمو می کنم٬ شاید نهایت بی شعوری و یا شاید بر عکس]

دارم نیم نگاهی به نارنگی سبز و زردی می کنم که پشت خرمالو خودشو قایم کرده.

لیوان قهوه رو فوت می کنم تا کمی سرد تر بشه و به تازه های فناوری حامد توجه می کنم … مایکروسافت و ویندوزه 7 … دارم به لپ تاپای اپل دیشب فکر می کنم٬ اپل همیشه برام هیجان انگیز بوده. و حالا خاطرات دانشگاه و استادای نفهم و الاغ.

می رم تو اتاقمو دوباره پتو رو می پیچم دورم و بالشو می زارم زیر سرم٬ دراز می کشم و دوباره کتابو باز می کنم٬ درست جلوی صورتم.

این انگورا انگار اعتیاد آورن. یکیشو که میخوری٬ هنوز قورت نداده٬ دوس داری دومی و سومی رو پشتش بزاری رو زبونت !!

تموم شد. شروع می کنم به خوندن چند صفحه ی پایانی نقدش. میونه جمله های پیچ در پیچ یه جمله “انحرافات جنسی تنسی” بر می خورم و چنان شور و هیجانی در من بوجود میاره که انگار دارم منفجر می شم. هوا تاریک تر شده و به سختی می شه نوشته ها رو خوند. کمی کتابو به سمت پنجره متمایل می کنم تا نوشته ها روشن تر بشن و هرز گاهیم از عمد کتابو در تاریکی فرو می برم تا به سختی خونده بشه٬ این کارو دوس دارم. بر می گردم پشت جلد رو یه باره دیگه نگاه می کنم و نوشته ی پایینشو سریع و ناخواسته می خونم و به عکس خیره می شم. چه احمق می بودم اگه نمی خواستم زندگینامه ی اول کتابو بخونم.

بخش اول – زندگی نامه

گذشته ی مادر تنسی

والتر ادوارد داکین بعد از فارغ التحصیل شدن در رشته ی الهیات٬ ابتدا معلم و سپس مدیر یک مدرسه ی دخترانه و بعد از آن کشیش یک کلیسای اپیسکوپل در شهر کلمبوس می سی سی پی شد …

چه قدر اسم افراد و اسم شهر ها و مکان ها واسم آشنان. چه جالب. چه کار جالبی.

اه٬ باقی انگور ها همه نرم و تنفر انگیز هستند٬ چروکیده و بد ترکیب٬ ترجیحن خوشه ی انگور رو تموم شده تصور می کنم

یه نشونه ی جالب و درست بعدش انحرفات جنسی :

او در هیچ یک از آثار هنری اش٬ اشاره ای به انحرافات جنسی خود نداشته٬ اما عدم اطمینان او به غریزه ی جنسی٬ باعث می شود دچار سرگردانی شود.

نه٬ نه این دقیقن اون چیزی نبود که می خواستم بدونم !

در این دوران تام با یک چتر باز برای فقط یک شب رابطه ایجاد می کند. این حرکت و عدم موفقیت او برای ایجاد رابطه با جنس مخالف و همچنین٬ جریانات پرورشی دوران طفولیت٬ او را بیشتر به طرف جنس موافق سوق می دهد. تام در دوران زندگی اش در New Orleans٬ خود را از نظر جنسی می یابد و می گوید: آن نوع از آزادی را که در جست و جویش بودم٬ یافتم. در تابستان 1940 عاشق می شود٬ که بعد ها در مصاحبه ای٬ از آن روز ها به عنوان شاد ترین روز های زندگی اش یاد می کند و بالاخره در مصاحبه ی دیگری با Play Boy پرده از روی غرایز منحرف جنسی اش بر می دارد.

خودشه٬ دقیقن٬ یعنی این یه اعتقاد واقعیه یا یه شرط برای مجوز چاپ ؟؟

شاید دوس داشته باشم اون نارنگی رو بخورم ولی پوست کندش باعث میشه دستام چسبناک بشن و اینجوری مجبور بشم از اتاق برم بیرون واسه شستن دستام٬ فکر خوردن سیب و یا خرمالو رو هم سریع از ذهنم بیرون می کنم چون اون جوری باید یه دستام به نوشتن باشه و یه دستم به نگه داشتن میوه جلوی دهنم … پس بیخیال … آه٬ شراب …

شخصیت تنسی بیشتر از پیش واسم جذاب شده. پاهام داغ شدن پس پتو رو از روی پاهام بر می دارم ولی فایده ای نداره و همین جور که به پشت دراز کشیدم و کتاب بسته رو روی شکمم گذاشتم و یه سقف خیره شدم٬ چیزه خاصی رو لای پاهام احساس می کنم٬ گرم و لیز داره چکه می کنه.

با اینکه از خیره میوه ها گذشتم واسه اینکه از اتاق نرم بیرون ولی بازم از اتاق رفتم بیرون واسه اینکه فهمیدم بابا اومده٬ اصلن بابا رو نمی بینم ودارم یه راس میرم سراغ جعبه ی شیرینی که گذاشته روی میز٬ یه نون خامه ای بر می دارم٬ زیر جعبه ی شیرینی یه جعبه ی دیگه هم هست٬ مامان می گه اون زولبیاس٬ به امید بامیه دارم با ولع در جعبه رو بر می دارم ولی می بینم که تنها زولبیاس پس با بی میلی یه کوچولو می خورم و دوباره دارم می رم سراغ نون خامه ای ها و این بار با سرعت بیشتری یه دونه می قاپم٬ دارم بر می گردم به اتاقم. پتویی رو که کشیدم روی صندلی صاف و صوف می کنم و می شینم. یاد مبل های خونه هایی متروکی می افتم که صاحبشون پیش از اینکه بره ٬ روی همه اونا پارچه های سپیدی کشیده. مامان میگه واسه شام خورش بامیه درس کردم … بامیه … چه تصادف با مزه ای !!

بلند می شم و در حالیکه  دارم شلوارمو می کشم پایین به درد خفیف کمرم٬ که صبح احساس کردم٬ فکر می کنم. اوهوم 7 روز در ماه٬ هر سال 12 ماه داره٬ به عبارتی می شه 84 روز در سال٬ تقریبن یک چهارم هر سال٬ اوه٬ پس شاید بشه گفت که یک چهارم زمان عمر من در حال شستن لباس و عوض کردن نوار از بین میره !! چه وحشتناک٬ هیچ وقت دلیلشو نفهمیدم حتا وقتی یکی واسم توجیح علمیشو توضیح میده واسم قانع کننده نیست.

Ave Maria گوش می کنم و از لغزش اندامم توی تاریکی اتاق لذت می برم. جلوی پنجره ی اتاق که با کاغذ پوشیده شده واسادم٬ از بیرون نور ضعیفی میاد تو٬ در حدی که یه روشنایی شهوت انگیزی توی اتاق پخش می کنه و باعث می شه بتونم سایه ی خودمو توی در های شیشه ای کتابخونم که درس جلوم قرار داره٬ ببینم. Ave Maria  گوش می کنم و از لغزش اندامم توی تاریکی اتاق لذت می برم. نگاه خیره و مردمک گشاد شده ی من انگار توی تاریکی داره دنبال چیزی می گرده٬ انگشتامو جلوی چشماش تکون میدم٬ مثل شبح های جنبان توی یه کوچه ی تنگ و تاریک٬ انگشت ها دریچه ی دیدمو محصور کردن٬ فیلم های هیچکاک در ذهنم نقش می بندن٬ تاریک شدن تدریجی تصویر و در نهایت محو و نا پدید شدنش. به این فکر می کنم که آیا اندام یک زن زیبا و یا لمس سینه هاش٬ و یا در حالتی شدید تر لمس پاها و در نهایت بوسیدن اون چیزه میان دو پای یک زن٬ می تونه برای یک مرد گی هیجان انگیز باشه یا نه ؟! بر عکسش چه طور ؟! در آغوش گرفتم سر یک مرد جذاب و دست انداختم دور گردنش و احساس گرمی نفسش٬ و یا لمس اون استوانه ی بد ترکیب و نا فرم٬ می تونه واسه یک زن لزبین هیجان انگیز باشه ؟! نمی دونم٬ حقیقتن نمی دونم …  به حرف یکی از دوستام فکر می کنم٬ مرد های پستی که همه ی نیرو و توان و همه مردانگیشون٬ در یک استوانه ی بد ترکیب و نا فرم خلاصه شده٬ در یک فشار٬ در ورود و خروجی حال (شاید دوس داشتم می نوشتم هال !!) به هم زن٬ در بوسیدن و لیسیدنی خود خواهانه٬ و وقتی به اون چیزی که خواستن رسیدن به راحتی تو رو رها می کنن و نعششونو یه گوشه جمع می کنن تو خودشون و به تنهایی خودشون فرو می رن٬ تو رو رها می کنن٬ انگار که هیچ وقت وجود نداشتی٬ هیچ وقت نه هرگز٬ یه جور سو استفاده ی ابدی٬ نمی دونم ! به نظرم شاید این دیدگاه یه نوع عقده ی حقارت باشه  … نمی دونم٬ شایدم دیدگاه درستی باشه و مرد ها به همین پستی هستن و یا حتا بیشتر !

پ.ن1 : این چند وقت بیش از حد طبیعی دور و ورم شلوغ بود و امشب پس از مدت ها که تنها توی ذهنم به نوشتن در چرندیات فکر می کردم٬ تونستم واقعن بنویسم. این چند وقت به هیچ وبلاگی سر نزدم و نظر هیچ کسیو نخوندم و حتا ایمیلم رو هم چک نکردم !! تنها بهانه و انگیزه ای که باعث شد یهو بیام٬ خوندن این کتاب بود. یکی از بهترین هایی که تا حالا خوندم. محشر بود …

پ.ن2: شاید دوس داشتم نقش تامس رو بازی می کردم !

پ.ن3: انحرافات جنسی تنسی … اوه چه مزخرفاتی.

پ.ن4: خیلی وقت نبودم و یک شب نبود که به چرندیات فکر نکنم. بم حق بدین. یکم زمان می بره که بتونم خودمو با شرایط جدیدم هماهنگ کنم. تازه هنوزم خیلی ثابت نشدم و هنوز پا در هوام … می خوام که این سهل انگاریم درباره ی چرندیات دیگه تکرار نشه … امید وارم !

پ.ن5: دو تا سیب خوردم و یک خوشه ی انگور سیاه و حالا منتظرم تا اسکن جلد کتاب تموم شه تا شروع کنم به خوردن نارنگی و بعد برم دستامو بشورم

Download – Ave Maria

What’s Hail Mary-Ave Maria

Who’s Tennessee Williams

The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie – film

The Glass Menagerie - A play

Vaza o tão esperado DVD Funhouse da P!nk. Gravado na Austrália, o DVD tem grandes sucessos da P!nk, apesar de não ter a faixa título (uma pena).

Muitos rumores sobre o lançamento do DVD (02 de novembro) deixaram os fãs preocupados, pois fontes afirmaram que ele não seria lançado no Brasil.

Mais mesmo com todos esses empecilhos, Funhouse é um dos melhores Dvds da P!nk, e não dá nem para piscar.

P!nk mais uma vez surpreende com tamanha originalidade que só ela e o “Cirque du Soleil” tem.

Já viram o trailler?

Gostaram? Que tal o link que eu descobri?

Informações do download:

* Título: Funhouse Tour
* Format: rmvb
* Tamanho: 279,48 MB
* Qualidade: Média/Alta

Tracklist:

Bad Influence, Just Like A Pill, Who Knew, Ave Maria, Don’t Let Me Get Me, Touch Myself, Please Don’t Leave Me, U & UR Hand, Leave Me Alone, So What, Family Portrait, I Don’t Believe You, Crystal Ball, Trouble, Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, Sober, Bohemian Rhapsody, Crazy, Get The Party Started, Glitter In The Air e Fighter.

Bonus Tracks:

It’s All Your Fault e One Foot Wrong.

Façam o download abaixo:

Gilvan Oliveira
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]]> http://jstation0.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/news-21%c2%ba-single-da-ayaka-hirahara-ave-maria-schubert/ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:10:39 +0000 Rafael Higa http://jstation0.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/news-21%c2%ba-single-da-ayaka-hirahara-ave-maria-schubert/

Após 2 meses do lançamento do single “MIO AMORE!”, a cantora Ayaka Hirahara está de volta mais uma vez com um novo single para o dia 21 de outubro, intitulado “Ave Maria! ~Schubert~”.

“Ave Maria! ~Schubert~” é baseado na melodia de “Ave Maria Opus 52, No. 6″ de Franz Schubert . A canção foi usada no comercial de cosméticos da POLA B.A. , confiram o CM abaixo.

Ayaka Hirahara já tinha lançado a música “Ave Maria” no single “Shinsekai” em maio deste ano, a diferença é que a canção “Ave Maria” incluída em “Shinsekai” era baseada na melodia composta por Caccini.

O single estará disponível em apenas uma versão regular e incluirá as duas versões de Ave Maria, compostas por Schubert e Caccini, e também suas respectivas versões instrumentais, totalizando 4 faixas.

CD Tracklist

1. Ave Maria ~Schubert~ (Ave Maria! ~シューベルト~)
2. AVE MARIA ~Caccini~ another mix (AVE MARIA　～カッチーニ～)
3. Ave Maria ~Schubert~ (inst.)
4. AVE MARIA ~Caccini~ another mix (inst.)

“Ave Maria ~Schubert~” é uma canção de balada clássica que o falecido Luciano Pavarotti costumava cantar. A versão da Ayaka Hirahara cantando a música parece ter um toque mais pop, achei essa versão melhor que a de Caccini que era mais lenta. Os PVs da cantora geralmente não costumam ser bons, e esse clipe não é exceção, não gostei muito, achei ele meio sem graça e curto, nota 2/5.

Confiram também  a versão de “Ave Maria” composta por Caccini, lançada também como b-side no single “Shinsekai” em maio desse ano.

Fonte: JpopKpop.net, jpopmusic

Créditos: Jstation

Une oeuvre de toute beauté, pour commencer la journée

October 13, 2009

The Roman Catholic World

by Marielena Montesino de Stuart

“An ungracious man is like a story [Greek: mythos] told at the wrong time, which is continually on the lips of the ignorant.” 

The Septuagint (Sirach 20:19) 

Abandoned Construction Site of "Coming Soon" Gas Station in Ave Maria, Florida

Many families in Ave Maria, including those who bought homes in support of Tom Monaghan’s never-to-be-delivered  “Catholic town” (built in partnership with developer Barron Collier) and still pending “Catholic university”  are struggling to make ends meet, with foreclosures on the rise–in what an Ave Maria resident recently described to the Naples Daily News as “the middle of nowhere.”   

In the meantime, Tom Monaghan enjoys sharing one of his indulgences,  the Ave Maria Foundation for the Arts (AMFA)  with the Naples Illustrated, September 2009 print edition, a magazine catering to the very wealthy – where one can find ads for homes, offered at bargains like $5,499,000.  

Here is one of Monaghan’s quotes in the Naples Illustrated:

I hope I have enough money just to cover the expenses of the university until it can wean itself  from me.  And I have to make sure I keep myself in a position to keep the doors open.”

Ave Maria Fire and EMS Station

Thanks, Tom, for such gracious and encouraging news!    What exactly do you mean by ”I hope I have enough money…” ?   Don’t you know how much money you have?   Is it enough to keep the doors open until the Spring– or is it just until the end of December?  

Oh… by the way,  how is that  Money Back Guarantee coming along? 

If the photos of the Ave Maria abandoned gas station construction site, or the Ave Maria Fire and EMS Station seem too depressing, then click on www.NaplesIllustrated.com where– as one of the magazine ads puts it– you can find “even more of the luxury lifestyle.” 

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Read about Monaghan’s Two-for-One Deal– his  Money Back Guarantee in,

 ”Ave Maria:  The Promise, The Reality”  Part 4)

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