The oratory was slated to open at the start of the Ave Maria University fall semester in 2007, but the building was not consecrated by the diocese until about half a year later. The town’s ...

The travertine stone facade of Ave Maria’s oratory on the Ave Maria University campus rises sharply, resembling two miters. The gothic-contemporary style is inspired by the work of architect Fay ...

The sale of the oratory, reportedly in the millions, will help AMU’s bottom line, as did the sale of other assets, including the 2015 sale for $13 million of the Vineyards campus that Ave Maria ...

Ave Maria University announced plans yesterday to build one of the largest Catholic churches in the United States – the Oratory of Ave Maria. The church will become the spiritual and physical ...

The most striking and notable structure in Ave Maria Town is the Ave Maria Oratory, a distinctive church in the center of the town. The oratory was established as a quasi-parish in 2008, ...

The Ave Maria campus in Ypsilanti, Mich., was founded in 1998. The oratory will also serve as the church for the Town of Ave Maria, which could have a population of 20,000 to 30,000.

A particular challenge was the design of the steel and concrete Ave Maria Oratory. "We have a state-of-the-art sound system, but one of the difficulties of the Oratory itself is that in the first ...

The Ave Maria Oratory at Ave Maria University will host the “National Mass for Terri’s Day” on March 31 to commemorate the death of Terri Schindler Schiavo, event organizers have announced.

The Oratory was slated to open at the start of the Ave Maria University fall semester in 2007, but the building was not consecrated by the diocese until about half a year later. The town’s ...