Ave Maria Florida Flyover

[@SanctusSanctusSanctu]

What a beautiful Catholic Town!! Designed around the huge Catholic Church at the center of the Town, right across the street from the Catholic Ave Maria University, is a piazza style town center, surrounded by stores and restaurants including the Ave Maria Religious Gifts & Statues store which has the MOST beautiful statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for whom the Town is named!! “Ave Maria” means “Hail Mary”, which is also the beginning words of a beloved Catholic prayer recited in the rosary. Other stores are the Mercy & Mary Center and the Catholic Ave Maria University bookstore which carries Catholic books, prayer cards, medals, rosaries, shirts & more! The Museum for Saint Mother Teresa used to be on the corner of the piazza but is now located on the Ave Maria University campus right across the street. The Ave Maria Parish Hall and the Parish Office are all conveniently located on the piazza too! Every March 25th, the Town celebrates the Feast of the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel came to Mary to accept her “yes” to be the mother of God, Jesus! It is a huge party with food, bands, and fireworks for all!! And of course, at least 5 Masses per day, especially on this most important Catholic feast day which happens to also be the birthday of the Town’s founder, Tom Monaghan, who started Domino’s Pizza, and later in life used his millions of dollars to build this Town and Catholic college!! When you enter the Town from Oil Well Road, on Ave Maria Boulevard, you are greeted by a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary on your right, and statues of of the angel Gabriel greeting a young Mary on your left, representing the Annunciation! Then as you go down Ave Maria Boulevard, you will arrive at Annunciation Circle which goes around the consecrated ground of the Ave Maria Church at the center of the European style piazza. The Church is almost 200 feet tall and can be seen from miles around. This was by design. Seton Way, which is on the left of the church, is named after St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, and goes over the Seton Bridge, heading towards the Donahue Academy, a top-rated pre-K to 12th grade Catholic school. Public schools are conveniently located just outside the Town on Oil Well and Immokalee Roads. To get to parts of Maple Ridge and Avalon Park neighborhoods or the Town of Immokalee, one can take Pope John Paul II Boulevard, located behind the Church off the piazza. Pope John Paul II is now a canonized saint of the Catholic Church. Many events located on the college campus are open to the Town’s residents, like talks by renowned Marian speaker, Prof. Mark Miravelle. Also available is a 24 hour Eucharistic Adoration Chapel right across from the piazza. Many residents get around by golf carts. Other events include Christmas with a Christmas Tree lighting and huge Advent wreath in front of the Church, which is lit by the Church pastor, Fr. Corey Mayer. This happened last week and Father explained about this season of waiting for the birth of Our Lord Jesus on Christmas Day! There were also Christmas carolers, a nativity play and procession, led by the Angel Gabriel, into the Church for an Eucharistic Holy Hour with singing by a beautiful choir! Check out videos on the history of the Town by Tom Monaghan and his partners Barron-Collier. Catholics from all over the United States contributed to the building of the Town and University and also moved here, with great effort on their part, resulting in the growth of this wonderful Town you see today! Merry Christmas!

[@flora135]

beautiful city, I would very much like to live there (hermosa ciudad, me gustaría muchisimo vivir allí)

[@______-jk5fw]

Demasiado religiosos Están prohibidos los anticonceptivos, shorts, camisetas sin tirantes, chanclas y masxd

[@rcs777]

Awesome video! Thanks! You should consider doing an updated video following the same path - to show all the growth over the last several years!

[@hescobar54]

I wish I could live there

[@MrLuigji]

I've read alot about Ave Maria. We're Praying that we move the whole family there soon, God willing ! Btw nice video.

[@myskyaerials140]

It's a great town to live in!

[@agredo]

did you moved there?

[@Holy_Desire]

Wishing You this friend

[@jaxbarnettprice]

It really is a nice, beautiful little town! Love the small town vibes because I’ve always been a small town person my whole life. It was very quiet there, so peaceful, everybody was so kind, good restaurants, and business. The chapel was breathtaking in person! Luckily I’m only 1 hour and 40 minutes from this place. Only con about this town is the mosquitoes 🦟 problem and that’s really the only thing.

[@hombregris794]

No drugs, no alcohol, no pornography, dress with respect, be honest..

[@tere8835]

Hermosa cuidad

[@piarossi4555]

It's really beautiful💜

[@cleary5727]

You could say that again

[@user-hh4hc2lt6e]

It’s really beautiful

[@mariajohn4545]

Looks Great and very CLEAN THAT'S A PLUS.

[@jacksonpope3955]

Racist

[@gabrielgomua9555]

Jest to jedyne miejsce, które mógłbym zamienić na moją lokalizacje, a mieszkam w Polsce,najważniejsze że są tam codzienne Msze Święte.Sztos!

[@def6420]

Magnificent city! † AVE MARIA! VIVA CRISTO REY!

[@zinha541]

I discovered that paradise exists!!

[@jenniferalves2262]

Lindíssima ❤

[@patclaus8510]

Would be wonderful to live there one day! I wonder what they have for condos for older folks.

[@jairodager2033]

So Gorgeous,Awesome......

[@AFreckledAngel]

They even have a Publix now in the town!

[@mikedickerson5589]

Can you fly over the new phase four of Maple ridge at Ave maria.

[@myskyaerials140]

Soon

[@candycandy4142]

Que bonito

[@neneeagle]

Great video though!!

[@AnaMariaCSanz]

Preciosa, quisiera vivir allí

[@lloydstauff9224]

Where’s the golf course?

[@eoinMB3949]

I dont see any mountains........are there no trails for hiking?

[@angelleyva7626]

It’s in Florida

[@warzone6700]

Florida has no mountains lol only swamps and swamps and more swamps

[@mares3841]

🔆

[@marilouremo1076]

❤

[@Sunnygirlm171]

It's hot there all year round

[@hustlemoney505]

Soooo....

[@maritzacamero1221]

John Perkins It’s actually the complete opposite of what you stated. I have good friends that own their home there. They live there full time. This small town if you will has a great water park and during the summer months gets extra crowded due to daily visitors from nearby towns flocking to freshen up at said water park. There are many families that live there full time now. And it’s still growing.

[@-jovoc]

It's located in a swamp, what you expect?

[@consuelocandela6493]

Cuanto cuesta vivir ahí?

[@savioblanc]

Where is the church belfry?

[@myskyaerials712]

savioblanc non-existent, this church is in an area that could see category 5 hurricanes.

[@tkjokester]

How do I get in contact with you?

[@myskyaerials712]

Tony Kurzendoerfer [e-mail]

[@theydontknow9260]

Like living in a bubble. Creepy. What happens if you don't attend church?

[@lucigual5142]

Hay gente de otras creencias, pero deben respetar la forma de vivir de todo el pueblo católico, por lo tanto no pueden andar de casa en casa como los testigos de Jehova

[@Merry19ss]

@@lucigual5142 exacto,ademas lo que hacen los testigos de Yheova es acoso ir de casa en casa insistiendo y si no les habres es peor.

[@-jovoc]

lets just say, you wont be living there long.

[@marievld]

Ce n’est pas en France que cela serait possible 😢

[@jolus6678]

Nice architecture. But why are there so few trees/palms in the city area? It must be unbearably hot on all that concrete in summer. 95f air Temperature with cement temperature soaring well above that. Also there’s no people around? Lol

[@Lucifer-nf4uq]

I have been there in 2008

[@aurorarossdale9898]

Lucifer It’s so much different now

[@miamzd1]

@@aurorarossdale9898 How is it now?? I'm trying to decide if I should move there when I retire in six months?

[@aurorarossdale9898]

Mark D'Sa It’s really nice, there’s a golf course in Del Webb and i think they’re building a new one right now. It’s 40 miles inland so the hurricanes don’t leave a ton of damage. There’s a grocery store (publix), doctors office, hair salon, church,restaurants and more just 5 minutes away from your house. The only bad quality is the closest city (Naples) is 45-60 minutes away.

[@lompocus]

It looks like a suburban apocalypse, but to each their own, I suppose. Maybe it'll look nicer when the trees grow out.

[@myskyaerials712]

It’s cookie cutter, that’s for sure. Trees don’t get super tall in a hurricane zone.

[@angietucc6489]

My dad went here to go golfing and he said it was weird there was almost no one outside even though there were houses near the golf course and there was patio furniture and everything but there was no one there no lights on or anything except for one house that had some church music playing

[@myskyaerials712]

In the summer time, the neighborhood on the golf course is nearly vacant. It's a 55+ community and most of them are 'snowbirds' that only live there during the winter months. It's a very safe town though, people leave patio furniture out, I've left my bike outside for months with no lock and it's never been touched. Great little town.

[@johnguerrero4305]

How far from the Everglades? Oh, you’re in the Everglades!

[@JdotBanko]

I live in waterways in Immokalee

[@maristella6601]

Sounds a little like black ops 2 zombies at the beggining

[@neneeagle]

wow that campus area is hideous

[@myskyaerials712]

It’s not an architecture school, that’s for sure haha.

[@Sigmanovar]

Great music reminds me of assassin's creed

[@treehouse2902]

Dear Californians and New Yorkers, please stay away.

[@jawlei]

Tree House LMAOOO i’m dead because my fam’s from NY and we’re moving here soon

[@TriciaRP]

@@jawlei I don't know why say this ....you don't own the world and the earth is not yours ..

[@jawlei]

@@TriciaRP did you mean to reply to me ?

[@bangindabase9810]

Another beautiful example of development destroying the Eveglades.

[@thewatcher638]

this is so fucking creepy

[@justinw8208]

thewatcher638 how is this creepy?

[@Merry19ss]

Espeluznante ¿porqué ? Alcaso no conoces los paises cristianos catolicos como Italia,Portugal,Francia,España,Polonia,Irlanda ,Mexico y todo america hispana si son todos paises cristianos catolicos romanos. Si me mudo a USA como cristiano catolico me hiria a vivir a este ciudad u otra que sea cristianos catolicos y es por lo mismo que muchos cridtianos catolicos y no cristianos catolicos se mudan a esta ciudad. En USA hay ciudades enteras de protestantes y sus diferentes iglesias protestantes,pero si es una ciudad cristiana catolica romana es para ti espeluznante ,haste ver el 🧠

[@warzone6700]

I agree and I’m Catholic lol idk why people love this so much when it’s literally against the Bible.