Ave Maria University’s Annunciation Feast
April 13, 2016
The Annunciation is one of the most joyous and beautiful feasts that Catholics have the opportunity to celebrate throughout the Liturgical year. Every year, the students and faculty of Ave Maria honor this feast by gathering together to celebrate the Incarnation. Due to Good Friday falling on March 25th this year, the feast day was moved to April 4th, the day after Divine Mercy Sunday.
The celebration began with hundreds of students, faculty and town residents coming together to worship Our Lord in a Mass. Following the Mass, people poured out of the Oratory and into the Academic Mall for dinner. This was an opportunity for everyone in Ave to get together, meet new people and celebrate the joy of the risen, incarnate, Christ.
Once dinner was over, some families went back home while the students flocked to the stage to dance. Ave’s home-grown band, “Chicken Tender Day”, played multiple pop classics while the students danced. After the final song, the tones of “Stabat Mater” echoed through the Academic Mall while the students prepared for a rosary walk. As always, Ave Maria University has kept the focus on Christ and the feast being celebrated.
John Paul Hare • May 24, 2016 at 6:52 am
One small correction to your story. The Salve Regina closed the night, not Stabat Mater.
I’m glad that Ave Maria could be showcased here. I recently learned that, of all homeschooled students here, MODG has the largest percentage. I’m proud to say that I am one of those students, and I’m proud of MODG and AMU for what they’ve done for me.
Isolde Ramirez • Apr 23, 2016 at 12:13 pm
Wow! All my life I have viewed Ave Maria as one of the best schools in the country. To see its students’ great commitment to the Annunciation is so inspiring and heart warming! I love it!!!