The Rise of a Catholic Town: Ave Maria, Florida

[g24417]

Christian faith is immoral and the Catholic faith is about the worst brand of Christian - so this is a win for the devil.

[TheHighPixies]

This fundamentalist abomination is being built near prime Florida Panther/Puma country; the states endangered mascot animal.

A catholic community or panthers America. I'll take Pumas!

FUCK YOU TOM MONAGHAN!!! DISASTER AND FAILURE TO AVE MARIA!!!

[atumbleweeding]

@TheHighPixies So you opened an YOUTUBE account and only used it for one comment.... you are truely the king of trolls.

[amaqula]

Great......this is a wonderful initiative. And it could be easily adopted elsewhere by Catholics buying and renting within close proximity to each other. After all this is what Muslims are doing throughout the Western world. See their Muslim town, Islamberg in New York State. CATHOLIC STATE .....for the future please!

[xXShaun2008Xx]

LMFAO! I can't wait for all of the scandals that are going to come out of this place!

[Steve0theAtheist]

A one, a two a one-two-three-four, o take me down to the Catholic City, where the priests fuck boys and their dicks get shitty, o won't you take me now!

[AussiePolitics]

@Steve0theAtheist lol investigating ned too? same :)

[lunaix]

@Steve0theAtheist jew

[TheHighPixies]

@lunaix whats wrong with Jews you child fucker.

[lunaix]

@TheHighPixies jew

[laffiteaumusic]

@lunaix please stop name calling. I can't stop you but I ask you

[rimidalv47]

@TheHighPixies They're destroying the world.

[laffiteaumusic]

@TheHighPixies He is obviously using the word jew as a negative word kinda like calling someone gay that is not gay but the person doesn't like. this is something wrong that shouldn't be done but you guessing all catholics do that is offensive do. please be kind. the current amount of catholic priest that raped kids out of all priest is similar to all other religions at <.05%at the2000 so please don't call all catholics that. it would be like me calling a random person racist. Peace be with you

[Raffzeee]

Fantastic man!

[TsismosaVid]

Oh wow, I would love to live there. How wonderful to live in a community that values life.

[palmtree1020]

OMG. . .i want to live there!!!

[srflaxu40]

*meaning i really want to move there!

[amaqula]

The laws of this town should be based on Catholic doctrine. We need our own Catholic state where we can live under our own laws and not decimate ourselves by abortion and contraception - like the rest of Western Civilisation.

The Church gave birth to the West and now without her guidance the West is in its last days. I don't think it will make it to the end of the century!

[TidBitsOfHappiness]

oh no! i accidentally pressed the thumbs down instead of the thumbs up. Please somebody give amaqula a thumbs up for me, because I can't seem to undo it!! I do agree though, we won't make it past this century, not without the strong support of communities like Ave

[fuhrman66]

Its his money he can do what he wants with it. I am Catholic, my uncle is a Catholic Priest and I was raised poor..

do you not think his money would have been better spent helping the children of the intercities where he ran pizza joints?

God Bless anyhow..I think Tom is a true icon and a success story..

[SHRIKE427]

That place looks killer, I would love to live there. This man understands life... People could all learn from him... I bet there won't be any rap music, spray paint on the streets or crack houses.... You dumb ass lefties couldn't find your ass with both hands when it comes down to it....

[cryptsub]

They should change the name to "Unwedmother City".

[cryptsub]

Domino's Pizza sucks!

[UnionJack8088]

Awesome he's so motivated for something he believes in. Can't say I agree with how awesome the church looks, though, kinda hideous on the outside, haven't seen the inside. I wonder if there is a Dominoes in town...

[BenAliGtor]

"Catholic Jonestown." Best description yet I've heard to describe it.

[monkigun]

What is wrong with associating with people that have similar values? I would love to live in a place and raise my family where people live as Christians. i am tired of the secular world with too much porn and homosexual propaganda and not enough Jesus Christ! I guarantee that there will be no Kool Aid Drinking there- Thats not what Catholics do!

[Nightrider1367]

I love this place, I am a student at the university and my parents also live in the community. This is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me and I thank God every day for the opportunity to take part in this great event.

[sockr4]

bill u rock!!!!!

[sockr4]

hey this place is a paradise i tell you.. i live there, its not a cult Wat so ever.. The best part? Its the golf carts lol and the water slides, The activities , Sanibal Bean is there 2. AT the schools there is golf cart parking so its saves on gas 2. Some other things are its own hospital. own police, fire derpartment, lawn service.

[samina080360]

All power to the man. There are too many people wanting to do immoral and harmful things to society in the name of freedom. So this man wants to cut that out. I would support him fully. After all what is wrong with a place which says pornography is banned? I think our minds are the ones that need cleaning. If Monaghan invited me, I'd love to go live in Ave Maria though I am a Muslim. We seem to share a lot of values. Good is good in any religion and so is clean, pure, kind, noble and character.

[laffiteaumusic]

@samina080360 I love you (in a brotherly way) I just had to say it. I am catholic and I think I will move out there to help me get away some day too. Then again I will be a nuclear engineer so maybe I can set up a town. You might have the choice between Texas and Florida

[thealphacrow]

Haha, Yeah I love it when the time comes to pray for Saint Annunciation(the words at :42). Good quality control there CNN.

I'm sad this couldn't be in Ann Arbor but I'm glad that it's being built somewhere. Go Ave!

[bill0756]

Monaghan is NOT a billionaire...he WAS a billionaire, and gave away a couple hundred mil before he invested in Ave Maria. He's almost broke, and said he will be broke by the time he dies. Everything is going well there, thanks to Monaghan but also many others. The nonCatholics who live there love it.

The result of the Ave Maria example will be an increase in freedom of imagination for everyone. I always wondered why people didn't take more control over their environment and inputs.

[Flcracker94]

responding to a couple. Not a cult, ppl can come and leave as they please, they don't force you to do anything. Its just a town centered around the church. They said that he can't stop anything from getting in, and at least there ppl wont be getting shot on every street corner! I swear, if you can't post something positive, don't post at all. geeze why everyone gotta be so negative about EVERYTHING.

I gotta head up there to check out that church its awesome...

[freespmex]

mabye thats the place for me... im tired of all this hate.

[bill0756]

Hey, maybe they just want a small place for piece of mind. 30,000(eventually, maximum) out of like 60 million catholics want to have 5,000 acres to think clearly?..and it's a crime?..[hey, I know guy here in Nevada whose family has over 5,000 acres!]..weird, the criticism seems bizarre. If you're worried about them having a healthy dose of porn, media manipulation, billboards selling vice, etc, don't worry, once they set foot outside they'll get their fill...lol.

[FiftyNineBeads]

You're right. Who criticizes the Mormons, Amish, Mennonites, and other religions who choose to live in a moral environment? You are what you eat, and basically--- fill yourself up with garbage, that's the putrid energy you send out.

[thecoyote]

Bs. Give me a break what you want is a segregation from the rest of the world for your own one sided views. How can anyone think that a church sponsored town be a good idea. I thought religion was supposed to bring people together not force them into their own community.

[Genius523]

They want to exercise their faith in an enviornment which is free from the immorality (and I mean that in many senses) that has run rampant in the rest of the world. They want to practice their religion in a place in which individuals of malicious intent won't interfere. When you see random ruffians yelling explitives at a Church-procession (regardless of the religion) perhaps you'll understand why people want to have a home filled with those of a similar faith.

[niburu89]

and god damn it, you're still a fraud. you can't buy your way into a god damn utopia for hopes that it will lead you to salvation. i could seriously go on for hours about you fuckers. a shelter from the harsh cruel world? okay... so then what the hell are your kids going to do when they leave the shelter. they're going to walk outside that haven and get run over by all the different events that they've never experienced before. Think about it people. Stop being so fucking dumb.

[bill0756]

When the kids "leave the shelter", the children will have two models to compare and choose from, and value the alternative that their parents chose for them that much more, right? I went to a Cath boarding school, and when I left to go to a regular Cath school, the students and teachers said, wow, you're smart where did you go to school? That's the value of specialized high schools(think Justice Roberts at La Lumiere). I think you might be confusing the reality of this place with your fears.

[Genius523]

I agree with bill

[niburu89]

I'm not even sure what to say to you bill... I really don't. If i did have something to say, it wouldn't be positive, relative to your stand point. I just don't know what to say... damn.

[RylyC]

Its like a cult, no offense to anyone, but what difference does it make if you follow an old story or a crazy person?

[MarkA15]

it's good to see that there are people that spend their money for good causes.

[lightningcount123]

man, this is amazing!!!!!!!i wish i cud study there

[AaronShaunBrennan]

I was there the 1st year I loved it allot but I started to see flaws in the school and never returned! Then they sent me this huge bill 1 year later? They wanted money from me but wouldn't say what the bill was for! There all about money there! I even herd though the grape vine that they built this $5000 Dog house for there school mascot that's air conditioned! This is not Catholic! I want my money back those Bastards!!!!

[TidBitsOfHappiness]

The dog house was a private donation, the money was not used by the University in that fassion, it was just given by a donor who wanted to gift them with a dog house. It makes them no less Catholic, who are we to judge.

[AaronShaunBrennan]

Well we should be able to judge. God gave us a brain to reason and to make logical decisions. If I remember the dog house was VERY expensive! It also came with its own air condition! I don't think its bad to have a dog-house but when the dog is living better then the homeless down the road it gives a bad impression to everyone and that would be being a Bad Catholic. We are to live as an example to others. What kind of example is this?! I would have to say its scandalous! Thats just my opinion.

[kirkd17]

This is so awesome...

[niburu89]

Your mom is so awesome.