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Monaghan's Ave Maria repays U.S. College aid.


Officials at an ultraconservative Roman Catholic school have returned tens of thousands in federal education aid money, following a government finding of misuse.

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 the Department of Education, Ave Maria Ave Maria (ä`vā märē`ä) [Lat.,=hail, Mary], prayer to the Virgin Mary universal among Roman Catholics, also called the Ave, the Hail Mary, and the Angelic Salutation.  College in Ypsilanti, Mich., filed inadequate documentation for students seeking financial aid and improperly distributed financial aid to students at the college's sister university in Naples, Fla. Both institutions are supported by the Ave Maria Foundation, which also funds numerous Religious Right groups, such as the Thomas More Law Center The Thomas More Law Center is a conservative Christian, not-for-profit law center based in Ann Arbor, Michigan and active throughout the United States. Its stated goals are defending the religious freedom of Christians [1], restoring "time honored values" and protecting .

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 founder, Tom Monaghan, created Ave Maria College in Michigan. According to The Wanderer, a Catholic weekly, the college in Michigan had encountered trouble expanding because of zoning laws, so Monaghan opened Ave Maria University Ave Maria University is a new Roman Catholic university in southwest Florida, founded in 2003 by Tom Monaghan, Catholic philanthropist and retired founder of Domino's Pizza.  in Naples.

A financial official with Ave Maria College told the Naples Daily News that it had repaid $259,620 to the federal government. According to the official, about $151,000 of the total cost dealt with improper documentation and an estimated $108,000 was financial aid distributed improperly to students attending the Naples campus.
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Title Annotation:AU Bulletin
Publication:Church & State
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Feb 1, 2005
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