A fine institution like this Ave Maria doesn't deserve a modernist monstrosity like this.
I'm not sure where Michael Rose got the idea that they have this kind of reputation. What I've heard from many different people is that Ave Maria is basically the permanent campus of World Youth Day. It's far from anything close to "Catholic culture and tradition."
A fine institution like this Ave Maria doesn't deserve a modernist monstrosity like this.
It looks to me like the monstrosity of Ave Maria University is getting a building that symbolizes them very well. The whole project is a megalomaniac fantasy. The church building represents that superbly.