Ave Maria University – Oratory

Ave Maria, Florida

In a joint venture, Manhattan constructed the first new Catholic institution to be established in the U.S. in half a century, Ave Maria University. It serves as a new college town to for 5,000 students on its 750-acre campus. A 3,000-seat landmark Oratory is the nation’s largest Roman Catholic place of worship and a soaring focal point serving as the symbolic and physical heart of both town and university.