Posted July 21, 200816 yr Cleveland Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The train ride was so nice, I didn't have to worry about driving, parking, etc. The walk through Little Italy was really nice and the neighborhood far surpassed my expectations. Although Baltimore's Little Italy is nice, Cleveland's is a lot better. What's the story with this church? I don't know why this is diagonal, I think I tripped. :? My friend and I loved the neighborhood. We went into the Pennello Gallery where I bought an amazing photo. The lady there was awesome and had some amazing paintings (well out of my price range). She also new Don Nash from Mansfield. We then had dinner at Mama Santa, the waitress was so nice and the food was awesome. After our visit to Little Italy we made the train ride back to my car and then made our way back to Mansfield. I can't wait to go back to Cleveland.
July 21, 200816 yr Fantastic. This is my fave..... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 22, 200816 yr What's the story with this church? www.thelyceum.org "The Lyceum is a coeducational, college preparatory school dedicated to providing a classical Catholic education to students in grades seven through twelve. Our program is unique in that it combines academic standards that can compete with other prestigious private schools with a serious emphasis on knowing and living our Catholic faith and culture that is almost non-existent in many of today's Catholic schools. We are one of a growing number of schools nationwide that aim to provide a classical Catholic education with a low student to teacher ratio. Small classes allow each student to be heard in discussion, and to be held accountable for his own work. The Lyceum does not intend to grow beyond 75 students. Housed in a charming and historic brick structure, The Lyceum is located at 2062 Murray Hill Road in Cleveland's Little Italy neighborhood. The building, a little gem on the corner of Murray Hill and Paul Roads, is an old church called "Chiesa Giovanni". Offering flexible classroom and office space, a kitchen and several corners for quiet study, the building has a gracious lofted center hall, "The Giovanni", which has a wonderful acoustic for concerts and plays. We also love to have all-school seminars and morning prayer in this beautiful space. The distinctive charm - and even atmosphere of beauty - that the school building offers, provides the right environment for the pursuit of Wisdom, Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Though modest in size, the building offers the essentials, enabling us to provide our students an excellent liberal arts education. We believe that every student deserves a one-on-one encounter with the greatest minds that have ever lived. From the study of Euclid's Elements to the Federalist Papers, Lyceum students are immersed in the perennial ideas at the very core of western civilization. This is classical Catholic education. This is academic excellence, right here in Cleveland."
July 22, 200816 yr As to the history of that little church: ST. JOHN'S BECKWITH MEMORIAL CHURCH was a Protestant mission to immigrant Italians founded in 1890 in LITTLE ITALY. In the summer of 1888, Louise Woodward and Florence Cozad, members of the EUCLID AVE. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, started a Sunday school for Italian children and adults in an orchard near LAKE VIEW CEMETERY. A mission was established by Euclid Ave. Congregational with the assistance of the Congregational City Mission Society, which assumed sole responsibility in 1901. The mission was based at Lakeview Congregational Church until 1904 and then at a rented hall. In 1904 Rev. Pietro Monnet was called as the first pastor. Due to financial difficulties, in 1906 the Session of the Second Presbyterian Church assumed responsibility for the mission, with funds from the bequest of T. Sterling Beckwith. A building was dedicated on 27 Feb. 1907 at the corner of Murray Hill Rd. and Paul St. as St. John's Beckwith Memorial Church, which then had 36 members. The church had an independent session until 1922, when, faced with internal and financial problems, the session was dissolved and the church placed in the charge of the Italian Mission Committee of the Church of the Covenant. The congregation grew to 125 members by the early 1960s. During the pastorate of Rev. Fiore D'Isidoro (195060), services continued in both English and Italian, and building renovations were completed (195354). In 1955 the Church of the Covenant severed its connection with St. John's Beckwith, and the mission was constituted as an independent church. In late 1961 or early 1962, however, the Presbytery of the Western Reserve officially dissolved the church; in 1963 the property was sold. http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=SJBMC Probably more than you ever wanted to know, but you did ask...
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July 22, 200816 yr Very nice mini-tour of Cleveland! I've definately always been a fan of the Little Italy/Case Western area.
July 23, 200816 yr Thanks everyone! Buckeye1- Thanks for all the information, even if it was to much. But I did ask. lol I really like Little Italy as well. We ate at Mama Santa and had no room left for dessert. Maybe I will go to Corbo's Bakery next time I am there.
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