{"id":99,"date":"2020-04-20T19:47:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T19:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/?post_type=back-matter&#038;p=99"},"modified":"2020-08-31T16:00:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T16:00:05","slug":"appendix-i","status":"publish","type":"back-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/back-matter\/appendix-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Appendix I"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>OUR LADY OF LEVO\u010cA<\/h2>\r\nA Slovak American shrine in Bedford, near Cleveland, Ohio.\r\n\r\nIn 1928, when Archbishop Joseph Schrembs of the Cleveland Diocese dedicated the Motherhouse grounds of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity, the Slovak people raised a fund to construct a Shrine of Our Lady of Levo\u010da at the Motherhouse in Bedford, Ohio.\r\n\r\nThe religious community was under the direction of its newly appointed Provincial Superior, Mother Mary John Berchmans Fialko, when it assumed guardianship of the shrine in 1928. Later, these Sisters were to become a separate comnunity for the Cleveland diocese with Mother Berchmans as the General Superior.\r\n\r\nEncouraged through a strong devotion to Our Lady of Lovocha (a 700 year old shrine in Slovak) and the willingness of the Vincentian Sisters, a group of women from St. Wendelin Slovak parish set about the task of securing a statue similar to the one in their beloved homeland.\r\n\r\nBishop Vojt\u0101ssak was contacted in Slovakia and directed to supervise a carving of a statue out of solid apple tree wood which was to be the exact replica of the original Levo\u010da statue.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_132\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"288\"]<img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_215_lady_of_levoca-190x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"455\" class=\"wp-image-132\" \/> <span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_133\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"352\"]<img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_215_outside_shrine_image-300x260.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"305\" class=\"wp-image-133\" \/> <span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_134\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"249\"]<img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_church_image-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"377\" class=\"wp-image-134\" \/> <span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_135\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"300\"]<img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_inside_church_-300x253.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" class=\"wp-image-135 size-medium\" \/> <span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_136\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"258\"]<img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_Pastor_Hibian.png\" alt=\"The New Dr. Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church on 4470 Ridge Road with Rev. V. L. Hibian, Pastor.\" width=\"258\" height=\"438\" class=\"wp-image-136\" \/> The New Dr. Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church on 4470 Ridge Road with Rev. V. L. Hibian, Pastor.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<h2>OUR LADY OF LEVO\u010cA<\/h2>\n<p>A Slovak American shrine in Bedford, near Cleveland, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>In 1928, when Archbishop Joseph Schrembs of the Cleveland Diocese dedicated the Motherhouse grounds of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity, the Slovak people raised a fund to construct a Shrine of Our Lady of Levo\u010da at the Motherhouse in Bedford, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>The religious community was under the direction of its newly appointed Provincial Superior, Mother Mary John Berchmans Fialko, when it assumed guardianship of the shrine in 1928. Later, these Sisters were to become a separate comnunity for the Cleveland diocese with Mother Berchmans as the General Superior.<\/p>\n<p>Encouraged through a strong devotion to Our Lady of Lovocha (a 700 year old shrine in Slovak) and the willingness of the Vincentian Sisters, a group of women from St. Wendelin Slovak parish set about the task of securing a statue similar to the one in their beloved homeland.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Vojt\u0101ssak was contacted in Slovakia and directed to supervise a carving of a statue out of solid apple tree wood which was to be the exact replica of the original Levo\u010da statue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_132\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-132\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_215_lady_of_levoca-190x300.png\" alt=\"\" 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id=\"caption-attachment-132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133\" style=\"width: 352px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_215_outside_shrine_image-300x260.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"305\" class=\"wp-image-133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_215_outside_shrine_image-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_215_outside_shrine_image-65x56.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_215_outside_shrine_image-225x195.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_215_outside_shrine_image.png 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_church_image-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"377\" class=\"wp-image-134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_church_image-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_church_image-65x99.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_church_image-225x341.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_church_image-350x531.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_church_image.png 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_inside_church_-300x253.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" class=\"wp-image-135 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_inside_church_-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_inside_church_-65x55.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_inside_church_-225x190.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_inside_church_-350x295.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_inside_church_.png 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136\" style=\"width: 258px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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V. L. Hibian, Pastor.\" width=\"258\" height=\"438\" class=\"wp-image-136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_Pastor_Hibian.png 103w, https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/slovak-americans-and-their-communities-of-cleveland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2020\/04\/page_216_Pastor_Hibian-65x110.png 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The New Dr. Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church on 4470 Ridge Road with Rev. V. L. 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