tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100909545177286264.post8221470213297344178..comments2023-06-08T08:01:44.211-04:00Comments on icu: return visit to St John's Church Grotto Utica NYurbanguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304006382060907991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100909545177286264.post-25221040041489669412009-09-22T23:53:09.756-04:002009-09-22T23:53:09.756-04:00Sorry it took me a year to stumble across this. T...Sorry it took me a year to stumble across this. The Grotto appears much brighter than I remember it, and the last time I walked through from statue to statue was as a teenager attending UCA from 1957 to 1960. Our family's great-greats began worship at St. John's around 1824, in the old church. My first walk through the Grotto was with my father in the late 1940's or early 1950's. He grew up in St. John's, attended school there and later the old Assumption Academy up the street. My brothers and I were the last generation of our family to be baptized there. <br />Thanks very much.Davehttp://www.windsweptpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100909545177286264.post-56388642817104422892008-06-15T21:19:00.000-04:002008-06-15T21:19:00.000-04:00LouPhyllis and I left Utica in 1972 (our marriage ...Lou<BR/>Phyllis and I left Utica in 1972 (our marriage year) and moved to Syracuse. I didn't know there was a Grotto at St. Johns until several years ago, when my mother-in=law told me about it. She thought it was closed. We are coming to visit upstate NY (we live in Tampa now) the end of June and plan on making a visit. Thank you for the historical walk thru Utica. <BR/><BR/>PS Joe is my brother<BR/><BR/>Frank and Phyllis MezzaniniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100909545177286264.post-19478437211125834392008-06-15T18:43:00.000-04:002008-06-15T18:43:00.000-04:00thanks Lou.. great jobthanks Lou.. great jobjoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453745081834695450noreply@blogger.com