For more information:
phone 216/283-1507
email info@ceirs.org

Cleveland Ecumenical
Institute for Religious Studies

Joe LaGuardia, Dean
joe.laguardia@gmail.com

St. Paul’s Church
2747 Fairmount Boulevard
Cleveland Heights, OH 44106

Providing learners a level of study that enhances the efforts of local congregations.
Providing a faculty that is academically responsible.
Providing a setting for Christian learning in dialogue with other great world religions
Learning in an atmosphere that fosters relationships among people of different faith traditions
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Outstanding local teachers and professors as well as nationally known speakers who teach courses and provide special lectures on Biblical Studies, Spirituality, Ethics, Comparative Religions, and Theology and Culture.
Classes which focus on discussions of assigned readings with opportunity to have questions answered and learn from one another. There are no prerequisites, no examinations, and no written assignments, but great learning and camaraderie.

What's New

--Our Spring Schedule is Online! Click on "Programs" at the left sidebar or at the top to see the brochure. Here are the highlights:

**Note that our Fall Program will include a co-sponsorship that is bringing Rev. Richard Rohr to town in September. However, this event at River's Edge is already be sold out! We are keeping a waiting list, but can make no promises that spaces will open.

*Rabbi Peter Haas' course on Sacred Spaces is now closed. It began at the Church of the Covenant on Sunday, March 25 at 3:00 p.m.

*Dr. Amy Jill Levine is coming to Church of the Covenant on Sunday, April 29 at 2:30 for a very interesting "free" lecture on the Legacy of Jesus for Jews and Christians.

*Rabbi Roger Klein is returning for a four-part series on the Wondrous World of the Psalms at Ursuline College, April 11 to May 2.

*Dr. Joe Kelly will enthrall his listeners with a six-week course April 16 to May 21 on what was going on in the Jewish and Greco-Roman world during the first century of Christianity. This will be offered at Church of the Saviour.

*Wayne Simsic will lead participants to a quiet space at a workshop retreat at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral on Saturday, May 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

--Please support the work of CEIRS by including us in your giving plans for! Thanks to all who donated to our 20th Anniversary campaign!