The Significance Of Blessed Junipero Serra

Catholic.Net ^ | March-April, 2000 | Gerard Beigel, S.T.D.

[Lady In Blue]

Blessed Junipero Serra's Memorial Day is July 1st.

CALIFORNIA MISSIONS

San Diego de Alcala Founded 1769

Carmel Founded 1770

San Antonio de Padua, Founded 1771

San Gabriel,Archangel,Founded in 1771

San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, Founded 1772

Mission Dolores

San Juan Capistrano,Founded 1776

Santa Clara de Asis, Founded 1777

San Buenaventura,Founded 1782

Santa Barbara,Founded 1786

San Purisima, Founded 1787

Santa Cruz,Founded 1791

Senora de la Soledad, Founded 1791

San Jose, Founded 1797

San Juan Bautista, Founded 1797

San Miguel Archangel, Founded 1797

San Fernando Rey de Espana,Founded 1797

San Luis Rey,Founded 1798

San Ines, Founded 1804

San Rafael Archangel,Founded 1817

San Francisco Solano, Founded 1823

[Lady In Blue]

I'm sorry that a few of the mission pictures didn't come out.I double checked a number of times.I guess the "address" was changed.

[Lady In Blue]

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[Lady In Blue]

IGNATIUS, you might be interested in Blessed Junipero Serra,since the California Missions are an important part of California's history.

[Lady In Blue]

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[Polycarp]

Thank you for the ping! Fr Shaunessy had a wonderful homily during the EWTN mass regarding Fr Serra. We need a few thousand more like him!!!

[Lady In Blue]

You're welcome.I'll be glad when Eccostar buys Hughs(my system).When it's approved I should be able to get EWTN(finally).I would have loved to have heard Father's homily!

[Polycarp]

We do not own a TV. I listen on shortwave radio. Its worth the investment!

[Salvation]

Thanks, Lady in Blue. I thought about posting something today after I noticed it as the optional Mass when I went to the Communion Service at noon, but just did not get around to it.

[Salvation]

Thanks, Lady in Blue. I thought about posting something today after I noticed it as the optional Mass when I went to the Communion Service at noon, but just did not get around to it.

[livius]

Thanks for all the wonderful pictures! I live in Florida, where the Spanish also established a much less well-known mission chain through North Florida and Georgia. We have no pictures, unfortunately! The climate here contributed to that, of course, since the missions were built of wood and were either destroyed by the English from South Carolina or simply reclaimed by Florida's active insect population after the Spanish left.

It's a wonderful history, though, and I sometimes wonder if Catholics here realize what they owe to the many missionaries sent by Spain to this wild, inhospitable land. In many places, the Catholicism they planted seemed to disappear; but I prefer to think that it simply sank in deep and took root, and will reappear one of these days.

[Lady In Blue]

You're welcome,Salvation.Blessed Junipero Serra was a true son of the Church.Imagine, walkng from one end of California to the other with an ulcerous leg,and by choice!

[Lady In Blue]

You're welcome,Livius.I'm glad that you liked the pictures.I'm just sorry that a couple of them didn't come out!

"It's a wonderful history, though, and I sometimes wonder if Catholics here realize what they owe to the many missionaries sent by Spain to this wild, inhospitable land. In many places, the Catholicism they planted seemed to disappear; but I prefer to think that it simply sank in deep and took root, and will reappear one of these days."

Beautifully said! And I couldn't agree with you more.BTW,I hate to admit it but I didn't know that the Spaniards build Missions in Florida and GA! It's too bad that they didn't survive for whatever reasons.

[Lady In Blue]

Here's the two Missions which didn't come out:

Mission Santa Barbara

Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana

[Lady In Blue]

I have a shortwave radio.Do you know if that program will be repeated this evening? I sure hope so. I usually turn my shortwave radio on when I go to bed for a few minutes before I go to sleep.

[Lady In Blue]

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[Canticle_of_Deborah]

I love the missions! I used to make day trips to Carmel to visit the mission and a few other places there. San Luis Obispo has a nice little plaza too. (I may be biased because I sure like those two towns!)

I didn't know there were missions established in Florida either:-)

[Lady In Blue]

I don't know what happened but when I came back on this thread this evening,these pictures didn't show up above,so I'm reposting them.

Mission Santa Ines

Mission San Rafael the Archangel

Mission San Solano

[Lady In Blue]

I love them too! They're just beautiful! Last year PBS had a special on them with beautiful Mariachi music.I taped part of it.I'm sitting here now wondering where I put that tape?!

[Lady In Blue]

Time to bring this 2 year old thread back on the feast day of Blessed Junipero Serra.