Posted on 06/26/2020 6:57:58 PM PDT by marshmallow
CNA Staff, Jun 22, 2020 / 03:08 pm MT (CNA).- While statues of St. Junipero Serra have been taken down by protestors in California cities, the mission church in Ventura, California, founded by the saint, has announced it will work with local officials and indigenous tribal leaders to see a Serra statue outside Ventura City Hall moved to “a non-public location.”
The announcement came days before a statue of St. Serra was torn down in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park June 20, along with statues of Francis Scott Key and Ulysses S. Grant. In Los Angeles the same day, rioters pulled down a statue of Serra in the city’s downtown.
“Some people disagree with the way that I am handling this, and that’s ok. Some people agree. Some people have even asked that I should be pastor of a mission. Well, everyone is entitled to their own opinion,” Father Tom Elewaut, pastor of the San Buenaventura mission church, said in a homily on June 21.
“The statue is up today, isn’t it? And that is due to not only the joint statement, but the strong position of the elders of the Chumash, who are local here. We want to see the statue preserved. It needs to be relocated— it could have very well been toppled yesterday,” the priest said.
Though protestors rallied at the bronze statue in Ventura on June 20 and reportedly called for it to be torn down, Chumash tribe elders have been adamant that they want a peaceful solution.
“We are going to become a model for the nation so it’s not this riot mob act and desecration, and even having a statue broken into pieces. That is our goal, and that we hope will come to fruition,” Elewaut added.
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Are they going to demand San Francisco change it’s name? San Diego? So many others.
Well, at least the statue is being preserved....for future, smarter generations.
They’ll have to start tearing down the missions next.
Don’t give them any ideas.
Our school spent an entire semester studying Junipero Serra. We went to Queretaro, saw the church of the Holy Cross where he taught priests, monks how to irrigate, dig cisterns cultivating vineyards, olive trees.... He walked 6 times from San Luis Obispo to MEXICO City. Trying to correct abuse of the Spanish Military, many died martyrs. Never saw any evil intent in the guy... I thought it was good to erect a memorial to him...and his 6 trips to Mexico, on a crippled foot, every step a PAIN.
“...indigenous tribal leaders.”
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They are not “indigenous.” Their ancestors came from Asia.
Not surprised. Ventura is located within Bishop Robert Barron’s Pastoral Region of Santa Barbara.
Dixie Beer, brewed in New Orleans, has just announced it’s changing its name.
I think some conservative governor could make a name for his state by using private money to build a “monument park”, where great statues and other at risk monuments would be kept in an attractive, secure area only visible during tour hours.
And maybe even have a sculpting school on the grounds.
The statue belongs and needs to be replaced. The looters need to be eliminated - preferably with extreme prejudice.
Maybe look up the word “indigenous”. It doesn’t mean what you think it means.
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