SUPER SAINTS: Saint Junipero Serra-Bob & Penny Lord.
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Jul 1, 2010 www.bobandpennylord.com/Bl_Junipero_Serra.htm Short clip about the life of Blessed Junipero Serra by Bob and Penny Lord
Saint Junipero Serra - July 1
Also known as
Apostle of California
Miguel José Serra Ferrer
Memorial
28 August
1 July (United States)
Profile
Entered the Franciscan University at Palma, Spain at age 15, and joined the Order at age 17, taking the name Junipero after the friend of Saint Francis. Ordained in 1737, and taught philosophy and theology at the Lullian University.
In 1749, Serra was sent to the missionary territories of the west of North America. A mosquito bite he received early in his trip to the New World left one leg swollen; this and his asthma made walking a painful process for the rest of his life. In 1768 he took over missions in the Mexican provinces of Lower and Upper California, missions the Jesuits were forced to abandon by order of King Charles III. A tireless worker, Serra was largely responsible for the foundation and spread of the Church on the West Coast of the United States. Founded twenty-one missions, converted thousands of Native Americans, and trained many of them in European methods of agriculture, cattle husbandry, and crafts. Dedicated religious and missionary, penitent and austere in all areas of his life.
Blessed Junipero Serra is the namesake of the Serra Club, an international Catholic organization dedicated to the promotion of vocations, and the support of seminarians and religious novices. Many of his letters and other writings have survived, and the diary of his travels to the west was published in the early 20th century.
Born
24 November 1713 at Petra, Spanish Majorca as Miguel Jose Serra
Died
28 August 1784 of tuberculosis at Mission San Carlos, California of natural causes
buried at Carmel, Monterey, California
Venerated
9 May 1985 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Beatified
25 September 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Canonized
23 September 2015 by Pope Francis
canonization recognition celeberated at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC, presided by Pope Francis
Name Meaning
jester of God (= Junipero)
Patronage
California
California Missions
Los Angeles, California, archdiocese of
Serra Foundation
The nine missions Blessed Junipero founded:
Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá, July 16, 1769, present-day San Diego, California.
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, June 3, 1770, present-day Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
Mission San Antonio de Padua, July 14, 1771
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, September 8, 1771, present-day San Gabriel, California.
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, September 1, 1772, present-day city of San Luis Obispo, California.
Mission San Juan Capistrano, November 1, 1776, present-day San Juan Capistrano
Mission San Francisco de Asís, June 29, 1776, present-day San Francisco, California chain of missions.
Mission Santa Clara de Asís, January 12, 1777, present-day city of Santa Clara, California, and
Mission San Buenaventura, March 31, 1782, present-day Ventura, California.
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Bl. Junipero Serra sainthood cause just one miracle away
Oakland, Calif., Mar 5, 2011 / 01:05 pm (CNA).- It’s going to take a miracle for Blessed Father Junipero Serra, founder of the California missions, to become a saint.
And, if it were up to Andrew Galvan, curator of Old Mission Dolores, that miracle would take place right there in San Francisco. Within the walls of the mission church would be just fine.
Serra, who lived from 1713 to 1784, founded the first nine of the 21 California missions. He is buried at Mission San Carlos Borromeo in Carmel.
For Galvan, a member of the board of directors of the Junipero Serra Cause for Canonization, the journey to sainthood for the Franciscan friar has been a long one. And, for some, the fact that Galvan, who traces his heritage to a pair of native people who were baptized by missionaries and are buried in the cemetery grounds for which he is now responsible, is on Serra’s side is a bit of a miracle in itself.
Galvan has assisted in the cause for sainthood since meeting Father Noel Francis Moholy at Mission San Jose in 1978. “When Father Noel found out I was a California Mission Indian descendant who liked Father Serra — gold,” Galvan said.
Galvan was at the Vatican alongside Father Moholy in July 1987, as the miracle attributed to Serra — the cure of a nun suffering from lupus — was being investigated.
Galvan said when people would ask, “Isn’t there a controversy about how Father Serra treated Indians?” Father Moholy would say, “Would you like to talk to my Indian adjutant?”
Galvan returned to the Vatican for the beatification on Sept. 25, 1988.
The man whose ancestry includes Ohlone, Bay Miwok, Plains Miwok, Coast Miwok and Patwin is a scholar of the missions, and notes that in many ways, the image of Serra’s work with the Indians changes with scholarship.
For example, he points out how the availability of documents online and modern science helped refute one long-running contention that Serra did not have the Indians’ best interests at heart. Serra’s papers show he asked what was done in Spain when children were not thriving. Give them more milk to build them up, the answer came. Still, children died. Later, science would show that the native coastal people were lactose-intolerant, something Serra could hardly have known three centuries ago.
In the cemetery at the mission, Galvan has constructed a marker to commemorate the place where Poylemja, who became Faustino at Baptism, and Jocbocme, who became Obulinda, are interred. If you look at the family tree on the wall of the mission museum, you will see that they are Galvan’s great-great-great-great-grandparents.
And the mission is where he also met his own protégé, Vincent Medina Jr., with whom he shares common ancestry. Medina, 24, is volunteering at the mission and is leading some tours of fourth-graders studying missions.
The man Galvan calls J. Serra is one miracle away from sainthood. And if that miracle would happen at his beloved Mission Dolores, nothing would please him more.
Printed with permission from The Catholic Voice, newspaper for the Diocese of Oakland, Calif.
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2 video clips I made in his honor:
Fray Junípero Serra, caricaturas/comics--(see:FRAY JUNIPERO SERRA-HISTORIETA-088
GermanPB's pdf on Bl. Junipero Serra, Spanish)
Visit to Mallorca, land of Blessed Father Junípero Serra to Mallorca, birthplace of Bl. Father Junípero Serra.
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www.bobandpennylord.com/Bl_Junipero_Serra.htm Short clip about the life of Blessed Junipero Serra by Bob and Penny Lord