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Blessed Junipero Serra InformationFeast Day: July 1
Blessed Junipero Serra (1713-1784)
The Padre President of California
Blessed Junipero Serra was a Spanish priest and explorer who founded the famous
missions that dot California. At 16, he entered the Franciscans. In 1749,
Junipero answered a call for missionaries and sailed for Mexico. He founded his
first California mission, San Diego de Alcala, in 1769, and was made “Padre
Presidente” of California. Over the next 15 years, Fr. Serra established seven
missions, each one a full-day’s walk from its neighbor, and linked by a dirt
road called “El Camino Real” or King’s Highway. Despite an infected leg, Serra
walked more than 24,000 miles in California alone — more than the journeys of
Marco Polo and Lewis & Clark combined.
Other Sources of Information
Blessed Junipero Serra Biography
Blessed Junipero Serra, Founder of California
Blessed Serra Bio (From MissionTour.org)
Detailed Information about Blessed Junipero Serra
Local (or neighboring):
Blessed Junipero Serra, Phelan
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Church in Santa Clarita
Our Lady of the Snows, Wrightwood
Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lancaster
St. Andrew's Abbey (Benedictine Monastery) in Valyermo
St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church in Canyon Country
St. Mary Catholic Church in Palmdale
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles
Other churches around the world:
(add your old home parish to our list of links,
email the URL to
webmaster@fatherserra.org)
Home of Franciscan Missions (Waterford, WI)
Old St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church (Chicago, Ill)
Our Lady of the Sierras (Southern AZ)
Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church (Tombstone, AZ)
St. Francis Catholic Church (Dracut, MA)
St. Raymond Catholic Church (Dublin, CA)
St. Robert Bellarmine (Bayside, NY)
St. Robert's Catholic Church (San Bruno, CA)
St. Susanna Catholic Church (Mason, OH)
The Catholic Community of St. Francis of Assisi (Raleigh, NC)
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