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	PBS - THE WEST - Junipero Serra
		Serra was born into a humble family on the Spanish island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean Ocean.
		Serra's intellectual acumen and enormous willpower secured his appointment as a professor of theology at the tender age of twenty-four.
		Junipero Serra is still a well-known figure in California, a virtual icon of the colonial era whose statue stands in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and in the U.S. Capital.
	www.pbs.org /weta/thewest/people/s_z/serra.htm (960 words)

	More California Mission History: San Buenaventura
		Present were Father Serra, three of his Franciscans, Governor Felipe de Neve, and the ex-sergeant, José Ortega, now a lieutenant after Father Serra's unsuccessful campaign to have him appointed governor of California.
		Serra and de Neve was of utmost importance to the missionaries, for the governor had been in the territory almost five years and now, for the first time since his arrival, had agreed to discuss the establishment of a new mission.
		Serra had received word that six new Franciscan padres were being sent from the College in Mexico City but there were other difficulties to be solved.
	www.californiamissions.com /morehistory/sanbuenaventura.html (1296 words)

	Los Angeles Lay Catholic Mission \| December 1998 \| Catholic Down to The Bootstraps, by Anne Knight
		Father Moholy was the vice postulator for the cause of Father Serra, who died in 1784.
		Father Serra's cause for beatification and canonization as a saint in the Catholic Church was opened in 1934.
		Father Moholy, a professor of sacred theology at the Old Mission Santa Barbara Theological Seminary, was appointed as the second vice postulator for the Serra cause in 1958 "For many years he was quite ill," Brother Timothy Arthur, OFM, provincial archivist at the Santa Barbara Mission, said.
	www.losangelesmission.com /ed/articles/1998/1298ak.htm (1161 words)

	Mission San Carlos de Borromeo de Carmelo
		Serra relates that after Mass Portola observed a nicety of protocol by declaring that the "primary purpose" of the king was to extend the faith, so the cross should preced the flag.
		Father Serra had devoted 54 years of his life to the cause of Saint Francis, of which the last 15 in California had been the most difficult and exacting.
		At the foot of the altar of this church are buried the earthly remains of Fathers Junípero Serra, Juan Crespi, Fermín Lasuén and Julian Lopez.
	www.athanasius.com /camission/carmel.htm (3176 words)

	Common-place: The Competing Legacies of Junípero Serra
		Miguel Joseph Serra was born in 1713, in the town of Petra on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.
		The home in which Serra was born and raised was a typical farmer’s house of the early eighteenth century: two stories, built of stone, with an entrance wide enough to serve the Serras and the family’s mule.
		Serra’s own zeal for the preservation and propagation of the faith may have been honed early on as he came of age in a world where church and state distrusted one another and were locked in bitter controversy.
	www.common-place.org /vol-05/no-02/hackel/index.shtml (2875 words)

	Junipero Serra (1713-1774) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Miquel Joseph Serra was born and baptized on November 24, 1713 in the small town of Petra on the island of Mallorca, Spain.
		Serra landed in the port city of Vera Cruz and then traveled by foot to Mexico City to begin his work.
		Serra traveled thousands of miles, suffered many pains and hardship, founded nine missions over a span of 800 miles, and converted many Indians to Christianity for the salvation of their souls.
	www.geocities.com /thefoghorn/serra.htm (488 words)

	Junipero Serra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Father Serra came to what is now California as a 56-year-old man, asthmatic and suffering from a chronic leg sore that troubled him for the last 15 years of his life.
		When Father Junípero Serra founded California's first mission in 1769, he was 56 years old and asthmatic, with a chronic sore on his leg that troubled him for the rest of his life, and he suffered frequently from other illnesses, as well.
		Father Serra had been a philosophy professor and distinguished preacher at the Convent of San Francisco in Mallorca, the Spanish island where he was born in 1713.
	www.catholic-church.org /serra-beth/serra-4.htm (2018 words)

	Mission Santa Barbara
		Serra had made the long trip to Mexico in order to secure Fages' removal and it must have been a discouraging experience for the aging padre to learn that his former enemy had returned.
		The old father did not survive Fages' appointment for long, as he passed away on August 28, 1784, leaving the burden of mission problems to be shouldered by the able and willing Father Lasuén.
		Father Fermin Lasuén, one of the missionaries who had arrived with Serra at San Diego, became the new Padre Presidente and the actual founder of Mission Santa Barbara, December 4, 1786.
	www.athanasius.com /camission/barbara.htm (3221 words)

	California Missions
		Serra left his homeland, aging parents, youthful memories, the cloister and known community, to bring the word of God to unknown people in a distant unknown world.
		When Jose de Galvez told Serra of his determination to occupy Alta California, Serra offered to go in person as the first volunteer "to erect the holy standard of the cross in Monterey." It was the opportunity that Father Serra had longed and prayed for-to plant the faith on unworked soil.
		Father Junipero Serra, from Mallorca, Spain, had already proven himself to be a brilliant teacher, devout missionary, and skilled administrator.
	www.mymission.org /mymhisb.asp (612 words)

	Junipero Serra
		Miguel Jose was born to Margarita and Antonio Serra on November 24, 1713 in Petra on the Spanish island of Majorca.
		Fathers Serra and Crespi determined to remain in San Diego and convinced Portola to wait until after the Feast of Saint Joseph on March 19 to depart.
		During Father Serra's tenure as President nine missions were established and the ground work was laid for the expansion of the chain from San Diego in the south to Sonoma in the north.
	www.inn-california.com /Articles/biographic/serrabionotes.html (1261 words)

	Father Junipero Serra
		Father Junipero Serra (Miguel Jose Serra) was one of the most important Spanish missionaries in the New World.
		This was a herculean task considering that Father Serra was already in his fifties and suffered from a chronic ulcerated condition in one leg.
		Serra was ascetic and uncompromising in his zeal to convert the Indians to Christianity and to make his missions self sufficient.
	www.aoc.gov /cc/art/nsh/serra.cfm (256 words)

	Monterey County Historical Society, Local History Pages--Father Junipero Serra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Serra chose to walk the 250 miles between Vera Cruz and Mexico City, and he arrived at the College of San Fernando on January 1, 1750.
		Serra and Palóu voluntered for the Sierra Gorda missions, and both walked the 175 miles to Jalpan, the central mission of that group.
		In 1752, Serra was appointed a commissioner of the Holy Office of the Inquisition for the Sierra Gorda district, and for other areas he happened to be preaching where there was no resident commissioner.
	www.mchsmuseum.com /serra.html (530 words)

	Califonia Missions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Father Junipero Serra, a priest in the Franciscan order, is considered to be the "father of California." Serra was born on the island of Mallorca, Spain in 1713.
		Serra was an intense man who loved the natural beauties of the world, a sweet man who instilled devotion in his followers.
		Father Serra was designated as Father-President of the Alta California missions, and Carmel became his headquarters until the end of his life.
	www.nps.gov /jeff/LewisClark2/Circa1804/WestwardExpansion/EarlyExplorers/CaliforniaMissions.htm (5061 words)

	Almanac: California Missions
		Father Serra is made president of the Baja California missions.
		Father Serra moves San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo to Carmel to prevent liasons between his female Indian converts and the soldiers at Monterey.
		Father Serra's birthplace in Majorca, Spain, becomes the property of the City of San Francisco.
	www.notfrisco.com /almanac/missions/chrono.html (1174 words)

	Ettore Cadorin, Junipero Serra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Born on the Island of Majorca off the coast of Spain, Father Serra was ordained in Palma where he taught for fifteen years before being sent to Mexico as a missionary in 1749.
		Despite an injured leg and constant pain, Father Serra labored mightily in the service of the Church and was a major leader in the conquest of California for Spain.
		This statue was erected by the Knights of Columbus in 1932 and was rededicated on the 200th anniversary of Father Serr's death on August 28, 1784.
	www.publicartinla.com /UnionStation/serra.html (130 words)

	Father Junipero Serra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Father Junipero Serra was an explorer that was born on November 24, of 1713.He was born on an island called Majorca off the coast of Spain.
		Father Serra'sdream was to bring the message of God's love to the Indians of the New World.When he became a padre he knew he wanted to become a missionary in the NewWorld.
		Father Serra had felt asif his life would soon be over, after all he had lived seventy years, ninemonths and four days.
	www.escusd.k12.ca.us /mission_trail/SBarbara/Father_Serra.html (510 words)

	Junipero Serra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Father Serra's missions were established along El Camino Real, which linked his Church-centered communities up and down the California coastline.
		Father, we ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord, through the intercession of Blessed Junipero Serra and Mary, the Mother of the Church and religious vocations.
		This ministry in Father Serra's name is to encourage and affirm vocations to priesthood and vowed religious life.
	www.serraus.org /frserra.htm (450 words)

	CCSR Vocations Retreat
		Junípero Serra was born Miguel Serra y Abram on November 24, 1713 in Petra, a farming village in Mallorca's central plain.
		Serra was known as a bright, articulate scholar --apparently a moving speaker and a clear, precise writer -- but he did not remain long in academic life.
		Serra's second assignment was to journey out from Mexico City into coastal villages and mining camps.
	www.angelfire.com /tx6/patch/CCSRvocation.html (520 words)

	Serra, Junipero. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In 1769, Serra went with the second expedition to California, which was commanded by Gaspar de Portolá.
		When they returned unsuccessful, Serra was one of those responsible for the sending of another expedition, which he accompanied.
		When Monterey was reached and the mission San Carlos Barromeo founded (1770), Serra remained there as president of Alta California missions; in 1771 he moved the mission to Carmel-by-the-Sea, which became his headquarters for the rest of his days.
	www.bartleby.com /65/se/Serra-Ju.html (390 words)

	Serra Club of Richmond Virginia
		Serra is an important and truly worldwide effort that focuses on promoting and giving support to our priests, sisters, brothers and lay vocations.
		Father Serra was born Miguel Jose Serra on November 24, 1713 in Petra, Mellorca.
		Serra served as a priest in Mexico for 19 years before coming to California, where at the age of 56 years and in failing health, he set out to establish his first mission in California, Mission San Diego, in 1769, with the Spanish expedition led by Gaspar de Porola.
	www.rc.net /richmond/serra/AboutSerra.html (1576 words)

	Serra Club
		The club is associated with Serra International, an international Catholic lay organization dedicated to supporting and encouraging vocations to the priesthood and the religious life.
		Members of the Lincoln Serra club are Catholic men who are active in their parish and committed to promoting vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
		The Lincoln Serra Club is very active in the Catholic community, focusing on supporting new and existing vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
	www.dioceseoflincoln.org /green/offices_serra_club.htm (441 words)

	Ted Marcus' Virtual Light Table: Mission San Juan Capistrano - Pictures and Travelogue
		Father St. John O'Sullivan, the Mission's parish priest from 1910 to 1933, devoted himself to restoring and rebuilding decrepit ruins into a romantic idealization of what a Spanish Colonial mission should look like.
		Other additions Father O'Sullivan made in the 1920s include an ornamental arcade on the outside of the Serra Chapel, and a "Sacred Garden" behind the bell wall between the church ruins and the Serra Chapel.
		He is buried next to the Serra Chapel, beneath a monument he erected to honor the mission's original builders, in the cemetery he shares with around two thousand Indians.
	www.tedsimages.com /text/capstran.htm (1549 words)

	Father Junipero Serra
		Junipero Serra was born on November 24, 1713 to Antonio Serra and his wife, Margarita Ferrer in the village of Petra on the island of Mallorca.
		The Serra Chapel is the only remaining church in California in which Father Serra is known to have celebrated Mass.
		Father Serra died in 1784 and is buried at Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo.
	www.sjchistoricalsociety.com /Serra.html (354 words)

	U.S. SENATOR BARBARA BOXER \| California Missions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Upon his in death in 1784, Father Serra was buried in the church sanctuary beside the altar.
		Father Narciso Duran directed the mission for 27 years, and oversaw over 20,000 head of cattle and sheep, an agricultural output second only to Mission San Gabriel, and a thirty-piece orchestra made up of Christianized Indians.
		Father Luis Gil y Toboado, who was the only Father in California with medical training, successfully ran the Mission hospital.
	boxer.senate.gov /missions/miss.cfm (3583 words)

	The California Mission magazine - Blessed Junipero Serra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		However, the biography of Father Serra that you find in "The California Mission" is unlike all the other biographies of this great Catholic missionary.
		We are reprinting the first biography of Father Serra that was ever wirtten -- the historic biography written a year after Serra's death in 1785 by his beloved friend and fellow Franciscan missionary, Francisco Palou.
		Father Serra was greatly inspired by Maria of Agreda and she is mentioned several times in Palou's Life of Serra.
	www.msjc.org /serra.html (337 words)

	San Buenaventura Mission, Ventura, California
		In 1750, Serra volunteered to serve the Franciscan missions in the new world and left Cadiz, Spain and sailed for Vera Cruz, Mexico, at the age of 36.
		When Father Serra founded the first of California's missions in San Diego, he was 56 years old.
		When Father Serra died in 1784 he had established nine California missions and baptized 6,000 Indians, about 10 percent of the California Native American population.
	www.sanbuenaventuramission.org /history_junipero_serra.html (413 words)

	John Steven McGroarty: THE MISSION PLAY
		Father Junipero is sad and constantly at prayer, because no conversions have been made among these wild gentiles of the hills.
		The Indian father hands the infant to Father Serra, who places it in the arms of Don Gaspar, who is to be godfather to the child.
		Father Juniperio has a premonition that he will not be with them much longer on earth, and bids his brothers a touching farewell.
	www.ac.wwu.edu /~stephan/jsm/play.story.html (2988 words)

	Parallel Histories: The California Missions / Historias Paralelas: Las Misiones de California
		Father Serra founded Misión San Gabriel on the Pacific coast in 1771, which came to be used frequently as a stopping off point for Spanish soldiers and settlers on their way to other locations.
		Father Serra initiated the high point of the Spanish missionary activity, founding nine California missions between 1769 and 1782, beginning with Mission San Diego.
		Father Serra founded Mission San Juan Capistrano, the seventh mission that he established, in 1776.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /intldl/eshtml/es-1/es-1-4-4.html (1314 words)

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