[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.

[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]

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

Mission Santa Barbara

Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana

[Lady In Blue]

ping

[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

[Salvation]

/what an outstanding post. Thank you for all the work here.

[Salvation]

In His Steps Prayer

"Walk with Blessed Junipero Serra as he traces our Lord's footsteps in search of workers for the vineyard."

Holy Spirit, you are the love and light of the world. Continue to give all Serrans the courage and generosity to respond ardently to your call.

With one voice now, all Serrans say, "Here I am Lord." Fire each of us with a renewed spirit and enthusiasm to work for vocations for our Church.

Deepen our commitment to the Serran mission that we may, indeed, walk "in his steps" on our journey.

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.

Amen