Serra, in the role of Jesus, washed their feet and then, after the service, dined with them. But few took it to the extremes that Serra did. [citation needed], A teenage boy from the Kumeyaay village of Kosa'aay (Cosoy, known today as Old Town, San Diego) who had often visited the mission before the outbreak of hostilities, resumed his visits with the friars. Many Jesuit priests died along the rugged mountain trail to Veracruz, where overloaded ships waited to carry the survivors across the Atlantic to the Papal States on the Italian peninsula. [citation needed], On the Baja California peninsula, newly appointed governor Gaspar de Portolá had to notify and remove the Jesuits from the chain of missions they had developed in forbidding territory over 70 years. "Our people were directly involved with the Carmel Mission," said Tony Cerda, tribal chief of the Costanoan Rumsen Carmel tribe. His attitude was, 'Stay away from the Indians'. [79], Bolstered by the food unloaded from the San Antonio, Portolá and his men shifted their sights back north to Monterey, specified by José de Gálvez as the northern stake of Spain's empire in California. Later, Serra suffered chest pains and shortness of breath; Palóu suggests that Serra's self-inflicted bruises were the cause. They now had less than 80 miles (130 kilometers) to reach San Diego. -- was torn down at Mission San Rafael by anti-Catholic protesters on Oct.12, 2020. When it got to the Santa Barbara Channel, its sailors made landfall to fetch fresh water. [156] It was formerly named after Serra. White, Jeremy B. Pope's visit delays vote to ditch Junipero Serra statue. [109] The group was among an estimated 200 protestors who marched through the streets of Sacramento. [59], On Pentecost day, May 14, 1769, Serra founded his first mission, Misión San Fernando Rey de España de Velicatá, in a mud hut that had served as a makeshift church when friar Fermín Lasuén had traveled up on Easter to conduct the sacraments for the Fernando Rivera expedition, the overland party that had preceded the Portolá party. [114], While administering Mission San Carlos Borromeo in Monterey, California, Serra had ongoing conflicts with Pedro Fages, who was military governor of Alta California. It sailed past San Diego Bay, destined for Monterey. There are public elementary schools in San Francisco and Ventura, as well as a K-8 Catholic school in Rancho Santa Margarita. They trusted in Providence and the hospitality of local people along the way. By February 1768, Portolá gathered the 16 Baja Jesuit missionaries in Loreto, from where they sailed to mainland Mexico for deportation. "It was a day of great rejoicing and merriment for all," wrote Serra, "because although each one in his respective journey had undergone the same hardships, their meeting ... now became the material for mutual accounts of their experiences. On the Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe's official website, the community released a bilingual statement in support of Serra's canonization shortly after a visit between Chief Cerda and Pope Francis, stating: Saint Junipero Serra Baptized and Married our ancestors Simon Francisco (Indian name "Chanjay") and Magdalena Francisca on April 1, 1775 at Mission San Carlos De Borromeo Del Rio Carmelo ... We wholeheartedly Support the canonization of Saint Junipero Serra because he protected our people and supported their full human rights against the politicians and the military with total disregard for his own life and safety. The Junipero Serra statue at Ventura City Hall. On one occasion he was called home to anoint his seriously ill father with the last rites. It will be a ceremonial opening of the door that will 'let us Indians in,' a moment I honestly didn't think I would live to see. Following the same route they had taken the year before, the expedition reached Monterey Bay on May 24, without losing a single man or suffering any serious illness. [93] For Serra and his companions, therefore, instructing the natives so that their children might also be saved would have most likely been a great concern. [citation needed], In March 1768, Serra and his missionary team boarded a Spanish sloop at San Blas, on Mexico's Pacific coast. Statues of Father Junípero Serra and Francis Scott Key, the author of the Star-Spangled Banner, were also brought down. Whenever Serra placed his hands on their heads, they placed theirs on his. "[75] Padre Vizcaíno, the blacksmith Chacón, and a Christian Indian from San Ignacio suffered wounds. "[121], Corine Fairbanks of the American Indian Movement proclaimed: "For too long the mission system has been glorified as these wonderful moments of California's golden era. In July 1767, the guardian of the college of San Fernando appointed Serra president of the missions of Baja California, heading a group of 15 Franciscan friars; Francisco Palóu served as his second in command. In his remarks, he stated, "What greater symbol of empowerment than that offered by Fray Junípero Serra himself can we offer our youth? The advanced guard of the party greeted them there. 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The statue was a tribute to Father Junipero Serra, a priest who led the development of the California mission system in 1768, according to the Capitol Hill Museum. Vila agreed to stay in the harbor until the relief ship arrived—and to welcome Serra and Crespí aboard if they got stranded by Portolá's departure. [citation needed], Observing the mission and its neighboring huts sparsely protected, a group of over 20 Indians attacked with bows and arrows. The statue of St. Junipero Serra is the latest to be either defaced or forcibly removed by people protesting against monuments that depict the country's colonial and racist past. A statue of Junipero Serra outside the mission in San Rafael was torn down Monday, after a demonstration calling for its removal. Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images) He was accepted as mission superior. ... Make me the same remedy that you would apply to an animal." One of the participants, Andrew Galvan, a member of the Ohlone Tribe and curator of Mission Dolores in San Francisco, stated prior to the ceremony that the canonization "will be the culmination of a life's work for me. "It might be necessary," wrote Serra to the guardian of the college of San Fernando, "to change the site of the mission toward the area of Carmel, a locality indeed more delightful and suitable because of the extent and excellent quality of the land and water supply necessary to produce very abundant harvests. [citation needed], On June 24, 1767, the Viceroy of New Spain, Carlos Francisco de Croix, read a Spanish royal decree to Mexico's archbishop and assembled church officials: "Repair with an armed force to the houses of the Jesuits. The Pames—who centuries earlier had built a civilization with temples, idols and priests—lived mainly by gathering and hunting, but also pursued agriculture. If such evil is not attacked, the horrible corruption will spread among these poor [Indian] neophytes who are in our charge. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) For a time Saturday, it looked as if a statue of Junipero Serra outside City Hall in downtown Ventura might join the growing ranks of toppled figures. [72] Despite the efforts of Doctor Prat, many of the ill men died in San Diego. "We were all enamored of them," wrote Serra. [citation needed], During the trek Serra's left foot swelled up, and a burning itch tormented him. A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay. [citation needed], Some of the soldiers' families tried to establish a town, and the officer in charge of their deployment approved their plan. [95]:114 Serra successfully resisted the efforts of Governor Felipe de Neve to bring Enlightenment policies to missionary work, because those policies would have subverted the economic and religious goals of the Franciscans. "Pedro Fages and Miguel Costansó: Two Early Letters From San Diego in 1769". The friars sometimes let him join the community choir and sing at special church feasts. Smoke from the soldiers' guns, fired in repeated volleys, served as incense. The 6-foot-tall statue of the 18th century Catholic saint, who founded nine of … After heating the mix, he applied it to Serra's foot and leg. He denounced several Christian non-Indians who lived in and around the mission for "the most detestable and horrible crimes of sorcery, witchcraft and devil worship. "[74], Serra's young servant José María Vergerano ran into Serra's hut, his neck pierced by an arrow. [102], Native Americans objected to the Catholic Church's canonization of Serra, charging the priest "directed and approved of the torture and enslavement of Natives" at missions that served as both religious and military installations. His discomfort caused him to stay over at the farm another night, during which he scratched his foot and leg to excess, desperately trying to relieve the itch. The anguished Serra, along with friar Juan Crespí, insisted on staying in San Diego in the event of the Portolá group's departure. That night Serra buried Vergerano secretly, concealing his death from the Indians. . As head of the order in California, Serra not only dealt with church officials, but also with Spanish officials in Mexico City and with the local military officers who commanded the nearby garrison. "[65], The expedition still had 300 miles (480 kilometers) to travel to San Diego. "Father, absolve me," he beseeched, "for the Indians have killed me." Palóu supervised the farm labor of men of the mission; the women learned spinning, sewing and knitting. Portolá again tried to persuade Serra to withdraw from the expedition, offering to "have you carried back to the first mission where you can recuperate, and we will continue our journey." [133], Two members of California's Ohlone Tribe played roles in the canonization Mass by placing a relic of Serra's near the altar and reading a scripture in Chochenyo, a native language. Statues such as Serra’s represent a “sanitized” version of California’s history, said Cutcha Risling Baldy , a Native American studies scholar at Humboldt State University. The regulations of the college of San Fernando said that self-punishment should never be carried to the point of permanently incapacitating oneself. Serra's fellow friar and former student Francisco Palóu also became concerned, gently suggesting to Serra that he stay in Baja California and let the younger and stronger Palóu make the journey to San Diego in his place. "Report to the Inquisition of Mexico City." Iris Engstrand, emerita professor of history at the Catholic University of San Diego, described Serra as: much nicer to the Indians, really, than even to the governors. Fages worked his men very harshly and was seen as a tyrant. On April 28, 1769, Serra arrived at mission San Borja, where he received a warm welcome from friar Fermín Lasuén. A statue of Father Junipero Serra is removed from outside Ventura City Hall on July 23, 2020. [21], The daily routine at the friary followed a rigid schedule: prayers, meditation, choir singing, physical chores, spiritual readings, and instruction. Following Serra's death, leadership of the Franciscan missionary effort in Alta California passed to Fermín Lasuén. In 1778, Serra, although not a bishop, was given dispensation to administer the sacrament of confirmation for the faithful in California. Yet the Archivo General de la Nación in Mexico City, with over a thousand volumes of indexed documents on the Inquisition, apparently contains only two references to Serra's work for the Inquisition following his 1752 appointment: his preaching in Oaxaca in 1764, and his partial handling of the case of a Sierra Gorda mulatto accused of sorcery in 1766.

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