Pope Francis shared in the homily at the Mass and Canonization of Blessed Junípero Serra on September 23, 2015, “Today we remember one of those witnesses who testified to the joy of the Gospel in these lands, Father Junípero Serra. He was the embodiment of ‘a Church which goes forth’, a Church which sets out to bring everywhere the reconciling tenderness of God.”
Christian Clifford, author of four books and dozens of articles on California mission history, offers the following resources to help one get to know the 18th-century Franciscan priest better.
Photos of the California missions & from Clifford’s 800-mile pilgrimage of the California Missions Trail (flickr.com/photos/19189311@N00/collections)
Quotes from St. Junípero Serra (pinterest.com/Missions1769/quotes-from-st-junipero-serra/)
Images of Saint Junípero Serra (flickr.com/photos/saintjuniperoserra/)
Further Reading (sites.google.com/serrahs.com/missons1769/resources/further-reading)
CHRISTIAN CLIFFORD @ Missions1769.com 