Posts Tagged ‘Blessed Junipero Serra’
Catholic Church is Canonizing a New Saint!
BLESSED JUNIPERO SERRA An 18th century Spanish Franciscan who founded a string of missions across Mexico and California will be canonized Pope Francis announced on January 15th. Blessed Serra is credited with directly founding 9 missions in California, one in Baja California in Mexico and with reinvigorating established missions in Mexico. The announcement came when…