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St. Junípero Serra

A mural by Frank A. Martinez greets people entering the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. The rendering depicts figures from early 18th-century California, including Saint Junípero Serra (right) and native people building the missions and harvesting crops. The central figure at top is Mary. (CNS/Nancy Wiechec)

For St. Francis’ Jubilee year, how did the saint influence California?

Ann Rodgers|Apr 8, 2026|3 Min Read

St. Junípero Serra experts from Spain and California at a Dec. 3 event at the Merchants Exchange Club in San Francisco, from left to right: Salvatore Caruso of the Camino de California Eucharistic Procession; writer Christian Clifford; Rubén Mendoza, Ph.D.; Antonia Roca, councilor, Department of Culture and Heritage; Salvador Femenías Riera, mayor of Petra; Llorenç Galmés, president of the Consell de Mallorca; Catalina Font, president of the Casa Serra Foundation; Guillem Ginard, director of Culture; Margarita Martínez of the Balearic Association of Software, Internet, and New Technologies; Father Robert Barbato, O.F.M. Cap.; Kelly Connelly; and David Bolton, the California Missions Foundation. (Submitted photo)

Spanish delegation visits California to mark 10 years since Serra canonization

Christian Clifford|Dec 8, 2025|4 Min Read

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Pilgrims walk 35 miles between missions to ‘stand up’ for St. Junípero Serra

Pablo Kay|Aug 16, 2024|6 Min Read

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Padre Serra’s comeback: Statue removed from Ventura city hall returns to mission

Ann Rodgers|Mar 1, 2024|6 Min Read

Archbishop Gomez blessed restored spaces at Mission San Gabriel ahead of its July 1 reopening. (John Rueda)

San Gabriel and the American mission

Archbishop José H. Gomez|Jul 3, 2023|4 Min Read

San Buenaventura pastor Father Tom Elewaut speaks at a Mass celebrating the elevation of the mission to the rank of minor basilica in July 2020. (Colton Machado)

Mission pastor defends St. Junípero's legacy at Ventura board meeting

Angelus Staff|Sep 26, 2022|2 Min Read

Main altar of Mission Dolores in San Francisco. (Stephen J. Binz)

SoCal Catholics have an opportunity for pilgrimage in their own backyard

Stephen J. Binz|Aug 5, 2022|9 Min Read

Pilgrims walked 35 miles from Mission Santa Barbara to the Mission Basilica San Buenaventura on the second annual St. Junípero Serra Walking Pilgrimage. (Courtesy St. Junípero Serra Walking Pilgrimage Facebook)

LA Catholics travel the path of St. Junípero Serra in second annual pilgrimage

Angelus Staff|Jul 30, 2022|3 Min Read

John Paul Hanson, Matthew Geier, Hope Waterman, and Laika, the dog, pose for a photo in front of the Sonoma Mission in Sonoma, Calif. They walked more than 800 miles in the footsteps of St. Junipero Serra on a Lenten pilgrimage to pray for California that spanned the 46 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter Vigil. (CNS photo/courtesy Greg Wood, via Archdiocese of San Francisco)

Pilgrims seek St. Junípero Serra's intercession for California

Valerie Schmalz|Apr 29, 2022|4 Min Read

An illustration of Saint Junípero Serra. (Public domain via CNA)

Petition seeks to return St. Junípero Serra statue to ‘place of honor’ at Catholic university

Kevin Jones|Nov 24, 2021|7 Min Read

Photograph of a bronze statue of Saint Father Junipero Serra in the Gardens of the Carmel Mission Basilica in Carmel, California. (Terry Huntingdon Tydings/Shutterstock via CNA)

Los Angeles renames Father Junípero Serra Park, despite Catholic praise for sainted missionary

Kevin Jones|Oct 16, 2021|4 Min Read

Saint Junípero Serra. (Image via CNA)

St. Junípero Serra's example will endure, archbishop says after California governor replaces statue

Kevin Jones|Sep 30, 2021|4 Min Read

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