Saint Junipero Serra
Apostle of California
Founder of the California Missions
Taped at the California Missions
Pope Benedict XVI "Take courage! Fix your gaze on our saints."
Visit the California Missions, the legacy of Saint Junipero Serra, apostle of California.
Learn of his great love for the Missions and the Natives of the new world.
Walk through his early priesthood in Mallorca, Spain, to the missions of Mexico, and then to the Missions of California.
Come with us to the Mission Santa Barbara, then on to San Juan Capistrano, where we meet some of the natives from that area and speak to the people at that shrine.
Finally, we visit his Shrine at Carmel Mission, where he is buried, and his his cell and tomb are open for the public to venerate him there.
Learn why he is called the Apostle of California, and of the California Missions.
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