His optional memorial is on July 1 in the new calendar, and we need to remember him not only as a self-sacrificing holy man but also as one of the first founders of our nation.
I can’t wait to read all of this after Mass today! Just to show how far we’ve fallen, our 4th grade PUBLIC SCHOOL operetta in California in 1959 was on Junipero Serra and the missions! I can even remember my (few) lines and the name of the boy who got to play Serra!
Busy weekend. Finally read it all. Wonderful! I would expect that in your research you have come across (or will come across) Fr. Noel Moholy’s name. He was the vice-postulator for the canonization cause of Junipero Serra. He also officiated at my parents’ wedding and baptized my brother and me at the Old Mission in Santa Barbara. I still miss him DEARLY! Whenever he would hit a speed bump in the cause, he would just address the “Old Man” as he called Serra and let him know he needed help. It ALWAYS worked. 🥰
I love knowing about this priest postulator for Junipero Serra's cause. I would like to talk to him sometime about Father Magin Catala's cause, which the Franciscans in Santa Barbara are in charge of promoting. Even while he was alive he was known for many miracles but his cause has stalled since 1930. Someone checked about 10 years ago, and the padres had to faithfully account for funds donated for Serra's cause before they could revisit Catala's.
I can’t wait to read all of this after Mass today! Just to show how far we’ve fallen, our 4th grade PUBLIC SCHOOL operetta in California in 1959 was on Junipero Serra and the missions! I can even remember my (few) lines and the name of the boy who got to play Serra!
From email from JG-Z: "Do you mind if I use some of the information in an American History Class I am teaching this year? I will credit you."
Busy weekend. Finally read it all. Wonderful! I would expect that in your research you have come across (or will come across) Fr. Noel Moholy’s name. He was the vice-postulator for the canonization cause of Junipero Serra. He also officiated at my parents’ wedding and baptized my brother and me at the Old Mission in Santa Barbara. I still miss him DEARLY! Whenever he would hit a speed bump in the cause, he would just address the “Old Man” as he called Serra and let him know he needed help. It ALWAYS worked. 🥰
I love knowing about this priest postulator for Junipero Serra's cause. I would like to talk to him sometime about Father Magin Catala's cause, which the Franciscans in Santa Barbara are in charge of promoting. Even while he was alive he was known for many miracles but his cause has stalled since 1930. Someone checked about 10 years ago, and the padres had to faithfully account for funds donated for Serra's cause before they could revisit Catala's.
Kids used to learn the beautiful legend of how the swallows return every year to Capistrano. I loved that story when I was little.