The 1621 Project
John Grondelski: Let us celebrate this quadricentennial of Thanksgiving by reclaiming its essence: that we are a people “under God.”
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John Grondelski: Let us celebrate this quadricentennial of Thanksgiving by reclaiming its essence: that we are a people “under God.”
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 1, 2021 | Culture, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, junipero serra, News, Saints | 0 |
The last year was a tough one, even for a Catholic saint. Saint Junípero Serra, the 18th-century Spanish priest—who Pope Francis called “the evangelizer of the west in the United States” and whose feast day is July 1—has been taking it in the chin. Vandalism of public statues of Junípero Serra have taken place by […]
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Brad Miner: Over time, essential connections can be lost. Maybe not forever, but possibly so. This is the danger of the mere tearing down.
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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco said the “justice system is working” is a statement issued late Feb. 19 following the arraignment of five people on charges of felony vandalism for toppling a St. Junipero Serra statue outside a Catholic church Oct. 12, 2020.
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Randall Smith: Saints illuminate every age. It’s no mystery that we find them enlightening in an age in which Satan is eager to extinguish their light.
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I have just received word that, after voting to remove a large statue of St. Junípero Serra that stands in front of their City Hall, the government of Ventura, California (which is in my pastoral region) is now considering removing the image of Padre Serra from the county seal. This entire effort to erase the memory of Serra is from a historical standpoint ridiculous and from a moral standpoint more than a little frightening.
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Mission Founded in 1771 by Franciscan Missionary St Junipero Serra
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