Category: California missions

California breaks ground on Native American monument to replace Junipero Serra statue

by bcadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | Associated Press, California, California missions, News, St. Junipero Serra, Statues | 0 |

A statue of a Native American is replacing the statue of St. Junipero Serra in the California state capital.

Man charged with setting fire at historic California mission

by bcadmin | May 5, 2021 | Arson, Associated Press, California, California missions, Catholic Church, Church fire, Church in the US, News, St. Junipero Serra | 0 |

A fire that gutted much of a historic Catholic church in Southern California last year was intentionally set, prosecutors said Tuesday.

‘Justice system is working,’ archbishop says about toppled statue case

by bcadmin | Feb 23, 2021 | Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California, California Catholic Conference, California missions, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Native Americans, News, St. Junipero Serra, Statues | 0 |

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.

Historic California church burned in fire has temporary roof

by bcadmin | Dec 3, 2020 | Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Associated Press, California, California missions, Catholic Church, Church fire, Church in the US, Los Angeles, News | 0 |

A 249-year-old Southern California church that was badly damaged in a fire has a temporary roof to protect the historical building as it awaits a year-long restoration.

Felony charges for statue vandals called ‘breakthrough moment for Catholics’

by bcadmin | Nov 16, 2020 | Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California missions, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, San Francisco, St. Junipero Serra, Statues | 0 |

San Francisco’s archbishop called a district attorney’s decision to prosecute protesters arrested for toppling a St. Junipero Serra statue outside a Catholic church on charges of felony vandalism “a breakthrough moment for Catholics.”

California mission founded by St. Junipero Serra gets a papal upgrade

by bcadmin | Jul 15, 2020 | Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Bishop Robert Barron, California missions, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Minor basilicas, News, St. Junipero Serra | 0 |

Mission San Buenaventura in California has been named a minor basilica.

Mass celebrated after fire damages centuries-old California mission church

by bcadmin | Jul 13, 2020 | Archbishop Jose Gomez, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Associated Press, California, California missions, Catholic Church, Church fire, Church in the US, News, second, St. Junipero Serra | 0 |

Mass was celebrated Sunday on the grounds of a historic Catholic church in Southern California that had been heavily damaged by fire a day earlier.

Fire destroys much of 249-year-old church in California

by bcadmin | Jul 12, 2020 | Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Associated Press, California missions, Catholic Church, Church fire, Church in the US, News, second, St. Junipero Serra | 0 |

A fire early Saturday destroyed the rooftop and most of the interior of a Catholic church in California that was undergoing renovation to mark its upcoming 250th anniversary celebration.

Sacramento bishop condemns toppling of Serra statue in California capital

by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2020 | Associated Press, Bishop Jaime Soto, California, California missions, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Diocese of Sacramento, News, Protests, St. Junipero Serra, Statues | 0 |

A statue of a Spanish missionary in downtown Sacramento, California has been toppled by demonstrators.

California mission vandalized with ‘Native Land’ graffiti

by bcadmin | Jul 5, 2020 | California, California missions, Catholic Church, Church in the US, church vandalized, News, Vandalism | 0 |

Police are investigating the vandalism of Mission San Jose in Fremont, California as a hate crime.

Gomez: Truth of saint’s ministry is his respect, loving care of indigenous

by bcadmin | Jun 30, 2020 | Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California missions, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Indigenous peoples, Los Angeles, Native Americans, News, St. Junipero Serra, Statues | 0 |

Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez has asked Catholics of the archdiocese to invoke the intercession of St. Junipero Serra “for this nation that he helped to found.”