Trip Itinerary
Blessed Junipero Serra Biography
Missionary
(c. 1713–c. 1784)
Pope John Paul II beatified Father Serra, the second of three
steps necessary to achieve sainthood. Pope Francis has announced that he will be canonized in Washington, DC in September.
Spanish missionary Juniper Serra
established his first U.S. mission in 1769. He built eight
more California missions over the next thirteen years.
There were 21 missions established in California along “
The Kings Road” which stretches from San Diego to
Sonoma in the North. We will be traveling to 4 of these
missions.
Friday, April 24, 2015
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Fly Jet Blue from JFK Airport 5:18 Departure
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San Jose International Airport 9:59 Arrival
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Transfer to Hotel Ramada Inn, Marina California
Saturday, April 25, 2015
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Synopsis
Juniper Serra was born in 1713 in Majorca, Spain. After
working as a missionary in Sierra Gorda and Mexico
City, Serra was sent to California. Serra established his
first mission, San Diego de Alcalá, in 1769. He built eight
more missions over the next thirteen years. He is credited
with helping the Spanish establish a presence in California. He died in 1784 at Mission San Carlos Borroméo de
Carmelo, in Carmel, California.
Profile
Spanish missionary. Born in 1713 on the island of Majorca off the coast of Spain. He took the name Junípero
when he joined the Franciscan order in 1730. He taught
for more than a decade before going to Mexico in 1749.
After working as a missionary in Sierra Gorda and Mexico City, Serra was sent to California. He made the trip by
foot despite having terrible sores on his legs. Once he
reached California, Serra established his first mission,
San Diego de Alcalá, in 1769. He built eight more missions over the next thirteen years: San Antonio de Padua;
San Gabriel, Arcángel; San Luis, Obispo de Tolosa; San
Juan Capistrano; San Francisco de Asis; and San Buenaventura. Serra worked tirelessly tirelessly to maintain the
missions and is credited with helping the Spanish establish a presence in California.
Serra died in 1784 at Mission San Carlos Borroméo de
Carmelo located in present-day Carmel, California. The
site is now home to the National Shrine to Blessed
Junípero Serra, and many visitors go there each year to
honor the famous missionary.
Visit the San Miguel Arcangel Mission
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Founded in 1797 in the Salinas Valley with its
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Original Wall Murals painted by the Indians in
ornate designs
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The best preserved mission murals in Callifornia
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San Antonio de Padua is in the San Antonio Valley. The
church is known for its campanario and archway bells.
The Valley comes alive with wildflowers each spring
when, poppies, lupines and the Golden Blazing Star
begin to bloom.
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In the Early evening the New Baroque Orchestra directed
by musicologist John Warner will perform a concert, just
for us, of the missions, presidios and outposts of Spanish
California.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
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We will continue our pilgrimage by visiting San Carlos
Barromeo de Carmelo Mission for mass. This is the
church where Fr. Serra and Father Lasuen are buried. It
was said to be Fr. Serra’s favorite mission and was his
headquarters. This beautiful mission presents the complete quadrangle courtyard typical of mission architecture.
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Nearby we will visit the Royal Presidio Chapel Heritage
Center and the Cathedral. A docent led tour of the Chapel
and the grounds Here we will see a display of a relic
of the Vizcaino- Serra Oak and items found during an
archaeological dig.
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Travel on to San Juan Bautista mission above the San
Andreas Fault line.
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It’s the largest California mission Church,
Musical arts were taught here and the mission owned many instruments that the Indians learned to play.
After a leisurely dinner we travel back to New York,
via a redeye flight that departs at 10:51 and lands in
New York at 7:14 AM Monday April 27! Its back to
work!
Travel the California Missions
of Blessed Junipero Serra
Father Gilbert Martinez, CSP,
Spiritual Director
Dr. Ruben Mendoza,
Expert Mission Archeologist
April 24 –April 26, 2015
(return flight arrives April 27th in
the morning)
2 days
2 nights
2 much fun!
$850 per person (double occupancy)*
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Trip price includes
Airfare and one checked bag
(see Jet Blue restrictions)
Local transportation in California
Hotel (double occupancy) 2 queen beds
Mission entry frees
Price does not include
Airport transfers NYC
Meals
Hear the story of Fr. Serra and the Kings Road,
the 22 California Missions that helped the early
frontier of California get settled. Learn why Fr.
Serra is a holy man of God, beatified by Pope
John Paul the II, and hopefully canonized soon.
*$200 more for single occupancy
Father Gilbert Martinez, CSP Our Pilgrimage Spiritual Director
Father Martinez is a member of the Paulist
Fathers, and Pastor at the mother church,
Saint Paul the Apostle, located in NYC.
Fr. Martinez was ordained a Paulist priest in
1995. He has served as Pastor at Saint Sebastian in Los Angeles, California and Saint
Cyril of Alexandria in Tucson, Arizona.
Father Gil is a native of El Paso, Texas and grew up in California.
He completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Conservation of Natural Resources from the University of California at Berkeley. He
worked for seven years as a National Park Service Ranger at Grand
Canyon and Big Bend National Parks before Joining the Paulists
whom he met at the Newman Center while a student at Berkeley.
The Church of Saint Paul the Apostle
Pilgrimage to the Missions
of Fr. Serra
April 24 - 26, 2015
With Father Gilbert Martinez, CSP
Father Gil, has continuously fought for the underserved through
parish ministries. At Saint Sebastian he focused his work toward
excellence in academics, in Tucson he fought for the rights of the
immigrants, helping to establish water depots in the deserts they
crossed, and at Saint Pauls he has been a champion for leadership in
ministries, successfully building a young adult ministry for 20 and
30’s under apostolists, OSP for LGBT ministries, Mustard Seed
Guild, and SDVP, all of these ministries have scriptural based justice
at the corp of their activities. Find out more at
www.stpaultheapostle.org.
Dr Ruben Mendoza - Our Historical Guide
Rubén Mendoza, PhD, at the Royal Presidio of
San Carlos in Monterey California, where in
2007 -2008 he led the research team that discovered the original Serra Chapels of 1770 and
1772.
Dr. Rubén Mendoza is Director of the Institute
for Archaeological Science, Technology, and
Visualization at California State University, Monterey Bay. He is an
influential scholar, a much-loved professor, and a tireless explorer of
past eras whose work has earned him numerous awards, honors, and
major grants. Dr. Mendoza’s expertise ranges far in time and space,
with notable research conducted in California, the Southwest, and
throughout Mesoamerica. At the California missions alone, he has
led major investigations in Soledad, Carmel, San Miguel, and San
Juan Bautista, where he also serves as the mission’s Curator. Read
our interview of Dr. Mendoza to discover more about his extraordinary life and work, and a bit about mission “ghosts” as well!
$850 - Double Occupancy per person*
Limited Space Available
*$200 more for single occupancy