Blessed Serra's evangelizing mission | California Catholic Conference

August 10, 2015

California fourth-graders study U.S. history and Blessed Junipero Serra during a visit to a historic mission site. Watch the video here.

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August 26, 2021

Archbishop Gomez Declares Jubilee Year for 250th Anniversary of Mission San Gabriel

Archbishop José H. Gomez has declared a Jubilee Year in honor of the 250th anniversary of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first church of Christian faith in what is now Los Angeles.

July 6, 2020

California Bishop Speak Out Against Desecration of St. Serra Statue

Saturday night, July 4, protesters in Sacramento’s Capitol Park tore down a longstanding statue of St. Junípero Serra, our nation’s first Hispanic saint, one of the founders of the modern state of California, and a tireless advocate for the rights of native Americans.