Junípero Serra

San Luis Obispo History Center: Walking up to the San Luis Obispo History center was confusing at first, seeing the free library sign caught me off guard but the inside was different than I expected. This was my first time at the center and I always figured that it was just another random house that was built on the outskirts of San Luis Obispo, but what I found inside was actually quite interesting. The employee at the center was actually quite insightful and discussed how the center is

Mission San Buenaventura is an historical mission. Mission San Buenaventura is the most popular mission out of all 21 missions. Mission San Buenaventura was founded on on March 31,1782. The founder of this mission was Miguel Serra. Mission San Buenaventura was nicknamed “Mission by the Sea,” and the reason the Native Chumash nicknamed it that is because there were whaling ships near by. Mission Buenaventura was built like a fort so the Native Chumash would not escape. There is a cemetery with 3

The mission honors, Saint Francis Solano, a Spanish Franciscan Missionary in Peru and Paraguay, also known as Sonoma Mission. It’s the twenty-first and the last California mission founded by Fray Jose Altimira on July 4, 1823. It has a square shape of long structures made of bricks, wood, and tile roofs and formed into a quadrangle. In one corner, was the church, adjacent were living quarters and parallel were the workshops, kitchen, and storage. In addition, there were orchards, gardens, vineyards

Mission Santa Clara De Asis Written By:Anh Le Introduction Have you learned about missions? One about the missions was that Junipero Serra founded only 9 of the 21 missions founded in California. One of the missions founded by Junipero Serra was Mission Santa Clara De Asis(Wikipedia “Junipero Serra) which is the mission I’m going to inform you about. One of the resources that I used for this paper was “The Missions: California’s Heritage,Mission Santa Clara De Asis” by Mary Null Boulé, published

California theirs. The first two missions built were in San Diego and Monterrey. It all started with Father Junipero Serra he was on a "sainted mission" and his goal was to convert the California native Americans into christians. By the time the Spanish were done there was 21 missions throughout California, they were made a days walk from each other. Of the 21 missions Father Junipero Serra found the first nine. Spanish exploration and settlement had a negative impact on California and California

Introduction The definition of Community, Netting, Kettner, McMurty and Thomas (2012) stated by Warren (1978) “Community is the combination of social units and systems that perform the major social functions relevant to meeting people’s needs on a local level.”(p.133). Understanding communities is important to social workers as they have, Netting et al (2012) “to know individuals functions within larger systems, understanding of its history and that communities constantly change” (p. 168). A community

encountered. It was an exposure to a lot of details and helped me understand and reconnect with the past historical events and moments that we were studying throughout the semester. The San Fernando mission was the 17th mission founded by father juniper Serra. It was built to fill the gap between the mission San Buenaventura and the mission San Gabriel. We talked a lot about the Indians in the class and you mentioned that they are the silent victims of the history. I went to the mission in search to find

Richard Serra Richard Serra was born in 1938 in San Francisco, California. He studied at the University of California and at Yale University as well. He is one of the well-known American artists and sculptors of the Post-Abstract Expressionist period. His work has played a major role in advancing the tradition of modern abstract sculpture. His work has been able to draw a new perspective to sculpture by viewers in physical and visual experience. Richard Serra was involved in the process Art movement

Junipero Serra was essentially the founder of the mission system and he set much of the precedent as to how the missions would run and treat the indigenous people. Serra’s work on the missions had large effects on the native people besides just spreading Christianity to the New World. More recently, Serra’s canonization has been a rather controversial topic due to the history surrounding his treatment of the natives and the overall results of the missions. The Catholic Church is aware of this history

Junipero Serra was a man who lived his life serving God. Early in his life, he was a Franciscan teacher in Spain. Later, he received a call from God to become a missionary. Obeying God’s request, Junipero Serra spread God’s love and word through Mexico. He then came to California to build missions to help convert people to Christianity. He was was canonized as a saint in 2015. Junipero Serra lived his life by following God’s call. He is an outstanding role model for others, and inspires me to listen