Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo

California Missions – Monuments or Tombstones? Most Californians are introduced to the California Mission system in one of two ways: in their early education, or when they first visit a mission. Unfortunately, both methods are prone to simplification or bias in conveying the history of the missions. What this has led to is Californians who are ignorant of the history of the land they walk on. Consequently, visitors to the missions treat them as mere tourist attractions, instead of trying to

friends with the Indians that began to look up to him and even gave him the name, the old priest. St. Junipero Serra was rightly canonized despite his imperfections; He created new missions and devoted his life to bringing new converts to the Catholic Church. St. Junipero did many things in his life, he created new missions and brought new converts to the church even if his methods were not completely orthodox. St. Junipero Serra had a great life. He grew up in a humble family and was baptized right