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A Marian Novena Attributed to Fray Junípero Serra. A man of conspicuous ability and virtue, Blessed Junípero Serra (1713-1784) is heralded as “the Apostle of California.” In addition to his extraordinary …More
A Marian Novena Attributed to Fray Junípero Serra.

A man of conspicuous ability and virtue, Blessed Junípero Serra (1713-1784) is heralded as “the Apostle of California.” In addition to his extraordinary holiness and zeal, writers have noted his remarkable administrative talents. Ample testimony in word and in art indicate the high esteem in which his memory is held by all classes and ages in California. Jane Standford (co-founder with her husband, Leland, of Stanford University) had a granite monument erected to Serra in Monterey. A bronze statue of heroic proportion depicts him as missionary and colonizer in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The figure of this intrepid Franciscan represents the State of California in Statuary Hall of our Nation’s Capitol. In 1988, the Marian Year, Pope John Paul II beatified Fray Junípero Serra.
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A Marian Novena Attributed to Fray Junípero Serra