Rector de Selva, Dr. Jayme Font, and
finally to all, not without the request that they pray to God, that His
Divine Majesty deign, through His infinite mercy, to make me fit and
worthy minister of His Divine Word, and grant me a holy and happy death.
"From this Apostolic College de Propaganda Fide of San Fernando, Mexico,
August 4, 1773.
"May God keep your reverence for many years;
"Most affectionate uncle, brother and servant.
"Fr. Junipero Serra."
[7] This letter was written by Junipero Serra soon after his arrival at
the College of San Fernando, Mexico, on a business trip he made there
four years after his coming to California. The letter was written to his
nephew, also a priest, in Petra, Spain.
The Meaning of California Missions
By Right Rev. Bishop Conaty, of Los Angeles
In the mission celebrations which occur in California from time to time,
there are two views which men take--the this-world-view and the
other-world-view. In either view the missions stand out gloriously. In
the first, the builders, who were the padres, are beheld as practical
men possessing fine artistic sense and creative genius.
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