Father Junipero Serra Miracles
On september 23 2015 he was canonized as a saint by pope francis i in a special mass in washington d c.
Father junipero serra miracles. Serra was a renowned figure in his lifetime. They imagined that the power possessed by the chief disciples of jesus had been inherited by the catholic priests of their time and they saw wonders where their contemporary clergymen like conyers middleton and priestly saw nothing save natural mistakes. Even mainstream catholics have been surprised that pope francis has championed serra without going through the usual four step review process including verification of two miracles. At age 16 he entered the franciscan order of the catholic church a group of priests who follow the teachings of st.
He built eight more california missions over the next thirteen years. Any honest person concerned about truth can learn that saint junipero cared deeply for all people maybe especially the native americans he served. Serra s missions helped strengthen spain s control of alta california. Serra and his biographer did not receive the protestant doctrine that there have been no miracles since the apostolic age.
Sister mary boniface dyrda was ill with lupus when a chaplain urged her to pray to junipero serra. He was granted sainthood in 2015. There is only one miracle that stands approved by the congregation for the cause of junÃpero serra. In 1960 a nun in st.
Kirk mckoy los. Serra was beatified on september 25 1988. Spanish missionary juniper serra established his first u s. When he joined the order he changed his name to junipero.
However his treatment of the american indians is debated. Father serra was born miguel jose serra on november 24 1713 at petra on the island of mallorca in spain.