Mini Magnet Frame - Bl. Junipero Serra by R. Lentz

Junipero Serra was born on the Spanish island of Mallorca and joined the Franciscan Order when he was 16 years old. He was a brilliant student and became a professor of philosophy and theology. In 1749 he volunteered to go to Mexico and work as a missionary. For eight years he worked among fierce native tribes near Queretaro. The next ten years he worked in rowdy seaports, crude mining camps, and Mexico’s cities, trying to recall Christians to the meaning of their faith.