Saint Junípero Serra: A Servant of Christ the King Europe will return to the

Europe will return to the Faith

Abbot of Solesmes and towering figure of the nineteenth-century Catholic revival

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Richard Gibbons

Cahill examines how certain currents of modern thought have diverged from the vision of social order grounded in Christian revelation

Saint Junípero Serra: A Servant of Christ the King Europe will return to theThis biography presents a thorough and historically grounded account of Fray Junpero Serra, the Franciscan missionary best known for founding the California missions. Drawing on early sources, Fitch traces Serras life from his early formation in Majorca through his missionary work in New Spain and the Sierra Gorda, up to his role in establishing the Churchs presence along the Pacific coast. Fitch avoids romantic embellishment, offering instead a plain