Comprehensive history of the Jesuit, Franciscan, and Dominican missionaries in Lower California and of the Franciscans in Upper California.

The history of this California mission from its founding in 1791, through its development and use in serving the Ohlone Indians, and its secularization and func

This book is a compelling and balanced history of the California missions and their impact on the Indians they tried to convert. Focusing primarily on the relig

“Nothing defines California and our nation’s heritage as significantly or emotionally,” says the California Mission Foundation, “as do the twenty-one mi

In 18th-century Spain, daring stories of missionaries spreading the Gospel in the New World ignited the imagination of a devout young boy. Miguel Serra's dream