Mission San Antonio de Padua

Leaders:

Fr. Buenaventura Sitjar remained at San Antonio de Padua for 37 years and is largely responsible for it success. This tireless missionary created a 400-page native vocabulary, and used this to develop catechism in the Indian language

Mission San Antonio de Padua

Saint Junípero Serra at Mission San Antonio de Padua.
This was the first mission established in the land of the Salinan people at the site of Telhaya.

Mission San Antonio de Padua

^"10 In the spirit, he carried me to the top of a very high mountain, and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down out of Heaven from God.
¹¹ It had all the glory of God and glittered like some precious jewel of crystal-clear diamond.
¹² Its wall was of a great height and had twelve gates; at each of the twelve gates there was an Angel."
From: The Revelation of John

Mission San Antonio de Padua

These Priests Entombed Here:
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Reverend Doroteo Ambris. Born in Mexico. Served this Mission from 1851-1882. Died here February 5, 1882.