Wait for Me: Life of Father Junipero Serra

by Mary H. Wallace, Mary Helen Smith, Sister Fsp Mary Helen

Examines the life of the Franciscan missionary who traveled to California and established a number of missions there. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819882321
• ISBN13: 9780819882325
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: St Pauls Publishing
• Length: 81 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A Child's Introduction To A Christian Hero

"Wait For Me" by Sister Mary Helen Wallace, is a short, juvenile biography of Blessed Junipero Serra, founder of the California Missions. I read it with my daughter in preparation for a trip to California. It was an enjoyable introduction to this Christian hero who played a major role in the development of our largest state.From his youth in Spain, through his education and his pedilogical service at a Spanish seminary, Junipero was preparing himself for the great work of his life. Responding to a call to be a missionary to New Spain, Junipero took the long ocean voyage to Mexico. Anxious to preach to the Indians, Junipero was once again assigned to an academic life at St. Ferdinand College in Mexico City. Eventually, at age 56, his pleas to be sent to California were granted. Walking much of the way, this gray clad Franciscan friar established the chain of missions which would form the foundation of Californian society. Spending most of his time at Carmel, Junipero became the Father of spiritual and secular California."Wait For Me" is a charming story written in language which a child can understand and an adult can enjoy. With much dialogue, it reads like a novel. Don't Wait- Read and enjoy!