Mission San Buenaventura

The history of Mission San Juan Capistrano is similar to that of two other nearby missions in that it was relocated to the San Antonio area from East Texas in 1731. Its purpose was also similar to that of the other missions, namely to convert Native American groups to Christianity, assimilate them into Spanish society, and promote settlement in the region. In addition to its early history, the mission compound itself was constructed in a form typical of other San Antonio-area missions, including a church and plaza surrounded by a defensive wall formed from stone Indian quarters. The compound included other ancillary structures such as a granary, convent, workshops, and other storage facilities.

My mission is named in honor of Saint Francis Solano, he was a Spanish Franciscan Missionary in Peru and Paraguay. It is the twenty-first and last of the California missions. It was founded by Fray Jose Altimira on July 4, 1823. Mission Sonoma, it’s shaped like a square of long buildings, forming a quadrangle, made of adobe bricks and wood. In one corner was the church, adjacent was living quarters and parallel were the workshops, kitchen, and storage. In addition, there were orchards, gardens, vineyards, fields of grain, a grist mill, houses for the soldiers and Indian families, a jail, a cemetery, and an infirmary.

Have you learned about missions? One about the missions was that Junipero Serra founded only 9 of the 21 missions founded in California. One of the missions founded by Junipero Serra was Mission Santa Clara De Asis(Wikipedia “Junipero Serra) which is the mission I’m going to inform you about. One of the resources that I used for this paper was “The Missions: California’s Heritage,Mission Santa Clara De Asis” by Mary Null Boulé, published by Merryant Publishers, 1988. Next, I will inform you about the history of this mission and also it’s designs.

After being discovered by Portuguese explorers sailing under the Spanish flag Juan Rodrigues Cabrillo named the area San Miguel (estimated year: 1499-1543 ). It wasn’t until 1602 that San Diego got its namesake. Spain sent mapper Sebastian Vizcaino to map the California coast and

San Francisco Solano Mission was founded on July 4th, 1823 by Fr. Jose Altamira, Father Altamira, which was the last mission in California. The mission got its name from St. Francis Solano, missionary to the Peruvian Indians (Simondi). After the arrival of Father Altamira, he decided to create a new mission north of San Francisco Bay. He selected the sight of the mission with the approval of Governor Luis Arguello, but he did not ask the church for an official approval. Also, he wanted to close down the mission at San Rafael and San Francisco because “the Governor’s concern about the

Spanish settlers built the Mission San Antonio de Valero, named for St. Anthony of Padua, on the banks of the San Antonio River around 1718. They also established the nearby military garrison of San Antonio de Béxar, which soon became the center of a settlement known as San Fernando de Béxar (later renamed San Antonio). The Mission San Antonio de Valero housed missionaries and their Native American converts for some 70 years until 1793, when Spanish authorities secularized the five missions located in San Antonio and distributed their lands among local residents.Beginning in the early 1800s, Spanish military troops were stationed in the abandoned chapel of the former mission. Because it stood in a grove of cottonwood trees, the soldiers called

Monuments such as the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and San Vitale in Ravenna, perform a great importance in Byzantine and Islamic architecture. Both of these structures did not exclusively represent the main place of worship, but most importantly as a symbol of achievement and growth within the current times of construction. Starting in 524, under the influence of Orthodox bishop Ecclesius, the development of San Vitale was to represent the achievements of the emperor Justinian. Julius Argentarius was the sponsor for this structure and it was dedicated by Bishop Maximian in 547. The Dome of the Rock is built on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in 692 with the help of Abd al-Malik with the suspected intention to symbolize Islams influence in

Also referred to as the “Queen of the Missions,” it became a major social and cultural center. It is the largest of all the missions and is regarded as one of the most beautiful, as depicted in the distinctive architecture of its church and lush fields and pastures.

The San Diego Rescue Mission, 55-years-old, is an original and inspirational organization that involves itself with dealing with the homeless population. It partners with more than 100 local churches every year and the services it provides are numerous. These include:

The Alamo was originally built as a mission church in 1718 for San Antonio de Valero. These mission churches were used as schools for Indians, when not being used for church services. The mission when first built was just several huts and a small stone tower. However, in 1724 the tower was destroyed by a storm. It took approximately another twenty years for them to build a church building that was finished in 1744. The construction of this church was not very good and it collapsed in 1756. They then started to build another second church in 1758 to replace the one that had collapsed, however, it was never finished and this is how it looks

In San Francisco, the two oldest historic structures that can be seen from the Spanish period are the Presidio and mission established by the Spanish in 1776. The Mission of San Francisco Assisi or Mission Dolores was built to Christianize the Indians of the region and train them to follow Spanish ideals and customs of “civilization”. The mission in San Francisco is the oldest building still intact today. The mission has been a loyal witness to the extent of San Francisco's history, including the Gold Rush and the 1906 earthquake. It was so well built that it was unharmed during the 1906 earthquake and great fire. Today in San Francisco, the mission can still be visited and has become a tourist attraction. The main chapel

runelleschi’s other church, San Lorenzo was altered to make it more of a “T”-shaped lay-out. The overall effect is muted because you don’t get the same sight lights as Santo Spirito, but you can still see the use of repeating architectural elements along the naive of the church. I really like the use of plain columns and fluted pilasters along the side chapels. The mix of these vertical elements contrasts nicely and is just as visually appealing as the single repeated column element in Santo

Fermin is said to have been the son of a Roman of senatorial rank in Pamplona in the 3rd century, who was converted to Christianity by Saint Honestus, a disciple of Saint Saturninus. According to tradition, he was baptised by Saturninus (in Navarra "San Cernin") at the spot now known as the Pocico de San Cernin, the "Small Well of San Cernin", across from the facade of the church dedicated to St Cernin, which is built on the foundations of a pagan temple.[1]

shrine. Many churches claimed to possess relics of the burial site of Jesus Christ and of

Throughout time, many recognize that the Catholic Church frowns upon homosexuals, however, they frown upon transsexuals to an even greater extent, as they see it as an even larger perversion to the already sinful homosexual lifestyle. In my essay, I will argue that many transsexuals feel as though they do not receive the respect they would like to have in society, and search for the individuals that will not judge them for who they are. By this, it is seen that the La Santa Muerte helps fill the void left by society in many transsexuals living across North America. With a lot of people in society discriminating what they do not understand or cannot explain, this makes transsexuals the perfect target for society, with the addition of the Church. Since people cannot explain why there are transsexuals and they do not know about the troubles of how hard it is to be part of this minority, they do not feel that transsexuals fit into the ‘social norm’, as “transsexuality seems to involve the most profound ‘error’ within the order of sexual dichotomy” (Castro, 1993). It can be seen that even in today’s North American society, transsexuals are still not completely understood and accepted as a valid member of society. This is most likely because many people have different variations of what gender identity means to them. For the most part, gender identities are the “theories of ourselves that reflect feminine or masculine characteristics as judged within a given cultural