Fray Junipero Serra was born on November 24, 1713 in Petra (Mallorca) in 2013 fulfilling the third centenary of his birth. This Franciscan is the architect of evangelization and colonization of Alta California, in the United States, where he founded more than twenty missions.
El Año Fray Junípero Serra (The Year Fray Junipero Serra) is a project launched to commemorate this anniversary and includes an extensive calendar of events around this figure of Blessed, which will be developed until November 24, 2013 in different parts of the island.
Activities include the Cycle of conferences Conoce a Junípero Serra (Know Junipero Serra), held at two different venues: the Assembly Hall of the Royal Academies of Palma and Junipero Serra Center of Petra.
Conference Programme at the Centre Fray Junipero Serra:
22.03: Fray Miquel de Petra, sobrino del Beato Junípero Serra (Fray Miquel of Petra, nephew of Blessed Junipero Serra), by Antoni Gari. 19:30 h.
24.05: Juníper i el Ginebró, by Joan Font and Joan Ripoll. 20:15 h.
25.05: Un acercamiento a la genealogía de Serra. Sus ancestros y marco familiar (An approach to the genealogy of Serra. His ancestors and family context), by Mateu Cerdà Martín. 10:00 h.
14:06: Nacer entre culturas: Miss Dina Moore Bowden (Born between cultures: Miss Dina Moore Bowden), by Antonio Mir Marqués. 20:15 h.
28.06: Época de Junípero (Time of Junípero), recreation and conference of the eighteenth century kitchen by Aina Maria Homar and Catalina Font. 20:15 h.
05.07: Gloses del pare Juníper Serra. El pare Serra vist per glosadors del segle XXI (Glosses of Father Junipero Serra. Father Serra seen by glossators XXI century), by Felip Munar, doctor of Catalan philology. 20:00 h.
21.09: El beat Juníper Serra, pare i apóstol de Califòrnia, by Antoni Alzamora Salom, doctor of theology and rector of the church of Santa Eulalia (Palma). Convent of Sant Bernardí (Petra). 20:30 h.
