San Antonio de Padua

By: Bianca Lopez #20May 1, 2013

Mrs. Gil

Founding HistoryMission San Antonio

de Padua was founded on July 14, 1771.

This mission was the third mission founded.

It was named after St. Anthony of Padua.

This mission’s nickname is Miracle Worker.

Location• Located east of San

Luis Rey, California.• It’s surrounded by

the Fort Hunter Ligget Military reservation.

• There are no houses, restaurants, or hotels by this mission.

• Located by a fresh source of water.

Design/Layout

•San Antonio de Padua was largely restored in 1948 through 1952.•Signs mark the location of important buildings and features such as water powered grits mill through out the vast mission ground.•The mission includes features such as work shops, a courtyard, a fountain, a church, a living quarter, a Granary, kitchen, and the Friars Quarter

Mission Life

Native American’s life• The Natives had a busy

schedule/ life.• Their meals and wake up

times are at a strict hour.• Attended mass every single

day.• Mastered the Spanish

language.• Raised cattle for food, did

leather work, made adobe bricks, sewed, made candles, and made soap from tallow.

Missionary Life• A missionaries life is

usually filled with religious activities and helping the Natives.

• They did activities such as giving mass, baptizing the Natives, running the mission along with building it, made sure everyone has something to feast on, and made sure the mission had all the supplies it needed.

Mission Life TodayMission San Antonio de Padua was restored in 1948 through 1952.It is now used as a home ,to three people, and a museum.The mission holds masses for all visitors.People who visit this mission are aloud to touch most of the very old plants.This mission still has a olive tree that was grown in1830, and still produces olives. The valley grows wildflowers, poppies, lupines, and Golden Blazing Stars.

Take A Stand• The mission system started in 1769 to protect/claim California’s coast from

being invaded by Russian hunters, and to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

• Mission system was complicated because The Indians were forced to try new things and the Indians were not allowed to do things there way.

• The mission system was not helpful because the Indians had to give up their culture and learn the Spaniards way of life and when the mission system ended it caused them to forget Their survival skills and had a hard time keeping their families going.

• Mission system was unfair because they had to learn to wear new clothes, new dances, and new songs, and they never got to see their families.

Bibliography • Brower, Pauline. Missions of the Inland Valley. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Lerner Publications

Company, 1996.• Anonymous “A ‘Sacred Expedition’ to California.”

California Studies Weekly. Second Quarter 2012-2013: Week 10.

• Serafin, Kim. Mission San Antonio de Padua. New York: PowerKids press 2000.

• Anonymous, “I am Morning Dove.” California Studies Weekly. Second Quarter 2012-2013: Week 12.

• http://www.missionscalifornia.com/• http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=22722

Mission San Antonio de Padua