Bl. Junipero Serra just miracle from sainthood

Sainthood for Blessed Junipero Serra, patron of Serra Clubs, is just a miracle away.

And, if it were up to Andrew Galvan, curator of Old Mission Dolores, that miracle would take place right there in San Francisco. Within the walls of the mission church would be just fine.

Serra, who lived from 1713 to 1784, founded the first nine of the 21 California missions. He is buried at Mission San Carlos Borromeo in Carmel.

For Galvan, a member of the board of directors of the Junipero Serra Cause for Canonization,has assisted in the cause for sainthood since meeting Father Noel Francis Moholy at Mission San Jose in 1978. Galvan was at the Vatican alongside Father Moholy in July 1987, as the miracle attributed to Serra — the cure of a nun suffering from lupus — was being investigated.

Galvan returned to the Vatican for the beatification on Sept. 25, 1988.

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