The first attempt to get Rome to recognize San Buenaventura as a basilica ended in failure. (Colton Machado/Archdiocese of Los Angeles) A bumpy road to ‘basilica’ Mass in the mission's garden on July 15, the feast of St. Pope Francis' decision designating Mission San Buenaventura a minor basilica was announced at a 7:30 a.m. Bonaventure’s mission to be named a basilica. In other words, the longer delayed, the sweeter the celebration.Īnd in many ways, this expression could also characterize the nearly 45 years it took for St. “And the same thing can be said of this founding as the canonization of the saint: ‘Quo tardius, eo solemnius’. “Today has been kind enough to grant me the consolation, after many years of longing, of witnessing the founding of the Holy Mission of Our Seraphic Doctor San Buenaventura,” he said. Junípero alluded to the fact that it took the Church more than 200 years after Bonaventure’s death to declare him a saint. When the mission was eventually founded, on Easter Sunday, March 31, 1782, St. Junípero had planned to establish San Buenaventura as the third mission in Alta California, but was forced to wait more than a decade before receiving approval. Junípero founded in what is today California, Mission San Buenaventura has the distinction of being his last. Gavin Newsom just two days earlier in light of the recent spike in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the state. “When the pope designates a basilica, it means this is holy ground, that something beautiful and important in the history of salvation happened here,” Archbishop Gomez said at the Mass, held outside in the mission’s garden due to restrictions on outdoor religious services mandated by California Gov. Mass celebrated by Archbishop Gomez, along with Father Elewaut and regional Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron, Mission Basilica San Buenaventura was unveiled as the first basilica in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the 88th in the United States. Bonaventure, the pope’s decision was made public. Two weeks later, on July 15, the feast of the mission’s namesake, St. He’d spent the last six years researching, praying, and waiting for Pope Francis to decide whether to elevate his 238-year-old parish to the rank of “minor basilica.” “You’re a minor basilica.”įather Elewaut’s voice started to crack with emotion. “I’ve got some good news,” said Archbishop José H. Junípero Serra in front of Ventura’s City Hall. When Father Tom Elewaut saw the name on his phone’s caller ID the night of June 30, the pastor of Mission San Buenaventura guessed the call had something to do with the recent controversy over whether to remove the statue of St.
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