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DESCRIPTION:Gather in the cemetery of Mission San Carlos at noon— *wear black* — 
 many will be fasting for the day — Arrive early, traffic and parking will 
 be a challenge.\n\nSimultaneous gatherings will be held at Mission San 
 Francisco, Mission San Juan Bautista, and Mission San Diego. See below for 
 details.\n\nOn September 23rd, Pope Francis will be holding a special Mass 
 in Washington DC to officially pronounce Junipero Serra a saint. California 
 Indians, descendants of the survivors of the genocidal California Mission 
 system, are in a state of shock, anger, and mourning over the impending 
 declaration of sainthood for its founder.\n\nLouise J. Miranda Ramirez, 
 Chairwoman of the Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation on whose ancestral lands 
 the Carmel Mission stands, and Caroline Ward Holland, Tataviam descendant 
 and leader of the 2015 Walk for the Ancestors are asking the public to wear 
 black and gather in prayer with them in the cemetery of Mission San Carlos 
 in Carmel, CA starting at 12:00pm, for a Day of Mourning.\n\n“It’s 
 unfathomable that in 2015, after everything we know about the Mission 
 System and what it did to our Ancestors, that we have to gather in a Day of 
 Mourning while the Church honors the individual who is directly responsible 
 for what happened,” said Caroline Ward Holland.\n\nCalifornia Indian 
 people and their supporters will be fasting on September 23rd as they mourn 
 this grave disrespect being shown to their ancestors. Meanwhile, the 
 canonization of Serra will be celebrated at churches and Catholic schools 
 across the country with banquets and special festivities.\n\n“We are 
 asking that all our family, friends, and supporters join us, wherever they 
 are, in this day of fasting and mourning,” says Corine Fairbanks of 
 American Indian Movement Southern California. “We have the support of 
 Indigenous relatives throughout Canada, the United States and as far away 
 as Russia and Australia who are standing with us in solidarity as this 
 heinous canonization of Junipero Serra proceeds.”\n\nAt Mission San 
 Carlos in Carmel, CA, a live broadcast of the Pope’s canonization Mass 
 will be displayed on large screen monitors in the Mission courtyard. The 
 Diocese of Monterey estimates 200-400 people may be in attendance in Carmel 
 for the broadcast and accompanying celebrations. Those coming to 
 participate in the Day of Mourning are advised to arrive early and be 
 prepared for traffic congestion and limited parking in the vicinity of the 
 Mission.\n\nNumerous California Indian nations and Native American 
 organizations have issued statements strongly opposing the canonization of 
 Serra and calling on the Pope to reverse it, including the Ohlone Costanoan 
 Esselen Nation, Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, Fernandeño Tataviam Band of 
 Mission Indians, Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, California Association 
 of Tribal Governments, and the American Indian Movement. To date, no 
 responses from the Vatican have been received by tribal leaders on this 
 issue.\n\nOn September 7th, Tataviam descendants Caroline Ward Holland and 
 Kagen Holland began the Walk for the Ancestors, a 650-mile pilgrimage to 
 each of the 21 California Missions to “honor the Indigenous ancestors who 
 suffered and perished in the Mission system and assert California Indian 
 rejection of sainthood for Junipero Serra.” They are currently walking 
 from Mission San Juan Bautista to Carmel, where they will be received by 
 representatives of the Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation, whose ancestors 
 trace back directly to Mission Carmel.\n\n“As we walk to pay our respects 
 to the ancestors on this walk, there has always been a thought in my mind 
 that maybe the Pope would decide to stand for what he says he stands for, 
 and recant his decision to canonize Serra,” stated Caroline Holland. 
 “If he is who he says he is, then he would realize that this is 
 wrong.”\n\n*** Simultaneous vigils of mourning and truth-telling will be 
 held on September 23rd by Indigenous people and their supporters at 
 \n\nMission Dolores in San Francisco 
 (1pm):\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1385753698398069/\n\nMission San 
 Juan Capistrano 
 (12pm):\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/850754255037497/\n\nMission San 
 Diego 
 (12pm):\nhttp://walkfortheancestors.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/12039347_10206044546005537_8807036945872446601_n.jpg\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/09/22/18777968.php
SUMMARY:Day of Mourning at Carmel Mission as Pope declares Serra Sainthood
LOCATION:Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo\n3080 Rio Rd, Carmel, Ca
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/09/22/18777968.php
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