Mission San Antonio de Padua

Hello! Our mission is Mission San Antonio de Padua. It was built on July14,1771.Father Junipro Sarra started our mission.It is located 5 miles northwest of the community of Jolon in Monterey County. The San Antonio Mission mail number is P.O. Box 803 Jolon, CA 93928.The mission was built because the spanish mission wanted to convert the Native Americans to Cotholicism. The Spanish kind also wanted to clam more land for spain and he wanted money too.

Our mission was built on the cost and the El Camino Real conected the 21 missions.Our mission was the thierd to be built. They used adobe bricks and tiles on the roof to build the mission. There was a workshop , a kitchen , a dormitory , a granary , and a patio. There was abuot 5 to6 archis and two bells.The mission was unique because of the archis .The buildings were tall beautiful.

People and Daily Life

Harships and Changes to the Mission

Sarafin, Kim, Mission San Antonio de Padua, Power Kids Press, New York, 2000.
Author Unknown, Mission San Antonio de Padua Cards, Toucan Valley Publications, Milpets, CA, 1992 .

http://www.missiontour.org/sanantonio/images/sa_main.jpg	Introduction Hello! Our mission is Mission San Antonio de Padua. It was built on July14,1771.Father Junipro Sarra started our mission.It is located 5 miles northwest of the community of Jolon in Monterey County. The San Antonio Mission mail number is P.O. Box 803 Jolon, CA 93928.The mission was built because the spanish mission wanted to convert the Native Americans to Cotholicism. The Spanish kind also wanted to clam more land for spain and he wanted money too.
http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-08/41531714.jpg	Geography and Architecture Our mission was built on the cost and the El Camino Real conected the 21 missions.Our mission was the thierd to be built. They used adobe bricks and tiles on the roof to build the mission. There was a workshop , a kitchen , a dormitory , a granary , and a patio. There was abuot 5 to6 archis and two bells.The mission was unique because of the archis .The buildings were tall beautiful.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fmfAOCgGNJU/SIeQrCBRvEI /AAAAAAAAFOk/itfdI76sGQc/s320/small_Mission%2BSan %2BAntonio%2Bde%2BPadua.jpg	People and Daily Life Priests, soilders, and Native Americans lived at the mission. The men farmed and cared for the animals while the women cooked, sewed, gardened , and made candles and soap.In the morning they would hear the bell ring and then go to pray.After they pray they will go to eat. Finally they go to work at the mission.
http://californiajourney.com/myspace/indians.jpg	Harships and Changes to the Mission One problem was that more neophytes were dying at the mission. In 1884 the mission had fallen into ruin and needed to be rebuilt.They also added a church. They didn't have alot of visitors because it's location was moved.They grew alot of wheat and flowers.They also grew corn and grapes for making wine.The Salimam Indians lived in the mission. They lived in it for a long time that they got used to it.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e5/Sa n_Bernardino_Asisten cia.jpg/300px-San_Bernardino_Asistencia.jpg	The Mission Today It is used today for showing people how the Native Americans lived long ago in the mission. It is a musum and a church. The mission system ended when Mexico had a war with Spain and won thier independence. September 16, 1810 they started the war.It ended in 1821. The Mexican belived that the mission was no longer needed and that the Native Americans didn't have to work there .The land given to the goverment.The spainsh mission aries brout ideas a skills to CA such as making clothes, catholic religon, languge, and new technologies. The mission system CA economy from hunter -gatherer to farming.Created buildins and brought horses.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51N6TP4GZJL._SL 500_AA240_.jpg	Bibliography Sarafin, Kim, Mission San Antonio de Padua, Power Kids Press, New York, 2000. Author Unknown, Mission San Antonio de Padua Cards, Toucan Valley Publications, Milpets, CA, 1992 .