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Religion, History, Historical Fiction

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Christian Clifford is the award-winning author of books about Catholic history in Spanish and Mexican California. His writings have appeared in Aleteia, Angelus, Busted Halo, Catholic News Agency, Crux, National Catholic Register, Philippine Daily Inquirer, among others. He has also been a guest speaker on radio, podcasts, and to school, church, and service groups.

The story of his 800-mile pilgrimage of the California Missions Trail was highlighted by the Knights of Columbus in season 3 of EVERYDAY HEROES (“Walking in the Footsteps of St. Junipero Serra”).

Clifford received a B.A. in Social Science from the University of Great Falls (Montana) and M.A. in Catholic School Teaching from the University of San Francisco. He has been a teacher in ...more

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	Saint Junipero Serra: Making Sense of the History and Legacy 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pilgrimage: In Search of the Real California Missions by Christian Clifford (Goodreads Author), Kelsey Lansang (Illustrator), Edie Sundby (Foreword) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Was Saint Junipero Serra? by Christian Clifford (Goodreads Author), Kelsey Lansang (Illustrator), Robert McElroy (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meet Pablo Tac: Indian from the Far Shores of California it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Serra was a mix of light and darkness; he was a man of great vision and great blindness, of immense zeal and immense stubbornness. In his own mind, his goals justified his treatment of the Indians, whom he loved as the children he did not have and whom he disciplined with the same ardor with which he disciplined himself. His vision, like that of many of his eighteenth century contemporaries, demanded intolerance against those with different ideas about this world and the next. These qualities do not make him an angel or a devil; they simply make him a man of his time and place. His time and place were, like ours, far from perfect.”26”
― Christian Clifford, Saint Junipero Serra: Making Sense of the History and Legacy

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