Ukufakwa kwamakoloni kulawa mazwe akude kwafezwa ngenxa yentando engantengantengi kanye nokusebenza ngokungakhathali kweqembu lezithunywa zevangeli ezingamaJesuit okwathi, ngokwazi ukuthi abanqobi abakwazanga ukunqoba abomdabu, banquma ukuletha ivangeli kubo, ngaleyo ndlela baphumelela ngegama lokuthi lokho kwakungatholakali ngezikhali.
Kungaleso sizathu-ke lapho ekupheleni kwekhulu le-17, ngaphansi kwesandla somdlandla somJesuit u-Eusebio Kino, owathola imvume eziphathimandleni zaseSpain zokuqalisa umkhankaso we-Admiral Isidro Atondo y Antillón, izithunywa zevangeli zafika kulokho okwakukholakala ukuthi kwakuyisiqhingi ngaleso sikhathi, ukushumayeza abantu bakhona abangahlanjululwanga. Ukunikeza imvume, umqhele wawubeke umbandela wokuthi ukunqotshwa kwenziwe egameni leNkosi yaseSpain nokuthi izithunywa zevangeli ngokwazo zithole izinsiza zokwenza lo msebenzi.
Umsebenzi wokuqala, iSanta María de Loreto, wasungulwa ngo-1697 nguBaba uJosé María Salvatierra, owayekade eseTarahumara, futhi uBaba uKino amhlongoza ukwenza lo msebenzi omkhulu. ISanta María de Loreto yayineminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu iyinhloko-dolobha yezepolitiki, yezomnotho nezenkolo yaseCalifornias.
Esikhathini sekota yesithathu sekhulu leminyaka, abavangeli basemazweni basungula uchungechunge lwezinqaba eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili ezisezingeni eliphakeme, ezixhunyaniswe nalokho okuthiwa "umgwaqo wasebukhosini" abazakhela bona uqobo, baxhumanisa isifunda saseLos Cabos, eningizimu yenhlonhlo, nomngcele wamanje nezwe lethu umakhelwane wasenyakatho; Lokhu kwakungenzeka ngoba phakathi kwezithunywa zevangeli kwakukhona abefundisi ababenolwazi lokwakha nobunjiniyela bamanzi.
Ezinye zalezi zakhiwo ezisabekayo ziphila zisesimweni esikahle, njengaleyo yaseSan Ignacio, enye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu futhi ezigcinwe kahle, ezakhiwa nguFata Juan Bautista Luyando ngo-1728; leyo yaseSan Francisco Javier, eyasungulwa ngo-1699, eyayihlanganisa isonto eliphansi le-adobe nendlu yompristi eyakhiwa uFray Francisco María Piccolo; isakhiwo esikhona njengamanje sakhiwa ngo-1774 nguFata Miguel Barco, futhi ngenxa yokwakhiwa kwaso okuhle sithathwa njenge "gugu lemishini yeBaja California Sur"; leyo yaseSanta Rosalía de Mulegé, eyasungulwa ngo-1705 nguFata Juan María Basaldúa, amakhilomitha ayi-117 enyakatho yeLoreto, yayingenye yezindawo ezazitholakala kahle kakhulu, ngoba yayakhelwe olwandle.
Imishini yahlanganisa ubuhle bokwakhiwa nobucebi bomhlobiso nendawo ebonakalayo, eyavumela ukuba kusungulwe izindawo zokuhlala unomphela kuzo. Izithunywa zevangeli azigcinanga ngokuvangela kuphela kwaboMdabu, kodwa futhi babafundisa ukwenza ihlane lithele ngamasundu; baletha imfuyo nokutshalwa kommbila, ukolweni nomoba; Bakwazile ukwenza umhlaba ukhiqize izihlahla zezithelo ezifana ne-avocado namakhiwane, futhi ukuze bahambisane nemikhuba yenkolo eyayidinga iwayini namafutha, bathola imvume yokutshala umvini kanye nomnqumo, okwakungavunyelwe kulo lonke iNew ISpain, futhi ngenxa yalokhu namuhla, kukhiqizwa iwayini elihle kakhulu namafutha omnqumo esifundeni. Futhi uma konke lokhu bekunganele, baphinde baletha izihlahla zokuqala zama-rose eziqhakaza kula mazwe nokuthi namuhla zihlobisa amapaki nezingadi zayo yonke inhlonhlo.
